Sweet Menories....1983 World cup

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1983 World Cup: Final Golden Moments


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

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Mohinder Amarnath's patient innings of 26 helps India move steadily towards a total of 183

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Final Moments! Kapil Dev snares West Indies tail-ender Andy Roberts lbw to leave India on the brink of victory

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The team celebrates Andy's dismissal.

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India's players run for the pavilion after Mohinder Amarnath seals a 43-run victory by bowling Michael Holding

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A huge crowd charge into the ground to celebrate the victory and the Indian team race out. History was made!

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Delighted supporters throng on to the Lord's pitch to join in with the Indian celebrations.

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Man of the match Amarnath and India's captain Kapil Dev share a joke during the presentation ceremony

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India's team and management revel in their unexpected triumph over the West Indies

Kapil Dev shows off the cup to delighted supporters

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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

India R BF

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


Total 183 all out in 54.4 overs

Run rate: 3.55

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).



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

Run rate: 2.69

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).



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