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TOP 5 MOST SUCCESSFUL CAPTIANS 

                               Cricket is full of inspirational leaders and masterful tacticians, and the ICC Cricket World Cup has provided a stage for many of them to display their finest traits. This month we take a look at the captains who have consistently led their teams to victory in World Cup cricket

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RICKY PONTING [AUSTRALIA]

92.85% - 29 matches, 26 wins, two losses and one 'no result'. Three ICC Cricket World Cup wins (two as captain)

                       Ricky Ponting won three consecutive ICC Cricket World Cups with Australia, captaining his country to greatness in 2003 and 2007. Ponting scored an undefeated 140 to be awarded player of the match honours in the 2003 final, led his team through an undefeated ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 campaign and played a major role in Australia’s record 34-match unbeaten World Cup run

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CLIVE LLOYD [WEST INDIES]

 88.23% - 17 matches, 15 wins, two losses. Two ICC Cricket World Cup wins (both as captain)

                           Clive Lloyd captained the West Indies to three ICC Cricket World Cup finals, attaining ultimate success at Lords, the home of cricket, in both 1975 and 1979. Lloyd carved a breathtaking century in the first ever ICC Cricket World Cup final at quicker than a run a ball to lead his team to victory against Australia in 1975.

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M.S. DHONI [INDIA]

83.33% - nine matches, seven wins, one loss, one tie. One ICC Cricket World Cup win (as captain)

                            Current India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni began his ICC Cricket World Cup captaincy career in style, leading his nation to victory in the most recent tournament (2011). Dhoni got a taste of World Cup cricket in 2007, and after a modest tournament with the bat, he produced an unbeaten 91 as India chased down Sri Lanka’s 274-6 in the 2011 final.

  

4.SOURAV GANGULY [INDIA]

                                  81.81% - 11 matches, nine wins, two losses

                          India icon Sourav Ganguly fell just one win short of ICC Cricket World Cup triumph, taking his country to the 2003 final against Australia. Ganguly scored three centuries in the 2003 tournament, including an undefeated 111 in the semi-final against Kenya. He also featured in the 1999 and 2007 ICC Cricket World Cups, smashing 183 against Sri Lanka in 1999.

    5.     MARTIN CROWE [NEW ZEALAND]

77.77% - nine matches, seven wins, two losses

                          Martin Crowe led New Zealand to the semi-finals at the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1992 on home soil, where his side was narrowly defeated by Pakistan after topping the round-robin stage. Crowe’s enterprising captaincy stood out – opening the bowling with off-spinner Dipak Patel – and he had a superb tournament individually as the leading run scorer (456) and man of the series.