CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -England won on the boundary count-back rule, having scored 26 boundaries to New Zealand’s 17, thus becoming Cricket World Cup winners for the first time.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Rohit Sharma. He won the Golden Bat of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 after England’s Joe Root and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson failed to score the required runs to beat him to the trophy, as they faced off in the final at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Sunday.

Detailed explanation-3: -The final ended in a tie after the match ended with both teams scoring 241 runs, followed by the first Super Over in an ODI; England won the title, their first, on the boundary countback rule after the Super Over also finished level. The total attendance throughout the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was 752, 000.

Detailed explanation-4: -The England cricket team have appeared in every edition of the Cricket World Cup to date, being crowned champions in 2019. In addition, they were losing finalists in 1979, 1987 and 1992. England have been eliminated from the tournament in the group stage on four occasions (1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015).