Untold Story of Indian Players after Win 1983 World Cup Final: On June 25, 1983, India won its first World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Team India defeated the West Indies, who became champions 2 consecutive times, in the title match. Mohinder Amarnath was the hero of the final, who took 3 wickets for 12 runs and scored 26 runs. But most people would not know that the Indian players were stuck in a problem that night. What happened that night, here you have been told.
The 1983 World Cup started from 9 June, on this day a total of 4 matches were played and India defeated the West Indies and told that he is a strong contender for the title. However, before the start of the tournament, India was being considered a weak team, while the West Indies were the most dangerous team of that time. After this, India defeated Zimbabwe and then lost to Australia.
The West Indies also took revenge and defeated India by 66 runs in an important match on 15 June. India again defeated Zimbabwe and lost to Australia in the match before the semi -finals. In the semi -finals, the Indian cricket team defeated England by 6 wickets to make it to the finals.
What happened in 1983 World Cup final
The West Indies won the toss and chose the first bowling. Sunil Gavaskar was the biggest batsman at that time, he was out after scoring 2 runs. Krishnammachari Srikanth (38) scored the most runs for India, Kapil Dev scored 15 runs. Mohinder Amarnath played an important innings of 26 runs. India was all out for 183 runs. It was felt that the West Indies would easily achieve it but it did not happen and the Windies collapsed for 140 runs. India created history and won by 43 runs and won the first World Cup.
Why was the players’ car caught by the police?
In media reports, senior journalist Vijay Lokpalli was quoted as saying that he had revealed this in a podcast. He could not do dinner in the process of celebrating victory. He had to eradicate his hunger by eating burgers.
Even after this, the players had to face a problem. The London police had set a time limit that how long a driver could drive a maximum, the driver in which the Indian player was in the time was over, despite he was driving. The driver was caught at a checkpoint. Indian players told the whole story that they have won the World Cup by defeating the West Indies. The authorities took autographs from them but still cut the challan and imposed a fine. However, it was not revealed who filled this money.
It was also told in the report that some Pakistani cricketers also attended the celebration with Indian players. The players went to the pub, meanwhile Kapil Dev was worried about how to pay so much bill, who would pay. But it is estimated that a rich Indian fan paid the bill that night.
Players included in India’s playing 11 in 1983 World Cup final
Sunil Gavaskar, Krishnamachari Srikanth, Mohinder Amarnath, Yashpal Sharma, Sandeep Patil, Kapil Dev (Captain), Kriti Azad, Roger Binny, Madan Lal, Saeed Kirmani, Balwinder Sandhu.
