World Cup-winning captains: 1975-2015

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Clive Lloyd with the 1975 World Cup trophy.
Clive Lloyd with the 1975 World Cup trophy.

4 Imran Khan (1992)

Imran Khan celebrating the 1992 World Cup win with teammates.
Imran Khan celebrating the 1992 World Cup win with teammates.

Pakistan's sole triumph in the World Cup is probably one of Imran Khan's greatest contributions to the cricketing history of the country and it is unlikely that they would have won the tournament under any other captain.

The team was on the mat after having been taken out for 93 by England but after that game was thankfully washed out, Pakistan roared back into the tournament and a lot of it had to do with Imran Khan's motivational skills. He called the team 'cornered tigers' and distributed t-shirts which had the slogan on it.

On the cricketing side, Imran was primarily playing as a batsman, since his bowling was on the wane. Additionally, he promoted talented then-youngsters like Inzamam up Haq and in the semi-final against New Zealand, he scored a scintillating 60 off 37 balls to help Pakistan beat the co-hosts (and favourites) and get to the final. Imran top scored in the final with 72 to take Pakistan to 249 and led Pakistan to one of their greatest triumphs.

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