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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.
Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]
In the first innings of the match, Chetan Sharma took a hat-trick, the first ever by an Indian bowler and the first in a World Cup. [40] Indian batter Gavaskar registered the only ODI century of his career in the match. [41] With five wins in six matches, India topped its group and qualified for the semifinals, where it played England at Bombay ...
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]
The series loss again questioned the Indian team's ability to play away from the Sub-continent and the chances of the Indian team to win the 2007 Cricket World Cup. [17] Dravid's captaincy was cut short in the ill-fated 2007 World Cup, where India were out of the league stage following an embarrassing loss to Bangladesh.
The third match of Group B in the 2007 World Cup saw India becoming the first team to break the 400-run barrier in a single innings at the World Cup. Playing against Bermuda at the Queen's Park Oval in the Port of Spain , India posted a score of 413/5. [ 26 ]
The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.
India is a full member of International Cricket Council since 1926 and played its first test match on 25 June 1932 becoming the fifth country to do so. In July 2024, Gautam Gambhir became the head coach of India succeeding Rahul Dravid. India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev when PR Man Singh was the coach. [1]