March 1983 Indian cricket team gets selected for the third world cup to be held in England in June but none have their expectations from the team,while officials aren't happy with appointment of new captain Kapil Dev over Sunil Gavaskar.Indian cricket team starts with a bang at the world cup by winning their first two matches against giant West Indies and Zimbabwe but loosing their next two matches against West Indies and Australia puts them in a do or die situation against Zimbabwe to stay in the tournament.During the big match against Zimbabwe half of the team is back to the pavilion much before the 10 overs with the score as 17 runs for 5 wickets.Kapil Dev plays a one man show by getting good winning score for the team and keeping their hopes alive in the tournament further the team spirit brings them to the final at Lords against the two time world champions giants West Indies.The team which was not considered worthy by everyone creates History only due to confidence of one man Kapil Dev.—[email protected]
On June 25, 1983, the Lord's Cricket Ground witnessed 14 men beat the two times World Champions West Indies, putting India back onto the cricket world stage.