The world cup of 1983 cricket was held In England and Wales from 9 to 25 June 1983 in which eight countries participated in the event. The world cup was won by team India. Officially world cup is called prudential cup 1983. The event showcased full of dramatic cricket throughout the tournament. The teams were grouped into two groups in which each team played with another team twice.
The matches consisted of 60 over’s per innings and played by red balls. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semifinal group and the winner further advancing to finals.
1983World Cup teams
Out of various top countries, eight teams or countries played the 1983 world cup which is mentioned below.
- INDIA
- AUSTRALIA
- ENGLAND
- WEST INDIES
- PAKISTAN
- NEW ZEALAND
- SRILANKA
- ZIMBABWE
1983 World Cup teams: Group details
In 1983 world cup teams were divided into two groups. In group A the teams were
- ENGLAND
- NEW ZEALAND
- PAKISTAN
- SRILANKA
Whereas in group B the teams were
- WEST INDIES
- ZIMBABWE
- INDIA
- AUSTRALIA
The first semifinal was played between India and England in which India became victorious. The match was won by six wickets. On the other hand, the second interesting semifinal was played between Pakistan and West Indies in which West Indies won by eight wickets.
The Indian team of 1983 world Cup
The iconic and important 1983 World Cup match won by the iconic Indian team of fourteen best players which are mentioned below.
- Kapil dev
- M amaranth
- Kirti Azad
- Roger Binny
- Sunil Gavaskar
- Syed Kirmani wk
- Madan Lal
- Sandeep Patil
- Balwinder Sadhu
- Yashpal Sharma
- Ravi Shastri
- K Shrikant
- Sunil Valson
- Dilip Vengsarkar
David Gower from England was the leading run-scorer with 384 runs and Roger Binny from India was the leading wicket-taker with 18 wickets.
Though team India did not play well in the early matches yet it bounced back in the later matches. Team India was captained by Kapil dev who is commonly known as the Haryana hurricane.
India won the final by defeating West Indies by 43 runs. M amaranth was given the man of the match award and no man of the series was announced. This was the first world cup win by India.
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