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This is a list of cricketers who represented their country at the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England which took place from 9 June 1983 to 25 June 1983. The oldest player at the 1983 Cricket World Cup was Somachandra De Silva (40/41) while the youngest player was Rumesh Ratnayake (19), both of Sri Lanka. The youngest in a 1983 World Cup squad ...
The 2021 Indian biographical film 83 portrays Team India's triumph in the World Cup. Indian actor Ranveer Singh played the role of India captain Kapil Dev in the film. 1983 is a 2014 Indian Malayalam language film that has the core of its story based on the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
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Kapil Dev led the India team in the third edition of the World Cup in 1983. India registered its first ever World Cup victories over West Indies, Australia and England cricket teams en route to the final. It won the World Cup for the first time after defeating the West Indies, who had won the inaugural two editions of the World Cup.
India also became the first team to win the World Cup on home soil. [60] India defeated England in the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy final and captain M. S. Dhoni became the first men's cricket team captain in history to win the three major ICC trophies, namely the Cricket World Cup, ICC Men's T20 World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy. [61] [62]
[5] [6] The captains of the national teams are appointed by BCCI and the India national cricket team selectors appointed by BCCI choose the other players for the national teams. On 25 June 1932, India became the sixth nation to play test cricket and the men's cricket team was led by C. K. Nayudu against England at Lord's . [ 7 ]
An ODI differs from Test matches in that the number of overs per team is limited, and that each team has only one innings. India played their first ODI in 1974 and a total of 256 players have represented the team. Since 1974 India has played 1,058 ODIs, resulting in 559 victories, 445 defeats, 10 ties and 44 no results. [2]
The team won the ODI Cricket World Cup in 1983 and 2011. [2] In other major International victories, Team India won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007,2024 [3] and ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 and 2013. [4] Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established ...