ICC World Cup 2023: Sri Lanka's ODI World Cup History, Previous Performances and Key Stats

ICC World Cup 2023: The Sri Lanka men's cricket team, which has been ever-present in the ICC ODI World Cup since it's inception in 1975, has won the coveted title once so far, and will look to repeat that feat in the upcoming show-piece tournament.

Dasun Shanak-led Sri Lanka will battle nine other teams, including the four other champions England, Australia, India and Pakistan in the upcoming edition of the 50-over World Cup.

Sri Lanka's ODI World Cup History

In the 12 editions held so far, Sri Lanka has gone all the way to lift the title only once in 1996, while they also went close in 2007 and 2011 editions when they finished runners up. The Sri Lanka team has also reached the quarterfinal or semifinal stage in two other editions.

Over the 12 editions, several big name players and rising stars have stepped up for Sri Lanka like Sanath Jayasuriya, Mutiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews among others.

Ahead of the ICC ODI World Cup 2023, here we take a look at Sri Lanka's ODI World Cup history, previous performances and the key stats from the past editions of the show-piece tournament:

Sri Lanka's Previous ODI World Cup Previous Performances and Key Stats

Edition	Year	Host Nation(s)	Captain	Finish	Most Runs	Most Wickets
1	1975	England	Anura Tennekoon	Group Stage	Anura Tennekoon (78 runs)	Somachandra De Silva (4 wickets)
2	1979	England	Anura Tennekoon	Group Stage	Sunil Wettimuny (83 runs)	Tony Opatha & Somachandra De Silva (3 wickets)
3	1983	England & Wales	Duleep Mendis	Group Stage	Brendon Kuruppu (182 runs)	Ashantha de Mel (17 wickets)
4	1987	India & Pakistan	Duleep Mendis	Group Stage	Arjuna Ranatuga (252 runs)	Ravi Ratnayeke (10 wickets)
5	1992	Australia & New Zealand	Aravinda de Silva	Group Stage	Arjuna Ranatunga (262 runs)	Pramodya Wickramasinghe (7 wickets)
6	1996	India, Sri Lanka & Pakistan	Arjuna Ranatunga	Champions	Aravinda de Silva (448 runs)	Mutiah Muralitharan (7 wickets)
7	1999	England & Wales	Arjuna Ranatunga	Group Stage	Marvan Attapatu (139 runs)	Pramodya Wickramasinghe (9 wickets)
8	2003	South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya	Sanath Jayasuriya	Semifinal	Marvan Attapatu (382 runs)	Chaminda Vaas (23 wickets)
9	2007	West Indies	Mahela Jayawardene	Runner Up	Mahela Jayawardena (548 runs)	Mutiah Muralitharan (23 wickets)
10	2011	India, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh	Kumar Sangakkara	Runner Up	Tillakaratne Dilshan (500 runs)	Mutiah Muralitharan (15 wickets)
11	2015	Australia & New Zealand	Angelo Mathews	Quarterfinal	Kumar Sangakkara (541 runs)	Lasith Malinga (12 wickets)
12	2019	England & Wales	Dimuth Karunaratne	Group Stage	Kusal Perera (273 runs)	Lasith Malinga (13 wickets)