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{{Infobox limited overs final
| title                   = 1983 Prudential World Cup Final
| image                   = <!-- Commented out: [[File:Prudential_Cup_1983.jpg|200px]] -->
| event                   = [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 Prudential Cup]]
| team1                   = India
| team1flag               = {{flagicon|IND|size=40px}}
| team1score              = 183
| team1overs              = 54.4 overs
| team2                   = West Indies
| team2flag               = {{flagicon|WIN|size=40px}}
| team2score              = 140

| team2overs              = 52 overs
| rain                    =
| details                 = India won by 43 runs
| date                    = 25 June 1983
| stadium                 = [[Lord's]]
| attendance     = 24,609 <ref name="Cricinfo 2008">{{cite web | title=India defy the odds | website=Cricinfo | date=2008-06-02 | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150434.html | access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref>
| city                    = England
| man_of_the_match1a      = [[Mohinder Amarnath]]
| umpires                 = [[Dickie Bird]] and [[Barrie Meyer]]
| television              =
| previous                = [[1979 ICC Cricket World Cup Final|1979]]
| next                    = [[1987 ICC Cricket World Cup Final|1987]]
}}

The final of the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]] was played between [[India cricket team|India]] and the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Lord's]] on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for the West Indies, having won the last two [[Cricket World Cup]]s. India, playing in their first final, defeated the West Indies to claim their first World Cup title. India's victory in the match is generally regarded as a landmark moment in [[Cricket in India|Indian cricket]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=A watershed moment in Indian cricket history: Indian cricketers relive 1983 World Cup victory|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-cricket-recall-1983-world-cup-victory-reactions-6475812/|access-date=2020-11-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Background==
The match was the third consecutive World Cup final hosted at Lord's, following those in [[1975 Cricket World Cup Final|1975]] and [[1979 Cricket World Cup Final|1979]]. India was making their first appearance at a World Cup final after defeating England by 6 wickets in the first semi-finals. This was also the first appearance by an Asian nation in a World Cup final. The West Indies had reached a third consecutive final after defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the second semi-final, and were looking for their third consecutive World Cup win.

==Match details==
{{Limited overs international 
 |date = 25 June 1983 
 |team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
 |score1 = 183 (54.4 overs) 
 |team2 = {{cr|WIN}} 
 |score2 = 140 (52 overs) 
 |result = India won by 43 runs 
 |venue = [[Lord's]], [[London]], [[England]] <br> Attendance :  30,000
 |umpires = [[Dickie Bird|HD Bird]] and [[Barrie Meyer|BJ Meyer]] ([[England|ENG]])
 |motm = [[Mohinder Amarnath|M Amarnath]] ([[India|IND]]) 
 |runs1 = [[K Srikanth]] 38 (57) 
 |runs2 = [[IVA Richards]] 33 (28) 
 |wickets1 = [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|AME Roberts]] 3/32 (10) 
 | wickets2 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 3/12 (7) 
 |report = [http://content.cricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/match/65090.html Scorecard] 
 |rain = 
}}

After losing the toss, India were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. [[Sunil Gavaskar]], who had had a generally unsuccessful tournament, got dismissed early on for two. A partnership between [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] and [[Mohinder Amarnath]] took India past the 50 mark, before the former was taken lbw by Marshall. Amarnath was then bowled by Holding for 26, and only two more runs were made before [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] fell. [[Kapil Dev]], the Indian captain, took 8 balls to reach 15, but was caught off the bowling of [[Larry Gomes]]; while [[Kirti Azad]] fell for a duck, leaving India at 111/6. [[Roger Binny]] was caught on two, while [[Sandeep Patil]] made 27 to get India to 153/8. All rounder [[Madan Lal]] soon followed for 17, and 10th wicket partnership made 22 runs before [[Michael Holding]] bowled [[Syed Kirmani]] for 14. India were thus bowled out for 183 in 54.4 overs, which many thought was easily reachable. [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]] had claimed three wickets, and Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding and Larry Gomes took two wickets each

