Top 10 cricketers who never won a World Cup
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Top 10 cricketers who never won a World Cup

Sachin Tendulkar waited 22 long years to make one of the most memorable moments happen in 2011 after he lifted the desired World Cup (One-Day International)! Carrying an ODI World Cup probably becomes the ultimate dream of every cricketer. It is an indefinable opportunity for any cricketer to be a part of such a historic experience that exists as long as the game lives in! The feelings of lifting the World Cup become almost inexpressible for the cricketer who has tasted it. 

The history of 12 World Cups so far has given us an interesting experience as well as facts. It has been seen that despite having gained the status of a superior cricketer one has been able to touch the desired World Cup! Despite being the player of the utmost caliber one might have a lifetime regret of not being able to win the World Cup.

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We will try to find out top 10 cricketers who never won a World Cup in this article.

Graeme Smith

Graeme Smith is such a name who can be called one of the 10 legendary cricketers who never won a World Cup. Graeme Smith is called one of the greatest all-time captains. The South African left-handed opening batsman had begun his ODI career against Australia in 2002 and he was also one of the team members in the 2003 World Cup. Later, only at the age of 22, Graeme Smith was reigns of South African cricket and he led his country in the next two World Cups. Smith-led South Africa reached near to the World Cup glory in the 2007 edition but his team was overpowered by Ricky Ponting's Australia in the semifinal of that World Cup. South Africa innings collapsed to a mere 150 runs. Still, Graeme Smith had a superb performance in2007 World Cup as he struck four successive fifties, a record that was never achieved by any captain before. The South African captain who has 6989 runs from his 197 ODIs including 10 hundreds and 47 fifties however would like to forget the 2011 World Cup for the team’s disappointing show. He started on an impressive note in the 2011 World Cup, scoring 45 runs in each of the team's group league matches. But in the quarterfinal against New Zealand, chasing a target of 222 South Africa was scuttled to 172! Smith was out for only 28 runs. The batsman who has participated in 20 World Cup matches and scored 747 runs including his highest 91 at an average of 39.31 has never been able to taste lifting World Cup


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Brendon McCullum

One of the 10 Best Cricketers in the limited over format, Brendon McCullam is another cricketer who can be included in the Top 10 cricketers who never won a World Cup. The devastating style of batting in his halcyon days Brendon delivered nowadays England and Australia offer that brand of cricket. The Kiwi wicket-keeper-batsman had featured in four consecutive World Cups from 2003 to 2015. New Zealand had to be disappointed in the 2007 and 2011 edition of World Cups losing to Sri Lanka in the semifinal. But in the 2015 World Cup McCullam scripted a new history by scoring the fastest 50 off only 18 balls against England. He broke his previous record of hitting the fastest 50 off 20 balls against Canada in the 2007 World Cup. McCullam's best was seen when he began to play as a full-time opener. In the first part of 2000, McCullam and Chris Gayle were the two batsmen who were called the greatest representatives in limited over cricket. McCullam as the Kiwi skipper guided his country to the final in the 2015 World Cup but finally had to be content being runner-up as New Zealand lost to Australia in the final. 


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Sourav Ganguly

Sourav Ganguly, the rejuvenator of Indian cricket who brought back the golden days through his rare leadership quality as well as the zeal to win is another Cricketer who never won World Cup. One of the Top 10 Cricketers in the limited over game introduced the chapter of ruthlessness in Indian cricket, inducing the belief of self-confidence to his teammates, especially those who had joined the Indian team during the tenure of his captaincy. The elegant left-handed batsman who has participated in 21 matches in the World Cup and amassed 1006 runs including 4 centuries and 3 fifties where his highest score was 183 against Sri Lanka, still might have the regret of not winning the World Cup despite the fact India under the leadership of Ganguly had lost to Australia in the final of 2003 World Cup. Ganguly has featured in three consecutive World Cups from 1999 to 2007. 

