1983 Cricket World Cup final

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1983 Prudential World Cup Final match
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Kapil Dev with the Indian President Zail Singh after the team's return to India post winning the World Cup. They are holding the Cricket World Cup Trophy.
Event 1983 Prudential Cup
IndiaWest Indies
Flag of India.svg WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
183140
54.4 overs52 overs
India won by 43 runs
Date25 June 1983
Venue Lord's, England
Player of the match Mohinder Amarnath (Ind)
Umpires Dickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng)
Attendance24,609 [1]
1979
1987

The final of the 1983 Cricket World Cup was played between India and the West Indies at Lord's on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for the West Indies, having won the last two Cricket World Cups. India, playing in their first final, defeated the West Indies to claim their first World Cup title.

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Background

The match was the third consecutive World Cup final hosted at Lord's, following those in 1975 and 1979. [2] India was making their first appearance at a World Cup final after defeating England by 6 wickets in the first semi-finals. [3] This was also the first appearance by an Asian nation in a World Cup final. In fact, in the prior two world cups in 1975 and 1979, the Indian team had won only one match (against East Africa) and lost every other match. [4] On the other hand, the West Indies had won both previous editions of the World Cup. They had reached a third consecutive final after defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the second semi-final and were looking for their third consecutive World Cup win.

As a result, the Indian team was only given odds of 66–1 at the start of the final. [5] [4] [6] [7]

Match details

25 June 1983
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
183 (54.4 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
140 (52 overs)
India won by 43 runs
Lord's, London, England
Attendance : 24,609
Umpires: Dickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng)
Player of the match: Mohinder Amarnath (Ind)

After losing the toss, India was asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. Sunil Gavaskar, who had a generally unsuccessful tournament, got dismissed early on for two. A partnership between Krishnamachari Srikkanth and Mohinder Amarnath took India past the 50 mark, before the former was taken lbw by Marshall. Amarnath was then bowled by Holding for 26, and only eleven more runs were made before Yashpal Sharma fell. Kapil Dev, the Indian captain, took 8 balls to reach 15, but was caught off the bowling of Larry Gomes; leaving India at 110/5. Kirti Azad didn't score any runs. Roger Binny was caught on two, while Sandeep Patil made 27 to get India to 153/8. All-rounder Madan Lal soon followed for 17, and 10th wicket partnership made 22 runs before Michael Holding bowled Syed Kirmani for 14. India were thus bowled out for 183 in 54.4 overs, which many thought was easily reachable. Andy Roberts had claimed three wickets, and Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Larry Gomes took two wickets each. Sandeep Patil and Madan Lal saved the game to get the team past the 150-run mark at a critical point in the match where India scored 183 runs. After India was bowled out for just 183 runs, Kapil Dev told everyone to fight for every single run. The first over by Kapil Dev was a Maiden. If it also wasn't for Kapil Dev's 175, India wouldn't have made it to the 1983 CWC final.

The West Indies set out to chase the low target of 184 but lost an early wicket when Balwinder Sandhu famously clean bowled Gordon Greenidge. Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards, batted smoothly past 50, but both batsmen were removed by the bowling of Madan Lal, leaving the West Indies at 57/3. Lal soon claimed a third wicket - that of Gomes - and Dev then caught West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, leaving the West Indies at 66/5. Ten runs later, Faoud Bacchus was removed by Sandhu. Jeff Dujon and Malcolm Marshall put on a partnership of 43 runs before Mohinder Amarnath dismissed them on 119 and 124 respectively. Soon, Kapil Dev trapped Andy Roberts for an lbw, and Amarnath got Michael Holding out LBW. The West Indies were thus all out for 140, and India had won their maiden Cricket World Cup by 43 runs. The Indian bowlers had completed one of the biggest upsets in cricket history, defeating the previously invincible West Indies. Both Amarnath and Lal had taken three wickets for India, while Sandhu claimed two. Amarnath was awarded the Man of the Match for his all-round performance. [8] There was no "Man of the Series" award in 1983.

Scorecard

Indian innings

RMB4s6sSR
Sunil Gavaskar c Dujon b Roberts 214120010.0
Krishnamachari Srikkanth lbw b Marshall 3882577166.66
Mohinder Amarnath b Holding 26108803032.50
Yashpal Sharma c sub (Logie) b Gomes 1145321034.37
Sandeep Patil c Gomes b Garner 2748290193.10
Kapil Dev (c)c Holding b Gomes 1510830187.50
Roger Binny c Garner b Roberts 2980025.00
Madan Lal b Marshall 1731270162.96
Syed Kirmani (wk)b Holding 1455430032.55
Balwinder Sandhu not out 1142301036.66
Extras(b 5, lb 5, w 9, nb 1)20
Total(all out; 54.4 overs)183(3.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-2 (Sunil Gavaskar), 2–59 (Krishnamachari Srikkanth), 3–90 (Mohinder Amarnath), 4–92 (Yashpal Sharma), 5–110 (N Kapil Dev), 6–111 (Kirti Azad), 7–130 (Roger Binny), 8–153 (Sandeep Patil), 9–161 (Madan Lal), 10–183 (Syed Kirmani)

BowlingOMRWEcon
Andy Roberts 1033233.20
Joel Garner 1242412.00
Malcolm Marshall 1112422.18
Michael Holding 9.422622.68
Larry Gomes 1114924.45
Viv Richards 10808.00

West Indies innings

RMB4s6sSR
Gordon Greenidge b Sandhu 11112008.33
Desmond Haynes c Binny b Madan Lal 1345332039.39
Viv Richards c Kapil Dev b Madan Lal 33422870117.85
Clive Lloyd (c)c Kapil Dev b Binny 832171047.05
Larry Gomes c Gavaskar b Madan Lal 518160031.25
Faoud Bacchus c Kirmani b Sandhu 837250032.00
Jeff Dujon (wk)b Amarnath 2594730134.24
Malcolm Marshall c Gavaskar b Amarnath 1873510035.29
Andy Roberts lbw b Kapil Dev 416140028.57
Joel Garner not out534190026.31
Michael Holding lbw b Amarnath 628240025.00
Extras(lb 4, w 10)14
Total(all out; 52 overs)140(2.69 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-5 (Greenidge), 2-50 (Haynes), 3-57 (Richards), 4-66 (Gomes), 5-66 (Lloyd), 6-76 (Bacchus), 7-119 (Dujon), 8-124 (Marshall), 9-126 (Roberts), 10-140 (Holding)

BowlingOMRWEcon
Kapil Dev 1142111.90
Balwinder Sandhu 913223.55
Madan Lal 1223132.58
Roger Binny 1012312.30
Mohinder Amarnath 701231.71

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