5 teams you might not know who played the World Cup

#3 East Africa

East Africa played the inaugural World Cup in 1975

East Africa qualified for the inaugural edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1975 by virtue of an invitation from the apex body. It was the only team without a Test status, along with Sri Lanka. Though East Africa was a team representing the nations of Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania, it was predominantly composed of Gujarati and Pakistani natives. The squad was captained by Harilal Shah, a right-handed batsman.

The team failed to register any points on the board, as they finished last in Group A, beaten by India, England and New Zealand. In fact, East Africa was the first team against which India registered their first ODI win, which coincidentally also happened to be the first ODI match to be won by 10 wickets.

This remains the only World Cup appearance for East Africa, as the team failed to qualify for the further editions and later got replaced by the East and Central African Cricket team.