Opening partnership is very important in cricket matches. Since he gets a chance to open the innings, he gets the highest numbers of balls to play. This usually gives those batsmen time to build big partnerships. They play till they finish the match and win by a margin of 10 wickets. All the teams in this list won their matches by a highest margin of wickets. The biggest partnership is made in fewer balls and with a bigger partnership between the openers. Here are the top teams with the biggest margin of victory in terms of wickets.
Highest Winning Margin (Wickets) By A Team In ICC World Cup
*Last Updated on 21st November 2023
| Winner | Margin | Balls Rem | Target | Overs | Max | Opposition | Venue | Match Date |
| India | 10 wickets | 181 | 121 | 29.5 | 60.0 | East Africa | Leeds | 11 Jun 1975 |
| West Indies | 10 wickets | 89 | 172 | 45.1 | 60.0 | Zimbabwe | Birmingham | 20 Jun 1983 |
| West Indies | 10 wickets | 19 | 221 | 46.5 | 50.0 | Pakistan | Melbourne | 23 Feb 1992 |
| South Africa | 10 wickets | 172 | 141 | 21.2 | 50.0 | Kenya | Potchefstroom | 12 Feb 2003 |
| Sri Lanka | 10 wickets | 173 | 125 | 21.1 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Pietermaritzburg | 14 Feb 2003 |
| South Africa | 10 wickets | 228 | 109 | 12.0 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | 22 Feb 2003 |
| Australia | 10 wickets | 49 | 105 | 13.5 | 22.0 | Bangladesh | North Sound | 31 Mar 2007 |
| New Zealand | 10 wickets | 252 | 70 | 8.0 | 50.0 | Kenya | Chennai | 20 Feb 2011 |
| New Zealand | 10 wickets | 99 | 163 | 33.3 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad | 4 Mar 2011 |
| Pakistan | 10 wickets | 175 | 113 | 20.5 | 50.0 | West Indies | Mirpur | 23 Mar 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | 10 wickets | 63 | 230 | 39.3 | 50.0 | England | Colombo (RPS) | 26 Mar 2011 |
| New Zealand | 10 wickets | 203 | 137 | 16.1 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Cardiff | 1 Jun 2019 |
| West Indies | 9 wickets | 236 | 87 | 20.4 | 60.0 | Sri Lanka | Manchester | 7 Jun 1975 |
| West Indies | 9 wickets | 51 | 191 | 51.3 | 60.0 | India | Birmingham | 9 Jun 1979 |
| New Zealand | 9 wickets | 74 | 190 | 47.4 | 60.0 | Sri Lanka | Nottingham | 9 Jun 1979 |
| England | 9 wickets | 215 | 137 | 24.1 | 60.0 | Sri Lanka | Leeds | 20 Jun 1983 |
| India | 9 wickets | 107 | 222 | 32.1 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Nagpur | 31 Oct 1987 |
| South Africa | 9 wickets | 13 | 171 | 46.5 | 49.0 | Australia | Sydney | 26 Feb 1992 |
| Pakistan | 9 wickets | 90 | 110 | 18.0 | 33.0 | U.A.E. | Gujranwala | 24 Feb 1996 |
| England | 9 wickets | 66 | 204 | 39.0 | 50.0 | Kenya | Canterbury | 18 May 1999 |
| Pakistan | 9 wickets | 15 | 242 | 47.3 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Manchester | 16 Jun 1999 |
| Australia | 9 wickets | 166 | 126 | 22.2 | 50.0 | India | Centurion | 15 Feb 2003 |
| New Zealand | 9 wickets | 13 | 226 | 36.5 | 39.0 | South Africa | Johannesburg | 16 Feb 2003 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 wickets | 272 | 37 | 4.4 | 50.0 | Canada | Paarl | 19 Feb 2003 |
