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Indian team after disastrous performance in the first two ODI WC editions, made a stellar comeback in 1983 WC edition under Kapil Dev's leadership by winning the title by defeating an invincible side like West Indies in finals at the home of cricket - Lord's.
India in the 1983 Men's ODI World Cup:
Played - 8
Won - 6
Lost - 2
India team results in Men's 1983 ODI World Cup:
Beat West Indies by 34 runs in Manchester
Beat Zimbabwe by 5 wickets in Leicester
Lost to Australia by 162 runs in Nottingham
Lost to West Indies by 66 runs in The Oval
Beat Zimbabwe by 31 runs in Tunbridge Wells
Beat Australia by 118 runs in Chelmsford
Beat England by 6 wickets in Manchester (Semi-finals)
Beat West Indies by 43 runs in The Lord's (Final)
Points table (Group-B) of the 1983 Men's ODI World Cup:
Teams | Played | Won | Lost | Points |
West Indies | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 |
India | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
Australia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Zimbabwe | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
India ended at second position in the points table. Additionally, India remains to be the only team to beat two-time world champion West Indies in this 1983 WC edition. They beat England in semi-finals and defeated the defending champion West Indies in final to clinch the World Cup trophy.
India's squad for the 1983 WC:
Kapil Dev (C), Mohinder Amarnath (VC), Sunil Gavaskar, Kris Srikkanth, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kirti Azad, Roger Binny, Syed Kirmani (Wk), Madan Lal, Sandip Patil, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Yashpal Sharma, Ravi Shastri, Sunil Valson
Most runs for India in 1983 ODI WC:
Kapil Dev - 303 (8 inns)
Yashpal Sharma - 240 (8 inns)
Mohinder Amarnath - 237 (8 inns)
Most wickets for India in 1983 ODI WC:
Roger Binny - 18 (8 inns)
Madan Lal - 17 (8 inns)
Kapil Dev - 12 (8 inns)
