On Thursday, Former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has described '1983 World Cup Final' as 'a landmark event in his life'. On 25 June 2020, India celebrated the 37th anniversary of the 1983 World Cup victory. On Thursday, most Indian cricketers recalled the 1983 World Cup victory in their own style, including former cricketers.
Sachin Tendulkar, called as the God of Cricket, tweeted about the World Cup 1983 and wrote, "The WorldCup1983 Final like for many was a landmark event in my life. Still recall my friends & I celebrating all wickets right from BS Sandhu's epic delivery to Greenidge to Kapil Paaji's catch. We jumped & celebrated the fall of each wicket! What an evening it was.. "
Let us tell you that the Indian team played the World Cup final against West Indies at Lord's Stadium in London on 25 June 1983 and India defeated the two-time world champion team West Indies by 43 runs. India had scored 183 runs after losing the toss and batting first, in response to which the Indian team bowled out the Caribbean team for 140 and won their first World Cup title. India won the second title after 28 years, beating Sri Lanka in 2011 under the captaincy of MS Dhoni.
After winning the World Cup title, the picture of the trophy raised by the team captain Kapil Dev in the balcony of Lord's is still alive in the minds of cricket lovers. In the final match, Mohinder Amarnath was adjudged as the Player of the Match, who first played a strong inning of 26 runs and then broke the back of the West Indies with three wickets. Before this, India played the World Cup of 1975 and 1979 as well, but did not even made it to the semi-finals.
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