1983
WORLD-CUP MEMORIES :
Original Score book of the 1983 WC final : -
India 's batting score card : -
The Cup: -
1983 World Cup: Final
Golden Moments - Nice Collection
The Team:
1 Kapil Dev
2 Sunil Gavaskar
3 Mohinder Amarnath
4 Sandeep Patil
5 Yashpal Sharma
6 Roger Binny
7 Madan Lal
8 Syed Kirmani
9 Balwinder Sandhu
10 K Srikkanth
11 Kirti Azad
12 Ravi Shastri
13 Dilip Vengsarkar
14 Sunil Valson
Team manager: P R Man Singh
Mohinder Amarnath's patient innings of 26 helps India move steadily towards a
total of 183
Final Moments! Kapil Dev snares West Indies tail-ender Andy Roberts lbw to
leave India on the brink of victory
The team celebrates Andy's dismissal.
India's players run for
the pavilion after Mohinder Amarnath seals a 43-run victory by bowling Michael
Holding.
A huge crowd charge into
the ground to celebrate the victory and the Indian team race out. History was
made!
Delighted supporters throng on to the Lord's pitch to join in with the Indian
celebrations.
Man of the match Amarnath and India's captain Kapil Dev share a joke during the
presentation ceremony
India's team and management revel in their unexpected triumph over the West
Indies
Kapil Dev shows off the cup to delighted supporters
Final
Date: June 25, 1983
Venue: Lord's
Toss: West Indies elected to field
Result: India won by 43 runs
Man of the match: M Amarnath
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India |
R |
BF |
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|
S M Gavaskar |
c Dujon b Roberts |
2 |
12 |
|
K Srikkanth |
lbw b Marshall |
38 |
57 |
|
M Amarnath |
b Holding |
26 |
80 |
|
Yashpal Sharma |
c sub b Gomes |
11 |
32 |
|
S M Patil |
c Gomes b Garner |
27 |
29 |
|
Kapil Dev (c) |
c Holding b Gomes |
15 |
8 |
|
K Azad |
c Garner b Roberts |
0 |
3 |
|
R M H Binny |
c Garner b Roberts |
2 |
8 |
|
S Madan Lal |
b Marshall |
17 |
27 |
|
S M H Kirmani (k) |
b Holding |
14 |
43 |
|
B S Sandhu |
not out |
11 |
30 |
|
Extras |
(b 5, lb 5, w 9, n 1) |
20 |
|
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Total |
183 all out in 54.4 overs |
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Run rate: |
3.55 |
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FOW: Gavaskar (2-1), Srikkanth (59-2), Amarnath (90-3), Yashpal Sharma (92-4), Kapil Dev (110-5), Azad (111-6), Binny (130-7), Patil (153-8), Madan Lal (161-9), Kirmani (183-10). |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
|
A M E Roberts |
10 |
3 |
32 |
3 |
|
J Garner |
12 |
4 |
24 |
1 |
|
M D Marshall |
11 |
1 |
24 |
2 |
|
M A Holding |
9.4 |
2 |
26 |
2 |
|
H A Gomes |
11 |
1 |
49 |
2 |
|
I V A Richards |
1 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
West Indies |
R |
BF |
|
|
C G Greenidge |
b Sandhu |
1 |
12 |
|
D L Haynes |
c Binny b Madan Lal |
13 |
33 |
|
I V A Richards |
c Kapil Dev b Madan Lal |
33 |
28 |
|
C H Lloyd (c) |
c Kapil Dev b Binny |
8 |
17 |
|
H A Gomes |
c Gavaskar b Madan Lal |
5 |
16 |
|
S F A Bacchus |
c Kirmani b Sandhu |
8 |
25 |
|
P J L Dujon (k) |
b Amarnath |
25 |
73 |
|
M D Marshall |
c Gavaskar b Amarnath |
18 |
51 |
|
A M E Roberts |
lbw b Kapil Dev |
4 |
14 |
|
J Garner |
not out |
5 |
19 |
|
M A Holding |
lbw b Amarnath |
6 |
24 |
|
Extras |
(lb 4, w 10) |
14 |
|
|
Total |
140 all out in 52 overs |
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Run rate: |
2.69 |
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FOW: Greenidge (5-1), Haynes (50-2), Richards (57-3), Gomes (66-4), Lloyd (66-5), Bacchus (76-6), Dujon (119-7), Marshall (124-8), Roberts (126-9), Holding (140-10). |
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Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
|
Kapil Dev |
11 |
4 |
21 |
1 |
|
B S Sandhu |
9 |
1 |
32 |
2 |
|
S Madan Lal |
12 |
2 |
31 |
3 |
|
R M H Binny |
10 |
1 |
23 |
1 |
|
M Amarnath |
7 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
|
K Azad |
3 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
Some memorable quotes after India won the World Cup.
'I didn't know there were
so many Indians in London, mate, until they won this bleedin' cricket match'
- A London fruit seller
'Not today, this is
India's day'
- Sir Gary Sobers, when asked for an autograph
'Simply unbelievable'
- Bishen Bedi
'My slogan is: "Indians
can do it" '.
- Mrs Indira Gandhi
'Simply thousands of miles away you could almost smell the joyful whiff of
November 5 cordite, mixed in the sultry scents of jasmine, frangipani, cowdung
smoke and curry'.
- Frank Keating of The Guardian
'A feat, which will
rank among the finest achievements of the country'.
- Editorial in The Telegraphy, a Calcutta daily
'I have had to eat
some of my own words, but what a delight it has been to do so'.
- Asif Iqbal
'The shock will do us
all good'
- Mathew Engel of The Guardian
'We are still down to
earth'
- Roger Binny
'We are being treated
like gods'
- Mohinder Amarnath
'Luck played a great
part'
- Kapil Dev
' The greatest day since Independence'
- An Indian
This was the last time the World Cup was held in England, before its migration
to the subcontinent and Australia. It was also the year of the underdog. The
first two World Cups had been won by the clear favorite -- this one produced a
sensational turnaround with 500-1 outsiders India upsetting the West Indies
applecart.
Here are the details:
Match summary :
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Num |
Date |
Opponents |
Venue |
Result |
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1 |
09/06/83 |
West Indies |
Manchester |
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2 |
11/06/83 |
Zimbabwe |
Leicester |
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3 |
13/06/83 |
Australia |
Nottingham |
|
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4 |
15/06/83 |
West Indies |
The Oval |
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5 |
18/06/83 |
Zimbabwe |
Tunbridge Wells |
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6 |
20/06/83 |
Australia |
Chelmsford |
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