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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 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the third edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. England, India, Pakistan and West Indies qualified for the semi-finals.
India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev when PR Man Singh was the coach. [1] In 2007, India won the inaugural T20 World cup under Dhoni when Lalchand Rajput was the coach. [2] In 2011, they won the ODI world cup for the second time under Dhoni when Gary Kirsten was the coach. [3]
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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.
Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground Winston Davis West Indies: 10.3: 7/51 Australia: Headingley Stadium, Leeds: Ken MacLeay Australia: 11.5: 6/39 India: Trent Bridge, Nottingham: Sir Richard Hadlee New Zealand: 10.1: 5/25 Sri Lanka: County Cricket Ground, Bristol: Ashantha de Mel Sri Lanka: 12.0: 5/32 New Zealand: County Cricket Ground ...
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]
India was making their first appearance at a World Cup final after defeating England by 6 wickets in the first semi-finals. [3] This was also the first appearance by an Asian nation in a World Cup final. In fact, in the prior two world cups in 1975 and 1979, the Indian team had won only one match (against East Africa) and lost every other match ...