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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019
Former Australia cricketer-turned-coach Tom Moody believes India "sabotaged" their 2019 World Cup campaign in England by creating uncertainties within the team
From the ICC Cricket World Cup final to P V Sindhu's All England Championship gold in badminton, Business Standard brings you the top five sporting events that hooked fans in 2019
From Malinga's 4-in-4 to the blockbuster final match of the ICC World Cup, Business Standard lists top 5 most exciting moments in cricket in 2019
Business Standard lists key sporting events that drove public emotions and movies that sparked debates in year 2019
With Dhoni unavailable after the ICC World Cup, Pant had a good opportunity to prove his mettle, but he squandered too many good starts as a batsman, and did little to stand out as a wicketkeeper
Kohli looked back and called 2019 a beautiful year barring that World Cup semifinal loss to New Zealand.
Business Standard lists the five controversies in world cricket that drew a lot of attention during 2019
England scripted the history as they claimed their first-ever World Cup title in July this year, thanks to boundary count rule
The final will be remembered for ages as it did not have a winner after the 50-over and super over action, as both were tied
The overthrow rules drew MCC's attention after New Zealand were left to rue a fortuitous, last-over overthrow that went for four after getting a deflection off Stokes' bat in ICC World Cup 2019 final
Neesham paid tribute to his Auckland Grammar teacher and coach on social media
Both England and New Zealand posted 241 runs in their 50 overs, the match went to super over where both teams scored 15 runs but England won due to higher number of boundaries
Sharma top-scored in the tournament with 648 runs while Bumrah was India's best bowler with 18 wickets
'The Cricket World Cup final with 22 heroes and no winner', read a headline as media in New Zealand commended the team and condemned the rules that 'robbed' the Black Caps of a maiden title triumph
An Indian in former skipper Sourav Ganguly is sixth on the list with 465 runs to his credit during the 2003 edition
The 28-year-old apologised to the fans for not delivering what would have been New Zealand's maiden World Cup triumph
The incredible climax at Lord's gave England their first World Cup and ensured Stokes's lasting legacy will be his heroics in the final instead of the 2017 street brawl that threatened to ruin his car
After posting 15 runs in the Super Over, the responsibility to defend the score fell on Archer and the pacer admitted that calming words from teammates, especially Stokes, made a big difference
A board functionary said that good teams start preparations immediately after one campaign ends
Jason Roy (426 runs) and Jonny Bairstow (496 runs) have been intimidating in 2019 World Cup and Trent Boult and Matt Henry would love to repeat their semi-final show in the final too