1983 world cup

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Glenn Maxwell’s ‘big show’ on Tuesday night revived the memories of Kapil Dev’s 175 not out against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. It immediately started a debate whether Maxwell’s unbeaten…

Sunil Gavaskarwas one of the elders of the Indian squad at the 1983 World Cup. A veteran of playing on and mastering English conditions, the legendary opener was still to adjust to the…

It tastes like vintage wine. It’s been 40 years, but it gets better and better.” That’s how Krishnamachari Srikkanth ‘Chika’ remembers that magical June of 1983. The Chennai swashbuckler,…

By Balwinder Singh SandhuThere was a lot of fun that we had as a team during that campaign. With characters like Sandeep Patil and Kirti Azad, there was a lot of leg-pulling, fooling around,…

For sports lovers, some days are like permanent markers. Time cannot scrub them off. Rather, with every passing year, they find a fonder place in the suitcase of memories. For every…

On this day, 40 years ago, cricket changed. India’s World Cup win on 25 June, 1983, altered the face of Indian cricket for all time to come. Cricketers metamorphosed into national icons. It…

By Dilip VengsarkarCricket’s a funny game. If you see the teams at the 1983 World Cup, all the sides were equally good except the West Indies. The West Indies had dominated international…

By Online Desk NEW DELHI: While members of the 1983 cricket World Cup winning squad are the latest in the list of prominent personalities expressing support to the…

MUMBAI: After former India captain Kapil Dev suffered a heart attack in October 2020, another hero of India’s 1983 World Cup victory has suffered a genuine health scare. Sandeep Patilon…