there was no man of the series in 1975 world cup
there was no man of the series award in the opening world cup
There was no "Man of the Series" awarded in 1983 Cricket World Cup. Yay there was
Sanath Jayasuriya from sri lanka was the man of the series
There was no "man of the series" awarded in 1987
Yuvraj Singh was man of the series in ICC world cup in 1983.He has given all rounder performance.
Yuvraj SIngh got the man of the series in 2011 world cup.
Tilakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka) won the Man of the Series award in 2009 T20 World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar (India) won the Man of the Series award in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
Glenn McGrath was the man of the series of world cup cricket 2007.He took maximum 26 wickets.
When India won the world cup, Yuvraj Singh was named man of the tournament
Lance Klusener (South Africa) won the Man of the Series award in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.