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Brain Lara

Brian Lara, one of the Cricket legends has also said goodbye to international cricket with the sadness that he has not won a World Cup. One of the finest batsmen in his era, Brian Lara has participated in consecutive five World Cups from 1992 to 2007. Still, the legend having achieved several laurels in his cricket career has not been able to attain World Cup triumph. Only in the 1996 World Cup Lara reached close to the victory as West Indies lost to Australia in the semifinal only by five runs. He has participated in 34 World Cup matches and gathered 1225 runs including two hundreds and seven fifties. His highest in the World Cup is 116 against South Africa. However, Lara has scored 10 thousand runs including 19 centuries at an average of 40 in One-Day International (ODI).


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Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis can easily be called one of the 10 legendary cricketers who never won a World Cup. The South African all-rounder who was called one of the 10 Best Cricketers of his time has taken part in five World Cup editions. But except in 1999 and in the 2007 edition where South Africa lost in the semifinals, the World Cup victory has been elusive to Kallis. He has amassed 1148 runs from his 36 World Cup outings while as one of the most consistent bowlers Kallis has bagged 21 wickets from 32 innings. In the One-Day International (ODI) matches the all-rounder has 11, 579 runs including 17 hundreds and 86 fifties and he has bagged 273 wickets


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Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid, the Mr. Dependable of Indian cricket also has not got the test of lifting the World Cup trophy like Sourav Ganguly. He also had taken part in three World Cups from 1999 to 2007. Dravid has gleaned 860 runs from his 22 World Cup matches including two hundreds and six fifties at an average of 61.42. His highest score is 145 against Sri Lanka. Dravid also has crossed the landmark of 10 thousand runs as his ODI run is 10889 in 344 matches including 12 hundreds and 83 fifties.

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AB de Villiers

AB de Villiers, one of the most aggressive batsmen from South Africa has also finished his career without the World Cup. Playing in three World Cups the opening batsman reached the semifinal in the 2007 edition and 2015 edition of the World Cups. The devastating batsman in all formats of the game was deeply shocked after South Africa one of the title-contenders in the 2015 World Cup was shown the doors by New Zealand in the semifinal. However, de Villiers is holding tremendous statistics in the World Cup as he has scored 1207 runs in 23 matches at an amazing average of 63.52 including four centuries and six fifties. His highest in the World Cup was 162 against West Indies


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Shaun Pollock

Shaun Pollock, the son of legendary South African all-rounder Peter Pollock is also one of the finest all-rounders South Africa has ever produced. Shaun’s uncle was also a legendary batsman Graeme Pollock who led South Africa in the 60s. Shaun has represented his country in four World Cups but had to say goodbye without having the elusive World Cup in his cabinet. Claiming 393 wickets from 297 innings in One-Day Internationals (ODI) has been a history created by Shaun as he has also bagged 31 wickets from 31 innings in the World Cups. Shaun Pollock was being called one of the best medium pacers of his time

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Anil Kumble

The right-arm leg spinner has earned applauds as he was often being called one of the biggest match-winners for India over his prolonged careers. Despite having made his debut in One-Day International (ODI) in 1990 Kumble was not chosen in the Indian squad for the 1992 World Cup. The legendary spinner came closest to winning the covetous World Cup on two occasions. One was in 1996 when India lost in the semifinal to Sri Lanka and in the 2003 World Cup when Kumble did not find a place in the squad. Despite participating in four World Cups (from 1996 to 2007) Kumble has been deprived of winning the World Cup. Kumble has claimed 31 wickets from his total 18 World Cup matches at an average of 22.83


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Waqar Younis

Along with Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis made a pair that dominated over the batsmen throughout the world for almost a decade from the middle of the 80s till the end of the 90s. Still, luck was not with Waqar Younis as one of the leading fast bowlers from Pakistan had to be ruled out of the World Cup winning Pakistan squad in 1992 following a severe back injury. Then the fast bowler represented his country in three ODI World Cups (1996 to 2003) but was not able to lift the World Cup trophy. In 1999, World Cup he was played only a solitary game. In the 2003 World Cup Waqar was captain of Pakistan but crashed out of the tournament before reaching the super-six stages. Still, Waqar has claimed 22 wickets from his 11 World Cup innings while in the ODI he has a brilliant statistic of capturing 416 wickets from 258 innings. 

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