importance of kapil dev on 1983 world cup

1. On June 25, 1983, India won the men's cricket world title for the first time when Kapil Deva's team stunned the defending West Indies champions with 43 runs in the final of an exhibition competition at Lord's Club. The International Cricket Council (ICC) took advantage of its official name on Twitter to inform its followers about India's feat, and also shared a photo of Kapil Dev lifting the trophy at the 1983 World Cup. � Dev made his debut as India captain in the 1982 83 season against Sri Lanka (before the Pakistan tour) while Gavaskar was resting. His first assignment as a regular captain was touring the West Indies, where his biggest achievement was a single ODI win. Dev (72) and Gavaskar (90) led India to a whopping 282/5 for 47 overs, while Dev's 2 wickets helped India cap the West Indies by 255 points, and a win [22] claimed by Indian cricketers , gave them confidence. West Indies team at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. [23] Overall, Dev had a good streak in the West Indies, gaining a century to save the second test match [24] and also collecting 17 wickets (average: 24.94). Dev entered the World Cup with the usual personal best - 32 games, 608 races (21 on average), 34 wickets. India's only victory in two previous World Championships was over East Africa in 1975. At Yashpal Sharma (89 races), Roger Binnie and Ravi Shastri (3 wickets each), India inflicted the first-ever defeat of the West Indies at the World Cup. ... [25] After defeating Zimbabwe, India lost the following two matches - Australia (despite having a Dev's best career record of 5/43) [26] and the West Indies. India now needed victories over Australia and Zimbabwe to advance to the semi-finals. India collided with Zimbabwe at Neville Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells on June 18, 1983. After falling behind Dev, fending off lower tier batsmen, stabilized the side with the help of Roger Binney (22 runs) and Madan Lal. Dev scored his centenary with 100 goals. With Kirmani (22 runs) Dev had an undefeated 126 runs on the 9th wicket - a world record that was not broken in 27 years (10,000 days), [27] and finished 175 without knocking out 138 goals, an opportunity which included 16 borders and 6 sixes. ODI Batting Performance Top 10 innings [28] at number 4. India won the match with 31 runs. [29] After this match, Dev is said to have booked a Mercedes as a reward. [thirty] In the semifinals, India faced the England cricket team. Dev helped cut downline orders after England regularly lost to Binnie and Amarnath. He took 3 wickets as India limited England to 213 and the middle order of Amarnath (46 runs), Yashpal Sharma (61) and Sandeep Patil (51 *) secured the win [31] and the final to fight West Indian cricket. teams looking for a hat-trick for championship titles. The West Indies limited India to 183 runs, and only Krishnamachari Srikkant (38 runs) provided some relief on the score.Despite the loss of Gordon Greenidge, the West Indies stabilized their chances to 57/2 on the back of a quick goal by Viv Richards. Richards made too many aggressive shots when he parried Madan Lal's ski kick, which Dev caught in a deep square foot after running back more than 20 yards. The catch is considered a turning point in the 1983 World Cup Finals and is considered one of the best in the ODI Cricket. The West Indies collapsed from 50/1 to 76/6 and finally dropped out of the game in 140 when Dev lifted Andy Roberts' wicket. [32] The win was the first stage of the World Cup in India [33] and he led the way with 303 runs (60.6 average), 12 wickets (20.41 average) and 7 traps in 8 games. for more details visit:https://shouts.site/kapil-dev/