Longest streaks in Cricket World Cup history

The 2015 Cricket World Cup saw India defeating Pakistan on 15th February, yet again, in a high profile match. The Indians extended their unbeaten run against their arch-rivals with their head-to-head World Cup record currently standing at 6-0 in favour of the men in blue. However, this isn’t the best head-to-head record for a team against a particular opposition in World Cup history.This is the 11th edition of the World Cup and quite a few records have been set at this ongoing tournament. We take a look at all the longest streaks in the history of World Cups including most consecutive tons, longest winning and unbeaten streaks along with dubious honours like most consecutive ducks and losing streaks in the following slides:

#1 Longest winning streak Australia (25 matches)

The mighty Aussie sides led by Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting dominated world cricket for more than a decade starting from 1999. The team enjoyed a run of consecutive victories in 25 games from 1999 to 2011.

The streak started in the final of the 1999 World Cup where Australia, who had tied the semifinal against South Africa, thrashed Pakistan by 8 wickets to lift the trophy. Following that win, the Aussies had a complete domination of the world event in the next decade, and the team won every game they played in the 2003 and 2007 editions of World Cup.

The team continued its winning streak in 2011 too as it beat Zimbabwe and New Zealand in the first two matches, before rain led to the game against Sri Lanka being abandoned, and with it the 25 game consecutive winning run came to an end.