Cricket World Cup History: Best XI featuring one player from each World Cup winning team

All-rounders: Kapil Dev, Imran Khan(VC)

This team is fortunate to have two of the best all-rounders of all time.

Kapil Dev - In an elte club of all-rounders

It was Kapil Dev’s belief in himself and his team in World Cup 1983 that changed the fortunes of Indian cricket for the better. There could be any number of reasons for India’s unexpected win in 1983 like the player’s skills and efforts and the prayers of millions of Indian fans. But the presence of Kapil Dev as the leader made it possible.

His unbelievable innings of 175 against Zimbabwe and his outstanding catch to dismiss the rampaging Viv Richards in the finals, were the two crucial factors for India’s triumph in 1983 World Cup. Not to forget his intelligent employ of Mohinder Amarnath and Kirti Azad as bowlers. Kapil is an automatic choice.

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Imran Khan - The charismatic leader

Imran Khan had a different style of leadership. He was successful in bringing the best out of his teammates. His charismatic leadership quality was on display in World Cup 1992 when he motivated his whole team to perform when they were at the brink of elimination. At one point of time, Pakistan had to win 5 consecutive matches to reach the semi-finals and they did exactly that under Imran Khan’s headship.

Imran Khan is the second all-rounder and the vice-captain of this team.