The West Indies set out to chase the low target of 184, but lost an early wicket when [[Balwinder Sandhu]] famously clean bowled [[Gordon Greenidge]]. [[Desmond Haynes]] and [[Viv Richards]], batted smoothly past 50, but both batsmen were removed by the bowling of [[Madan Lal]], leaving the West Indies at 57/3. Lal soon claimed a third wicket - that of Gomes - and Dev then caught West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, leaving the West Indies at 66/5. Ten runs later, [[Faoud Bacchus]] was removed by Sandhu. [[Jeff Dujon]] and [[Malcolm Marshall]] put on a partnership 43 runs, before Amarnath dismissed them on 119 and 124 respectively. Soon, Kapil Dev trapped Andy Roberts for lbw, and Amarnath bowled Michael Holding. The West Indies were thus all out for 140, and India had won their maiden Cricket World Cup by 43 runs. The Indian bowlers had exploited the weather and pitch conditions to complete one of the biggest upsets in cricket history, defeating the previously invincible West Indies. Both Amarnath and Lal had taken three wickets for India, while Sandhu claimed two. Amarnath was awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance.<ref name=almanack>{{cite web|publisher=reprinted by ESPNcricinfo|title=India defy the odds|work=Wisden|accessdate=4 November 2013|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150434.html}}</ref> There was no "Man of the Series" award in 1983.

==Scorecard==
===Indian Innings===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!colspan="2" |
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|R|Runs}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|M|Minutes}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|B|Balls}}	
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|4s|Fours}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|6s|Sixes}}
!width=50{{!}}{{Tooltip|SR|Strike Rate}}
|-
|align=left width=200 |[[Sunil Gavaskar]]
|align=left width=200 |c [[Jeff Dujon|Dujon]] b [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Roberts]]
|2
|14
|20
|0
|0
|10.0
|-
|align=left |[[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]]
|align=left |lbw b [[Malcolm Marshall|Marshall]]
|38
|82
|57
|7
|1
|66.66
|-
|align=left |[[Mohinder Amarnath]]
|align=left |b [[Michael Holding|Holding]]
|26
|108
|80
|3
|0
|32.50
|-
|align=left |[[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]]
|align=left |c sub [[Gus Logie|(Logie)]] b [[Larry Gomes|Gomes]]
|11
|45
|32
|1
|0
|34.37
|-
|align=left |[[Sandeep Patil]]
|align=left |c [[Larry Gomes|Gomes]] b [[Joel Garner|Garner]]
|27
|48
|29
|0
|1
|93.10
|-
|align=left |[[N Kapil Dev]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
|align=left |c [[Michael Holding|Holding]] b [[Larry Gomes|Gomes]]
|15
|10
|8
|3
|0
|187.50
|-
|align=left |[[Kirti Azad]]
|align=left |c [[Joel Garner|Garner]] b [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Roberts]]
|0
|3
|3
|0
|0
|0.00
|-r
|align=left |[[Roger Binny]]
|align=left |c [[Joel Garner|Garner]] b [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Roberts]]
|2
|9
|8
|0
|0
|25.00
|-
|align=left |[[Madan Lal]]
|align=left |b [[Malcolm Marshall|Marshall]]
|17
|31
|27
|0
|1
|62.96
|-
|align=left |[[Syed Kirmani]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
|align=left |b [[Michael Holding|Holding]]
|14
|55
|43
|0
|0
|32.55
|-
|align=left |[[Balwinder Sandhu]]
|align=left |[[not out]]
|11
|42
|30
|1
|0
|36.66
|-
|align=left |<small>Extras</small>
|align=left |([[Bye (cricket)|b]] 5, [[Leg bye|lb]] 5, [[Wide (cricket)|w]] 9, [[No-ball|nb]] 1)
|20
|colspan="5" |
|-
!Total
!(all out; 54.4 overs)
!183
!colspan="5" |(3.34 runs per over)
|}
'''Fall of wickets''' 1-2 ([[Sunil Gavaskar]]), 2–59 ([[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]]), 3–90 ([[Mohinder Amarnath]]), 4–92 ([[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]]), 5–110 ([[N Kapil Dev]]), 6–111 ([[Kirti Azad]]), 7–130 ([[Roger Binny]]), 8–153 ([[Sandeep Patil]]), 9–161 ([[Madan Lal]]), 10–183 ([[Syed Kirmani]])

