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Meet the captains leading their nations in World Cup 2015

New Delhi: With World Cup only a month away, teams are busy playing with each other to prepare for the mega sport event to be held in Australia and New Zealand, known for bouncy and

11) Elton Chigumbura (Zimbabwe)

Chigumbura took over as captain of the national side after Prosper Utseya's resignation in 2010. After some initial success - including leading Zimbabwe to the finals of a home tri-series including India and Sri Lanka - Chigumbura's own form fell away alarmingly and in June 2011 he was replaced as captain by Brendan Taylor. He was handed back the limited-overs captaincy in July 2014 as part of ZC's plan to split the leadership between him and Taylor.

Under his captaincy, Zimbabwe also defeated Australia for the first time in September 2014 since 1983. The skipper played a major role after scoring an unbeaten half-century which led his team to a famous three-wicket win.

He didn't had good form in Zimbabwe's recent series against Bangladesh in which he didn't had any success with the ball and bat apart from a half century.

In 169 ODIs he scored 3390 runs at the strike rate of 81.31 and has a below par average of 24.92.  He also has 96 ODI wickets under his name.
(ODI captaincy record – Matches 32: Won 9, Lost 23)

Zimbabwe squad: Elton Chigumbura (C), Sikandar Raza, Regis Chakabva, Tendai Chatara, Chamu Chibhabha, Craig Ervine, Tafadzwa Kamungozi, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Solomon Mire, Tawanda Mupariwa, Tinashe Panyangara, Brendan Taylor, Prosper Utseya, Sean Williams.