ODI World Cup
One Day International World Cup which was invented in 1975 is the biggest ever cricket tournament ever. This tournament is the prime source of money for ICC and other countries who participate in this tournament. Sponsor and TV rights two are the biggest sources of money.
This tournament revived the interest of diminishing interests of the cracking audience. What followed was tremendous competition for the coveted trophy and the winner being given the status of world beaters for four years until the next event come.
West Indies were the first champion of World Cup before Australia started dominating the world as they have won five times, including their fifth triumph at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
In the first three edition, World Cup was a 60 overs’ game. But in the 1987 World Cup in India was a 50 overs World Cup. Allan Border’s Australian emerged champion that reckons Australian’s domination in world cricket and West Indies’s end.