Cricket World Cup Heroes: Clive Lloyd, Vivian Richards, Amarnath, David Boon, Imran Khan, Mahendra Singh Dhoni

There are few players in the history of cricket world cup who can be considered the men of the moment. These heroes etched a name for themselves in the history books of World Cup by winning the semifinal and final matches under tremendouspressure.

Mumbai: West Indies captain Clive Lloyd played an important role in his teamwinning the first World Cup in 1975. In the semifinal match, his bowling figures were 12-1-37-1 which was very impressive and he also hit a hundred in the final match. West Indies lost 3 main wickets for 50 runs and lightning century of Lloyd in just 85 runs set a big target of 291 runs for Australia who failed to reach the target.

In 1979 World Cup, Vivian Richards delivered all round performance in semi final match. Windies lost 4 crucial wickets for only 99 runs. Richards, who was the hero of the match scored 138 runs in 157 balls with eleven fours and five sixes. Windies scored 286 runs for 6 wickets and England lost all its wickets for just 194 runs and lost the match.

India won the 1983 World Cup and the hero behind this is Amarnath. In the final match, he claimed three important wickets and was declared the man of the match. Team India’s historical win was because of Amarnath.

1987 World Cup reminds one of David Boon.He scored 65 runs in semi final match against Pakistan and was the top scorer in final match with 75 runs. His total score in 8 matches in the tourney was 447.

The men behind Pakistan’swinning of 1992 World Cup were Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Injamam. In the semi final match against Kiwis, Injamam scored 60 runs in 37 balls. In the final match against England, Imran scored 72 runs. Akram claimed 18 wickets in the tourney.

Aravind D’Silva helped Sri Lanka to win 1996 world cup, Ricky Ponting was the hero behind Australia winning the World Cup in 1999. 2007 World Cup was the tourney which once against proved how dangerous player Adam Gilchrist is. He hit destructive 104 runs in 149ballsin the final match against Sri Lanka. Mahindra Singh Dhoni played a key role forIndia to win 2011 World Cup.