| New Zealand | 9 wickets | 124 | 175 | 29.2 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | North Sound | 2 Apr 2007 |
| Australia | 9 wickets | 226 | 92 | 12.2 | 50.0 | Ireland | Bridgetown | 13 Apr 2007 |
| South Africa | 9 wickets | 184 | 155 | 19.2 | 50.0 | England | Bridgetown | 17 Apr 2007 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 wickets | 188 | 143 | 18.4 | 50.0 | Kenya | Colombo (RPS) | 1 Mar 2011 |
| West Indies | 9 wickets | 226 | 59 | 12.2 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Mirpur | 4 Mar 2011 |
| India | 9 wickets | 187 | 103 | 18.5 | 50.0 | U.A.E. | Perth | 28 Feb 2015 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 wickets | 16 | 310 | 47.2 | 50.0 | England | Wellington | 1 Mar 2015 |
| England | 9 wickets | 41 | 101 | 18.1 | 25.0 | Afghanistan | Sydney | 13 Mar 2015 |
| South Africa | 9 wickets | 192 | 134 | 18.0 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Sydney | 18 Mar 2015 |
| South Africa | 9 wickets | 116 | 127 | 28.4 | 48.0 | Afghanistan | Cardiff | 15 Jun 2019 |
| South Africa | 9 wickets | 76 | 204 | 37.2 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Chester-le-Street | 28 Jun 2019 |
| New Zealand | 9 wickets | 82 | 283 | 36.2 | 50.0 | England | Ahmedabad | 5 Oct 2023 |
| Pakistan | 8 wickets | 119 | 140 | 40.1 | 60.0 | Canada | Leeds | 9 Jun 1979 |
| New Zealand | 8 wickets | 18 | 183 | 57.0 | 60.0 | India | Leeds | 13 Jun 1979 |
| England | 8 wickets | 277 | 46 | 13.5 | 60.0 | Canada | Manchester | 13 Jun 1979 |
| England | 8 wickets | 56 | 194 | 50.4 | 60.0 | Pakistan | Lord’s | 13 Jun 1983 |
| West Indies | 8 wickets | 69 | 218 | 48.3 | 60.0 | Zimbabwe | Worcester | 13 Jun 1983 |
| West Indies | 8 wickets | 68 | 185 | 48.4 | 60.0 | Pakistan | The Oval | 22 Jun 1983 |
| India | 8 wickets | 133 | 136 | 27.5 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Wankhede | 17 Oct 1987 |
| England | 8 wickets | 52 | 219 | 41.2 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Pune | 30 Oct 1987 |
| England | 8 wickets | 55 | 172 | 40.5 | 50.0 | Australia | Sydney | 5 Mar 1992 |
| England | 8 wickets | 90 | 137 | 35.0 | 50.0 | U.A.E. | Peshawar | 18 Feb 1996 |
| Pakistan | 8 wickets | 116 | 146 | 30.4 | 50.0 | Netherlands | Lahore | 26 Feb 1996 |
| Australia | 8 wickets | 84 | 155 | 36.0 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Nagpur | 1 Mar 1996 |
| England | 8 wickets | 19 | 205 | 46.5 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Lord’s | 14 May 1999 |
| West Indies | 8 wickets | 239 | 69 | 10.1 | 50.0 | Scotland | Leicester | 27 May 1999 |
| Australia | 8 wickets | 179 | 133 | 20.1 | 50.0 | Pakistan | Lord’s | 20 Jun 1999 |
| Netherlands | 8 wickets | 157 | 137 | 23.5 | 50.0 | Scotland | Basseterre | 22 Mar 2007 |
| West Indies | 8 wickets | 59 | 190 | 38.1 | 48.0 | Ireland | Kingston | 23 Mar 2007 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 wickets | 240 | 78 | 10.0 | 50.0 | Ireland | St George’s | 18 Apr 2007 |
| New Zealand | 8 wickets | 226 | 124 | 12.2 | 50.0 | England | Wellington | 20 Feb 2015 |
| India | 8 wickets | 79 | 260 | 36.5 | 50.0 | Ireland | Hamilton | 10 Mar 2015 |
| England | 8 wickets | 101 | 213 | 33.1 | 50.0 | West Indies | Southampton | 14 Jun 2019 |
| England | 8 wickets | 107 | 224 | 32.1 | 50.0 | Australia | Birmingham | 11 Jul 2019 |
| India | 8 wickets | 90 | 273 | 35.0 | 50.0 | Afghanistan | Delhi | 11 Oct 2023 |
| New Zealand | 8 wickets | 43 | 246 | 42.5 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Chennai | 13 Oct 2023 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 wickets | 146 | 157 | 25.4 | 50.0 | England | Bengaluru | 26 Oct 2023 |
| Australia | 8 wickets | 32 | 307 | 44.4 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Pune | 11 Nov 2023 |
| West Indies | 7 wickets | 84 | 193 | 46.0 | 60.0 | Australia | The Oval | 14 Jun 1975 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 204 | 106 | 26.0 | 60.0 | Canada | Birmingham | 16 Jun 1979 |
| England | 7 wickets | 16 | 233 | 57.2 | 60.0 | Pakistan | Manchester | 18 Jun 1983 |
| West Indies | 7 wickets | 13 | 274 | 57.5 | 60.0 | Australia | Lord’s | 18 Jun 1983 |
| India | 7 wickets | 48 | 192 | 42.0 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad | 26 Oct 1987 |
| New Zealand | 7 wickets | 93 | 191 | 34.3 | 50.0 | South Africa | Auckland | 29 Feb 1992 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 36 | 190 | 44.0 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Adelaide | 7 Mar 1992 |
| South Africa | 7 wickets | 29 | 164 | 45.1 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Canberra | 10 Mar 1992 |
| New Zealand | 7 wickets | 55 | 201 | 40.5 | 50.0 | England | Wellington | 15 Mar 1992 |
| Pakistan | 7 wickets | 32 | 167 | 44.4 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Christchurch | 18 Mar 1992 |
| India | 7 wickets | 49 | 200 | 41.5 | 50.0 | Kenya | Cuttack | 18 Feb 1996 |
| U.A.E. | 7 wickets | 34 | 217 | 44.2 | 50.0 | Netherlands | Lahore | 1 Mar 1996 |
| Pakistan | 7 wickets | 14 | 250 | 47.4 | 50.0 | England | Karachi | 3 Mar 1996 |
| Sri Lanka | 7 wickets | 22 | 242 | 46.2 | 50.0 | Australia | Lahore | 17 Mar 1996 |
| West Indies | 7 wickets | 21 | 183 | 46.3 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Dublin | 21 May 1999 |
| West Indies | 7 wickets | 34 | 157 | 44.2 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Southampton | 24 May 1999 |
| England | 7 wickets | 69 | 168 | 38.3 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Nottingham | 25 May 1999 |
| South Africa | 7 wickets | 54 | 153 | 41.0 | 50.0 | Kenya | Amstelveen | 26 May 1999 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 181 | 179 | 19.5 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Chester-le-Street | 27 May 1999 |
| West Indies | 7 wickets | 177 | 203 | 20.3 | 50.0 | Canada | Centurion | 23 Feb 2003 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 15 | 247 | 47.3 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 24 Feb 2003 |
| New Zealand | 7 wickets | 99 | 199 | 33.3 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Kimberley | 26 Feb 2003 |
| Kenya | 7 wickets | 144 | 134 | 26.0 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Bloemfontein | 12 Mar 2003 |
| India | 7 wickets | 56 | 147 | 40.4 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Centurion | 14 Mar 2003 |
