1983 Cricket World Cup: On this day, 40 years ago, the Indian team created history by winning the first World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. It was the zeal, passion and passion of Captain Kapil Dev that made the Indian team do the impossible. There is also an interesting anecdote attached to this title win, about which only a few people know.
1983 Cricket World Cup : भारतीय टीम ने आज ही के दिन 40 साल पहले कपिल देव की कप्तानी में पहला वर्ल्ड कप जीतकर इतिहास रचा था। यह कप्तान कपिल देव का जोश, जज्बा और जुनून ही था, जो भारतीय टीम ने असंभव काम को संभव कर दिखाया। #1983worldcup #cricket #cricketworldcup #KapilDev pic.twitter.com/kiM4HWbtAf
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1983 Cricket World Cup: On this day, 40 years ago, the Indian team created history by winning the first World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. The historic victory of the Indian cricket team in the 1983 World Cup is recorded in golden letters in history. India not only won the first ICC title, but also defeated the strongest West Indies team of that era in England. It was the zeal, passion and passion of Captain Kapil Dev that made the Indian team do the impossible. There is also an interesting anecdote attached to this title victory of Team India, about which only a few people know. A trick was also important in that victory of India. Come, let us also tell you today what was that trick?
Actually, this trick was done in the match played between India vs Zimbabwe when India lost its five wickets on the score of just 17 runs while batting first. It was necessary for India to win in that do or die match. It is said that Kapil Dev was completely set at the crease.
Meanwhile, in the dressing room, Mansingh, the manager of the team, did a trick. Mansingh told all the players that no one will move from their place now. Not only this, no one will even go to the washroom because Kapil Dev is frozen.
Kapil Dev played explosive innings of 5 runs
Kapil Dev played a historic inning of 175 runs in this match while handling the collapsing innings of Team India and took the team’s score to 266 runs. After this, the Zimbabwe team, which came out to bat, got all out after scoring 235 runs and India won the match by 31 runs. In this match, Kapil Dev played an explosive inning of 175 runs in 138 balls with 16 fours and 6 sixes.
Kapil Dev wreaked havoc on the batsmen with the ball as well where he played a historic inning in this match, he also wreaked havoc with the ball on the Zimbabwean batsmen. Kapil Dev had also taken a wicket while spending runs with an economy of just 2.90. Kapil Dev was awarded the Man of the Match award for this tremendous performance.