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India won by 56 runs
India 260 (50 ov)
West Indies 191 (36.2/44 ov)
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Rasna Utsav Zone   Brough to you by Rasna
India and the West Indies have an eloquent history of cricketing encounters against each other, and the "Utsav Zone" celebrates just that. Moments of glory, performances to cherish, matches to remember for a lifetime - we pick them out from the 70 Tests and 66 one-dayers these two teams have fought over. Packaged together, the "Utsav Zone" presents you genuine cause to celebrate the sport's rich and hoary past.

An omen for the West Indies

Kapil Dev
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In 10 World Cup matches before their first of the 1983 edition of the world's premier one-day tournament, the West Indies had never been beaten even once. Naturally, then, on a muggy June 9 in Manchester, nobody expected them to have any trouble in brushing aside the challenge of a Kapil Dev-led Indian side.

Clive Lloyd winning the toss and inserting the Indians in meant that the odds were even more heavily stacked against the Indians when play finally got underway after a delayed start. In damp, bowler-friendly conditions, the Indian openers - Sunil Gavaskar and Krish Srikkanth - struggled, falling for 19 and 14 respectively. Mohinder Amarnath too could not make much headway, being dismissed for 21 off 60 balls.

These setbacks did not daunt Sandeep Patil; he played in his usual aggressive fashion, making 36 off 52 balls. But his dismissal, followed by the early departure of Kapil Dev, meant that India's hopes of pulling off an upset win were fast vapourising.

Fortunately, the gritty Yashpal Sharma chose this moment to play his finest one-day knock. In the company of a determined Roger Binny (27), Yashpal put on 73 vital runs for the seventh wicket. When Yashpal eventually fell after making 89 off 120 balls with nine fours, India had recovered to reach 243 for seven. Madan Lal chipping in with an almost run-a-ball 21 meant that the underdogs reached 262 for eight by the end of their allotted 60 overs. It was their highest score in three World Cups and a daunting total to chase, even for the mighty West Indian batting line-up.

The two-time defending champions made an encouraging start to their reply; Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge put on 49 runs before Haynes was run-out in the 14th over. The West Indies, then, were 67 for two when play ended on the day.

The next morning saw Binny claim the all-important scalp of Viv Richards (17). The West Indies weren't to recover from the shock that dismissal caused. The world champions' reply foundered as a string of batsmen made early exits. But for a 71-run 10th-wicket partnership between fast bowlers Joel Garner (37) and Andy Roberts (37), the margin of their defeat would have been even higher than the eventual 34 runs. The new champions had arrived; the fairy-tale run of Kapil's Devils, as they came to be known, was to culminate in a grand win in the World Cup final at Lord's.

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