| Kenya | 7 wickets | 40 | 200 | 43.2 | 50.0 | Canada | Gros Islet | 14 Mar 2007 |
| South Africa | 7 wickets | 160 | 187 | 23.2 | 50.0 | Scotland | Basseterre | 20 Mar 2007 |
| England | 7 wickets | 60 | 178 | 33.0 | 43.0 | Kenya | Gros Islet | 24 Mar 2007 |
| Bangladesh | 7 wickets | 21 | 96 | 17.3 | 21.0 | Bermuda | Port of Spain | 25 Mar 2007 |
| New Zealand | 7 wickets | 64 | 178 | 39.2 | 50.0 | West Indies | North Sound | 29 Mar 2007 |
| South Africa | 7 wickets | 21 | 160 | 31.3 | 35.0 | Ireland | Providence | 3 Apr 2007 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 16 | 248 | 47.2 | 50.0 | England | North Sound | 8 Apr 2007 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 44 | 227 | 42.4 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | St George’s | 16 Apr 2007 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 111 | 150 | 31.3 | 50.0 | South Africa | Gros Islet | 25 Apr 2007 |
| South Africa | 7 wickets | 43 | 223 | 42.5 | 50.0 | West Indies | Delhi | 24 Feb 2011 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 96 | 207 | 34.0 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Nagpur | 25 Feb 2011 |
| Pakistan | 7 wickets | 23 | 162 | 34.1 | 38.0 | Zimbabwe | Pallekele | 14 Mar 2011 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 91 | 212 | 34.5 | 50.0 | Canada | Bengaluru | 16 Mar 2011 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 208 | 131 | 15.2 | 50.0 | Scotland | Hobart | 14 Mar 2015 |
| Pakistan | 7 wickets | 23 | 238 | 46.1 | 50.0 | Ireland | Adelaide | 15 Mar 2015 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 101 | 184 | 33.1 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Melbourne | 29 Mar 2015 |
| West Indies | 7 wickets | 218 | 106 | 13.4 | 50.0 | Pakistan | Nottingham | 31 May 2019 |
| Australia | 7 wickets | 91 | 208 | 34.5 | 50.0 | Afghanistan | Bristol | 1 Jun 2019 |
| New Zealand | 7 wickets | 107 | 173 | 32.1 | 50.0 | Afghanistan | Taunton | 8 Jun 2019 |
| Bangladesh | 7 wickets | 51 | 322 | 41.3 | 50.0 | West Indies | Taunton | 17 Jun 2019 |
| India | 7 wickets | 39 | 265 | 43.3 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Leeds | 6 Jul 2019 |
| India | 7 wickets | 117 | 192 | 30.3 | 50.0 | Pakistan | Ahmedabad | 14 Oct 2023 |
| India | 7 wickets | 51 | 257 | 41.3 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Pune | 19 Oct 2023 |
| Afghanistan | 7 wickets | 28 | 242 | 45.2 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Pune | 30 Oct 2023 |
| Pakistan | 7 wickets | 105 | 205 | 32.3 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Eden Gardens | 31 Oct 2023 |
| Afghanistan | 7 wickets | 111 | 180 | 31.3 | 50.0 | Netherlands | Lucknow | 3 Nov 2023 |
| England | 6 wickets | 77 | 160 | 47.1 | 60.0 | Australia | Lord’s | 9 Jun 1979 |
| India | 6 wickets | 32 | 214 | 54.4 | 60.0 | England | Manchester | 22 Jun 1983 |
| New Zealand | 6 wickets | 10 | 207 | 48.2 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Hamilton | 25 Feb 1992 |
| England | 6 wickets | 61 | 158 | 39.5 | 50.0 | West Indies | Melbourne | 27 Feb 1992 |
