| The game of cricket has a known history | | | | Imran Khan. In 1996, Sri Lanka won the World |
| spanning from the 16th century to the present | | | | Cup match, captained by Arjuna Ranatunga. As |
| day, with international matches played since | | | | per Bangladesh is concerned, the popularity |
| 1844 and the Test cricket matches since 1877. | | | | of cricket is found the same but its their |
| During this time, the game developed from its | | | | bad luck which never pulled them to win the |
| origins in England into a game, which is now | | | | Cup. |
| played all over the world and is more popular | | | | |
| in the Sub-Continent Nations- India, | | | | "2007" is again a year for the ninth edition |
| Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh | | | | of the World Cup Cricket Tournament, and the |
| | | | four Nations are holding its breath. The |
| In these four Nations, cricket has emerged as | | | | passion is still the same but only the player |
| the most popular sport. The game has its | | | | and the captaincy has changed. In this World |
| origin in these Nations from18th centuries | | | | Cup India is being captained by Rahul Dravid, |
| and since then it has rooted itself on | | | | Sri Lanka is being captained by Mahela |
| various grounds of World. As per Bangladesh | | | | Jayawardene, Pakistan is being captained by |
| is concerned, the origin of cricket over here | | | | Inzamam-ul-Haq and Bangladesh is being |
| is found in 19th century. Since then the four | | | | captained by Habibul Bashar. |
| Sub-Continent Nation has faced tremendous | | | | |
| victory and defeat. | | | | The hopes for these four Nations are |
| | | | dilemmatic, as their previous performance, |
| With the commencing of Cricket World Cup in | | | | was not that much appealing. When we cast |
| 1975, the popularity of cricket reached on | | | | our view towards India and Srilanka, we found |
| its peak. The game retained more zeal and | | | | that Sri Lanka was defeated by India in the |
| passion. However, for Sub-Continent Nation | | | | recently concluded home series. As per |
| World Cup it becomes like an obsession and | | | | Pakistan is concerned, they are moving from a |
| even today the game is still holding the same | | | | very bad phase, their players are injured and |
| passion and fervor. | | | | the team is surrounded by many controversies. |
| | | | And, there is no word to explain about |
| When we move towards their previous history, | | | | Bangladesh. The prospect of World Cup is |
| we find that the top three Sub-Continent | | | | under dilemmatic situation but the passion |
| Nation i.e. India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka had | | | | and popularity is still the same among these |
| a very brilliant past, holding World Cup | | | | four Sub-Continent Nations. |
| once. India lifted the Cup in the year 1983, | | | | |
| under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, | | | | Hence, we will have to wait and watch the |
| | | | World Cup! |
| Pakistan lifted the Cup in 1992, captained by | | | | |