CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -South Africa in the last game of the group stage chased 275 to disqualify the 2017 finalists India from the semi-finals race. It was the second-highest chase in World Cup history.

Detailed explanation-2: -1) West Indies vs Australia, St John’s, 2003 - 418/7 And Omari Banks and Vasbert Drakes knocked off the runs on the final day and the West Indies, finishing on 418/7, had pulled off what is still the greatest run chase in Test cricket history.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the eleven ICC Cricket World Cups held so far, five different teams have won the tournament. Australia is the most successful World Cup team having won the tournament five times, and were runner up another two times. West Indies won the first two tournaments, and India have also won it two times.

Detailed explanation-4: -The highest successful fourth innings run chase of all time in test cricket belongs to the West Indies - in 2003, the team chased down Australia’s target of 418 runs for the loss of seven wickets thanks to centuries from Ramnaresh Sarwan and Shivnarine Chanderpaul.