White ball ____ for the first time in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

The sentence “White ball ____ for the first time in the 1992 Cricket World Cup” requires the past tense “was used” to describe a historical event. The 1992 Cricket World Cup introduced the white ball for day-night matches, a specific past occurrence. In English, the simple past tense is used for completed actions at a definite time. Options A (base form), B (present), and D (future) do not match the historical context, making C the correct choice.