1983 Cricket World Cup Final

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. India's victory in the match is generally regarded as a landmark moment in Indian cricket.[2]

1983 Prudential World Cup Final
Event1983 Prudential Cup
India West Indies
183 140
54.4 overs 52 overs
India won by 43 runs
Date25 June 1983
VenueLord's, England
UmpiresDickie Bird and Barrie Meyer
Attendance24,609 [1]
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Background

The match was the third consecutive World Cup final hosted at Lord's, following those in 1975 and 1979. India was making their first appearance at a World Cup final after defeating England by 6 wickets in the first semi-finals. This was also the first appearance by an Asian nation in a World Cup final. The West Indies had reached a third consecutive final after defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets runs in the second semi-final, and were looking for their third consecutive World Cup win.

Match details
25 June 1983
Scorecard
India 
183 (54.4 overs)
v
 West Indies
140 (52 overs)
K Srikkanth 38 (57)
AME Roberts 3/32 (10)
India won by 43 runs
Lord's, London, England
Attendance : 30,000
Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer (ENG)
Player of the match: M Amarnath (IND)

After losing the toss, India were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. Sunil Gavaskar, who had 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 two 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; while Kirti Azad fell for a duck, leaving India at 111/6. 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

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 43 runs, before Amarnath dismissed them on 119 and 124 respectively. Soon, Kapil Dev trapped Andy Roberts for lbw, and Amarnath bowled Michael Holding. 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 exploited the weather and pitch conditions to complete 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 award for his all-round performance.[3] There was no "Man of the Series" award in 1983.

Scorecard

Indian Innings
R M B 4s 6s SR
Sunil Gavaskar c Dujon b Roberts 2 14 20 0 0 10.0
Krishnamachari Srikkanth lbw b Marshall 38 82 57 7 1 66.66
Mohinder Amarnath b Holding 26 108 80 3 0 32.50
Yashpal Sharma c sub (Logie) b Gomes 11 45 32 1 0 34.37
Sandeep Patil c Gomes b Garner 27 48 29 0 1 93.10
N Kapil Dev (c) c Holding b Gomes 15 10 8 3 0 187.50
Kirti Azad c Garner b Roberts 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
Roger Binny c Garner b Roberts 2 9 8 0 0 25.00
Madan Lal b Marshall 17 31 27 0 1 62.96
Syed Kirmani (wk) b Holding 14 55 43 0 0 32.55
Balwinder Sandhu not out 11 42 30 1 0 36.66
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)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Andy Roberts 10 3 32 3 3.20
Joel Garner 12 4 24 1 2.00
Malcolm Marshall 11 1 24 2 2.18
Michael Holding 9.4 2 26 2 2.68
Larry Gomes 11 1 49 2 4.45
Viv Richards 1 0 8 0 8.00

West Indies Innings
R M B 4s 6s SR
Gordon Greenidge b Sandhu 1 11 12 0 0 8.33
Desmond Haynes c Binny b Madan Lal 13 45 33 2 0 39.39
Viv Richards c Kapil Dev b Madan Lal 33 42 28 7 0 117.85
Clive Lloyd (c) c Kapil Dev b Binny 8 32 17 1 0 47.05
Larry Gomes c Gavaskar b Madan Lal 5 18 16 0 0 31.25
Faoud Bacchus c Kirmani b Sandhu 8 37 25 0 0 32.00
Jeff Dujon (wk) b Amarnath 25 94 73 0 1 34.24
Malcolm Marshall c Gavaskar b Amarnath 18 73 51 0 0 35.29
Andy Roberts lbw b Kapil Dev 4 16 14 0 0 28.57
Joel Garner not out 5 34 19 0 0 26.31
Michael Holding lbw b Amarnath 6 28 24 0 0 25.00
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)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Kapil Dev 11 4 21 1 1.90
Balwinder Sandhu 9 1 32 2 3.55
Madan Lal 12 2 31 3 2.58
Roger Binny 10 1 23 1 2.30
Mohinder Amarnath 7 0 12 3 1.71
Kirti Azad 3 0 7 0 2.33

See also

References
  1. "India defy the odds". Cricinfo. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. "A watershed moment in Indian cricket history: Indian cricketers relive 1983 World Cup victory". The Indian Express. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. "India defy the odds". Wisden. reprinted by ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
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