Michael Clarke returned Australia's pride in 2015, created history in the World Cup for the fifth time

India halted their three-time trophy-winning campaign by defeating Australia in the quarter-finals of the 2011 World Cup, but exactly four years later, Australia beat India first in the semi-finals of the 2015 ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Michael Clarke. Entered the final and then defeated co-host New Zealand and had the distinction of becoming world champions for the fifth time.

Australia won the ODI World Cup under the captaincy of Allan Border in 1987, Steve Waugh in 1999, and Ricky Ponting in 2003 and 2007. At the same time, in 2015, Michael Clarke's name was also included in his captaincy, along with making the team the world champion. He became the fourth captain of his country to lead the team to the ODI World Cup trophy.

The 2015 ODI World Cup was the last World Cup of Michael Clarke's career. The Kangaroo team entered the global tournament hosted by Australia and New Zealand as the favorites. Australia won seven out of nine matches in that tournament, while their group-stage match against Bangladesh was abandoned without a ball being bowled. New Zealand defeated Australia by one wicket in the group stage, but the Kangaroo team won the final in a one-sided fashion. This was also the last ODI match of Michael Clarke's career.