India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, beating the two-time champions West Indies by 43 runs in the final at Lord's on 25 June 1983: India 183 all out, West Ind…
India won one match in the first two World Cups, against East Africa, and lost to Sri Lanka in 1979.
Bookmakers priced India at 66-1. The West Indies had won both previous World Cups.
Yes, in the opening game: India 262/8, West Indies 228. It was the champions' first World Cup defeat.
Twice: to Australia by 162 runs on 13 June and the West Indies by 66 on 15 June.
India were 9 for 4, then 17 for 5, with the tournament slipping away.
175 not out, then the highest ODI score, with an unbroken 126 for the ninth wicket with Kirmani. India won by 31.
A BBC technicians' strike meant no cameras at the Nevill Ground. The innings was never recorded.
India made 247 and bowled Australia out for 129 to finish second in Group B.
England, 213 all out; India 217/4 with Yashpal 61 and Patil 51*.
183 in 54.4 overs. West Indies needed 184 from 60 overs.
Sandhu bowled Greenidge for 1; Kapil ran back to catch Richards off Madan Lal for 33.
India, by 43 runs. Amarnath trapped Holding lbw and Kapil lifted the cup at Lord's.
The 1987 World Cup moved to India and Pakistan, and India won again in 2011.
India won a third T20 World Cup in March 2026, and 1983 is still the reference point.
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