This Day That Year: India beat mighty West Indies to lift the 1983 World Cup
Under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, the Indian Cricket Team defeated the mighty West Indies side in the finals of 1983 Prudential Cup played at Lords, London on 25 th June. West Indies captain Clive Llyod won the toss and decided to field first. Andy Roberts provided the initial breakthrough for West Indies dismissing Sunil Gavaskar for just 2. Kris Srikanth and Mohinder Amarnath remained solid against the top-quality fast bowling of West Indies. Srikanth took the attack with positive stroke play. Malcolm Marshall got the wicket of Srikanth for 38 off 57 balls. Srikanth and Mohinder Amarnath added 57 runs for the 2 nd wicket. Mohinder Amarnath and Yashpal Sharma put up 31 runs for the 3 rd wicket. After the fall of Yashpal Sharma’s wicket, the Indian team lost wickets at regular intervals to be bowled out for just 183. The pitch was helpful for the fast bowlers. The Indian team started on a positive note as Balwinder Singh Sandhu produced a beauty to dismiss Sir Gordon ...