Winning ICC trophies is the dream of every captain in cricket. However, it is not everyone’s cup of tea. Winning an ICC trophy needs a lot of skills and great leadership skills. Over the years, some captains who managed to dominate the world of bilateral cricket failed to take the ICC trophies home.
The International Cricket Council’s competitions feature the strongest teams from the cricketing world. Also, the events happen once in every two or four years. All the nations put in a lot of hard work to bring their ‘A’ game to the table. However, not all of them are successful.
In this listicle now, we will look at the top three captains in cricket history who have won the highest number of ICC trophies.
3. MS Dhoni – 3 ICC trophies
The only non-Australian captain to feature on the list is MS Dhoni. The former Indian skipper led the Men in Blue to three ICC titles during his legendary reign as the captain. In 2007, Dhoni made his debut as captain and won the inaugural ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Dhoni then led India to the 2011 Cricket World Cup title, followed by a Champions Trophy win in 2013. No other Indian captain achieved so much success as him.
2. Ricky Ponting – 4
Former Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting won four ICC championships as the leader of the men’s team. He won the 2003 World Cup, 2007 World Cup, Champions Trophy 2006 and Champions Trophy 2009 as the skipper of the Aussie team.
1. Meg Lanning – 5
Most ICC Trophies as a captain:
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Meg Lanning – 5
Ricky Ponting – 4
MS Dhoni – 3
Australian women’s cricket team captain Meg Lanning recently broke the world record for the highest trophy wins as captain. She recently led Australia to the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup. Before that, she won the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup, 2014, 2018 and 2020 Women’s T20 WC.
