We believed and became World Champs: Shastri on India's maiden WC title

Indian team head coach Ravi Shastri said the Kapil Devled sides historic 1983 World Cup final triumph against West Indies laid the foundation of the game in the country and changed the face of the sport foreverTaking to Twitter the former Indian cricketer wrote ThisDayThatYear On 25th June in 1983 we believed and we became World Champions and changed the face of Cricket in India once and for all therealkapildev ICC cricketworldcupThisDayThatYear On 25th June in 1983 we believed and we became ndash World Champions and changed the face of Cricket in India once and for all therealkapildev ICC cricketworldcup ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0087regethu00c2u009fu00c2u0087sup3ethu00c2u009fu00c2u0099u00c2u008f pictwittercomIxh9Lkauqmmdash Ravi Shastri RaviShastriOfc June 25 2020India won their firstever cricket World Cup title defeating West Indies at the Lords Cricket Ground It is now 37 years since Indias triumph in the tournamentAfter the win cricket got a fillip in the country elevating the sport to a religion for fans with every child wanting to become a cricketerIndias World Cup final playing XI included Sunil Gavaskar K Srikkanth Mohinder Amarnath Yashpal Sharma SM Patil Kapil Dev c Kirti Azad Roger Binny Madan Lal Syed Kirmani and Balwinder SandhuIn the finals West Indies won the toss and opted to bowl first India managed to score just 183 runs with Andy Roberts taking three wickets while Malcolm Marshall Michael Holding and Larry Gomes picked up two wickets eachFor India Kris Srikkanth topscored with 38 runs apart from him no other batsmen managed to go past the 30run markDefending 183 India did a good job of keeping a check on the Windies run flow and Madan Lal then dismissed the key batsmen Vivian Richards 33 reducing Windies to 573 Soon after the team was reduced to 766 and India was the favourites from there on to win the titleMohinder Amarnath took the final wicket of Michael Holding to give India its firstever World Cup title win West Indies was bowled out for 140 and India won the match by 43 runsKapil Dev lifting the trophy at the balcony of Lords Cricket Ground still remains an image to savour for all the Indian fansMohinder Amarnath was chosen the Man of the Match as he scored 26 runs and also took three wicketsIndia has been the regular participant in the World Cup from its beginning to the latest edition The first edition was held in 1975 and from there on it has taken place after a span of every four yearsWest Indies won the first two World Cup titles 1975 1979 and was the runnerup in 1983 India has won the title two times in 1983 and in 2011MS Dhoni captained the 2011 team to win their second title after 28 years Australia has won the tournament five times 1987 1999 2003 2007 and 2015Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereAlso download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever