From Googlee To Stumpy: Cricket World Cup Mascots Over The Years

The 1996 World Cup's mascot was 'Googlee' and it was wearing helmet, gloves, and pads.

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The mascot for the 1999 World Cup was 'willow'. Willow was a guy with pink cheeks, resembling 'Yorker'

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Hosted for the first time by South Africa, the mascot for the 2003 World Cup was 'dazzler', which was a zebra. Dazzler represented the wild life in South Africa.

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Introduced by the West Indies ahead of the 2007 World Cup, Mello was an orange racoon standing stylishly while holding a bat and is wearing a casual clothing.

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The mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup was 'Stumpy', a 10-year-old cricket-playing elephant. It symbolized the peaceful and powerful spirit of cricket.

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ICC unveiled the mascot duo for the 2023 World Cup, with Shafali Varma and Yash Dhull standing in the extremes.

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England are the defending champions, having won the trophy in 2019.

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England and New Zealand will also open the 2023 World Cup campaign on October 5th in Ahmedabad.

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India will begin their campaign on October 8th against Australia at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.

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