| West Indies | 6 wickets | 123 | 152 | 29.3 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 16 Feb 1996 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 wickets | 78 | 229 | 37.0 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Colombo (SSC) | 21 Feb 1996 |
| Australia | 6 wickets | 13 | 287 | 47.5 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Chennai | 11 Mar 1996 |
| Australia | 6 wickets | 31 | 182 | 44.5 | 50.0 | Scotland | Worcester | 16 May 1999 |
| New Zealand | 6 wickets | 102 | 117 | 33.0 | 50.0 | Bangladesh | Chelmsford | 17 May 1999 |
| Australia | 6 wickets | 56 | 111 | 40.4 | 50.0 | West Indies | Manchester | 30 May 1999 |
| New Zealand | 6 wickets | 193 | 122 | 17.5 | 50.0 | Scotland | Edinburgh | 31 May 1999 |
| England | 6 wickets | 160 | 143 | 23.2 | 50.0 | Netherlands | East London | 16 Feb 2003 |
| India | 6 wickets | 26 | 274 | 45.4 | 50.0 | Pakistan | Centurion | 1 Mar 2003 |
| India | 6 wickets | 13 | 226 | 47.5 | 50.0 | Kenya | Cape Town | 7 Mar 2003 |
| New Zealand | 6 wickets | 16 | 253 | 47.2 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Bloemfontein | 8 Mar 2003 |
| New Zealand | 6 wickets | 54 | 210 | 41.0 | 50.0 | England | Gros Islet | 16 Mar 2007 |
| West Indies | 6 wickets | 13 | 203 | 47.5 | 50.0 | Zimbabwe | Kingston | 19 Mar 2007 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 wickets | 29 | 220 | 45.1 | 50.0 | New Zealand | St George’s | 12 Apr 2007 |
| Bangladesh | 6 wickets | 52 | 161 | 41.2 | 50.0 | Netherlands | Chattogram | 14 Mar 2011 |
| Ireland | 6 wickets | 14 | 307 | 47.4 | 50.0 | Netherlands | Eden Gardens | 18 Mar 2011 |
| India | 6 wickets | 10 | 275 | 48.2 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Wankhede | 2 Apr 2011 |
| Bangladesh | 6 wickets | 11 | 319 | 48.1 | 50.0 | Scotland | Nelson | 5 Mar 2015 |
| New Zealand | 6 wickets | 83 | 187 | 36.1 | 50.0 | Afghanistan | Napier | 8 Mar 2015 |
| West Indies | 6 wickets | 117 | 176 | 30.3 | 50.0 | U.A.E. | Napier | 15 Mar 2015 |
| Australia | 6 wickets | 97 | 214 | 33.5 | 50.0 | Pakistan | Adelaide | 20 Mar 2015 |
| India | 6 wickets | 15 | 228 | 47.3 | 50.0 | South Africa | Southampton | 5 Jun 2019 |
| Bangladesh | 6 wickets | 92 | 157 | 34.4 | 50.0 | Afghanistan | Dharamsala | 7 Oct 2023 |
| India | 6 wickets | 52 | 200 | 41.2 | 50.0 | Australia | Chennai | 8 Oct 2023 |
| Pakistan | 6 wickets | 10 | 345 | 48.2 | 50.0 | Sri Lanka | Hyderabad | 10 Oct 2023 |
| Australia | 6 wickets | 42 | 241 | 43.0 | 50.0 | India | Ahmedabad | 19 Nov 2023 |
| West Indies | 5 wickets | 119 | 159 | 40.1 | 60.0 | New Zealand | The Oval | 18 Jun 1975 |
| India | 5 wickets | 135 | 156 | 37.3 | 60.0 | Zimbabwe | Leicester | 11 Jun 1983 |
| New Zealand | 5 wickets | 124 | 207 | 39.2 | 60.0 | Sri Lanka | Bristol | 13 Jun 1983 |
| West Indies | 5 wickets | 34 | 195 | 40.2 | 46.0 | India | Wellington | 10 Mar 1992 |
| South Africa | 5 wickets | 75 | 178 | 37.3 | 50.0 | New Zealand | Faisalabad | 20 Feb 1996 |
| India | 5 wickets | 62 | 174 | 39.4 | 50.0 | West Indies | Gwalior | 21 Feb 1996 |
| Zimbabwe | 5 wickets | 46 | 135 | 42.2 | 50.0 | Kenya | Patna | 27 Feb 1996 |
| South Africa | 5 wickets | 34 | 243 | 44.2 | 50.0 | Pakistan | Karachi | 29 Feb 1996 |
