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India won the toss and elected to bat. Kapil Dev came in when India were 4/9, and soon after they were 5/17. He scored 75 in the last 11 overs. [2] Kapil Dev became the first player for India to score an ODI hundred. [2] Kapil Dev scored the then-highest individual ODI score at the ICC Cricket World Cup.
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.
Indian actor Ranveer Singh played the role of India captain Kapil Dev in the film. 1983 is a 2014 Indian Malayalam language film that has the core of its story based on the 1983 Cricket World Cup. It centres on Rameshan, played by Nivin Pauly, and his memories from 1983, when India won its first World Cup under Kapil Dev. [14] [15] [16]
He scored an 171 runs against East Africa at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham on 7 June 1975. [11] The record was bettered by Kapil Dev of India with an unbeaten 175 runs against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. In 1984, Viv Richards of the West Indies further bettered the record with an unbeaten 189 runs against England at Old Trafford. [12 ...
Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev a.k.a. "Kaps": The captain of the Indian Cricket Team at the 1983 Cricket World Cup; Deepika Padukone as Romi Bhatia Dev, Kapil's wife; Pankaj Tripathi as PR Man Singh: Manager of the Indian Cricket Team at the 1983 World Cup [15] Tahir Raj Bhasin as Sunil "Sunny" Gavaskar a.k.a. "Little Master" [16]
India won the match by 31 runs. [46] 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. India faced the English cricket team in the semifinals. Dev helped curtail the lower order after England lost regular wickets to Binny and Amarnath.
Kapil Dev led the India team in the third edition of the World Cup in 1983. India registered its first ever World Cup victories over West Indies, Australia and England cricket teams en route to the final. It won the World Cup for the first time after defeating the West Indies, who had won the inaugural two editions of the World Cup.
In the next season he decided to represent Delhi. He performed reasonably well, overall with the performance for Tamil Nadu and Delhi helped him to get the nod for him the World Cup. He was the 12th man during the famous knock of 175 by Kapil Dev. Still, he did not get a chance to represent India.