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steve waugh has played most matches in world as captain
The player who has played the most Twenty20 matches as captain of his team, as of June 2012, is MS Dhoni, who has played a total of 119 Twenty20 matches for Chennai Super Kings, India, and the Indians.
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Sachin Tendulkar has played the most number of World Cup matches.
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Diego Maradona has played the most FIFA World Cup matches as captain with sixteen between 1986 and 1994.He won the 1986 World Cup and finished runner-up in 1990 as captain.
Sanath Jaysurya of Srilanka cricket team. He played 432 ODI till today.
As of March 2011, New Zealand's Stephen Fleming has started 26 Cricket World Cup matches as captain. Ricky Ponting, who has started 25 World Cup matches as captain, has won all but one World Cup match, against Sri Lanka in March 2011, which finished in a No Result.
Sachin Tendulkar from india played most matches in world cup
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