It could have been India's most humiliating day - they were 17 for 5, with openers Sunil Gavaskar and Kris Srikkanth both gone for 0, and in danger of crashing out of the World Cup. All this against Zimbabwe's enthusiastic amateurs, captained by a combative allrounder called Duncan Fletcher but still ten years away from Test status. The Nevil Ground's rhododendrons had rarely seen anything like what happened next. Kapil Dev blasted India's first one-day ton in just 72 balls, and ended up with 175, with 16 fours and six petal-searing sixes. The next-highest was Syed Kirmani's 24, but 266 proved enough as Zimbabwe chugged to 235. India had survived ... and went on to win the third World Cup.

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