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 align=left |Bowling
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|O|Overs}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|M|Maidens}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|R|Runs}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|W|Wickets}}
!width=50{{!}}{{Tooltip|Econ|Economy}}
|-
|align=left |[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]
|10
|3
|32
|3
|3.20
|-
|align=left |[[Joel Garner]]
|12
|4
|24
|1
|2.00
|-
|align=left |[[Malcolm Marshall]]
|11
|1
|24
|2
|2.18
|-
|align=left |[[Michael Holding]]
|9.4
|2
|26
|2
|2.68
|-
|align=left |[[Larry Gomes]]
|11
|1
|49
|2
|4.45
|-
|align=left |[[Viv Richards]]
|1
|0
|8
|0
|8.00
|}

===West Indies Innings===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!colspan="2" |
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|R|Runs}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|M|Minutes}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|B|Balls}}	
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|4s|Fours}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|6s|Sixes}}
!width=50{{!}}{{Tooltip|SR|Strike Rate}}
|-
|align=left width=200 |[[Gordon Greenidge]]
|align=left width=200 |b [[Balwinder Sandhu|Sandhu]]
|1
|11
|12
|0
|0
|8.33
|-
|align=left |[[Desmond Haynes]]
|align=left |c [[Roger Binny|Binny]] b [[Madan Lal]]
|13
|45
|33
|2
|0
|39.39
|-
|align=left |[[Viv Richards]]
|align=left |c [[Kapil Dev]] b [[Madan Lal]]
|33
|42
|28
|7
|0
|117.85
|-
|align=left |[[Clive Lloyd]] ([[Captain (cricket)|c]])
|align=left |c [[Kapil Dev]] b [[Roger Binny|Binny]]
|8
|32
|17
|1
|0
|47.05
|-
|align=left |[[Larry Gomes]]
|align=left |c [[Sunil Gavaskar|Gavaskar]] b [[Madan Lal]]
|5
|18
|16
|0
|0
|31.25
|-
|align=left |[[Faoud Bacchus]]
|align=left |c [[Syed Kirmani|Kirmani]] b [[Balwinder Sandhu|Sandhu]]
|8
|37
|25
|0
|0
|32.00
|-
|align=left |[[Jeff Dujon]] ([[Wicket-keeper|wk]])
|align=left |b [[Mohinder Amarnath|Amarnath]]
|25
|94
|73
|0
|1
|34.24
|-
|align=left |[[Malcolm Marshall]]
|align=left |c [[Sunil Gavaskar|Gavaskar]] b [[Mohinder Amarnath|Amarnath]]
|18
|73
|51
|0
|0
|35.29
|-
|align=left |[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]
|align=left |lbw b [[Kapil Dev]]
|4
|16
|14
|0
|0
|28.57
|-
|align=left |[[Joel Garner]]
|align=left |not out
|5
|34
|19
|0
|0
|26.31
|-
|align=left |[[Michael Holding]]
|align=left |lbw b [[Mohinder Amarnath|Amarnath]]
|6
|28
|24
|0
|0
|25.00
|-
|align=left |<small>Extras</small>
|align=left |(lb 4, w 10)
|14
|colspan="5" |
|-
!Total
!(all out; 52 overs)
!140
!colspan="5" |(2.69 runs per over)
|}
'''Fall of wickets''' 1-5 ([[Gordon Greenidge|Greenidge]]), 2-50 ([[Desmond Haynes|Haynes]]), 3-57 ([[Viv Richards|Richards]]), 4-66 ([[Larry Gomes|Gomes]]), 5-66 ([[Clive Lloyd|Lloyd]]), 6-76 ([[Faoud Bacchus|Bacchus]]), 7-119 ([[Jeff Dujon|Dujon]]), 8-124 ([[Malcolm Marshall|Marshall]]), 9-126 ([[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Roberts]]), 10-140 ([[Michael Holding|Holding]])

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=200 align=left |Bowling
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|O|Overs}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|M|Maidens}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|R|Runs}}
!width=20{{!}}{{Tooltip|W|Wickets}}
!width=50{{!}}{{Tooltip|Econ|Economy}}
|-
|align=left |[[Kapil Dev]]
|11
|4
|21
|1
|1.90
|-
|align=left |[[Balwinder Sandhu]]
|9
|1
|32
|2
|3.55
|-
|align=left |[[Madan Lal]]
|12
|2
|31
|3
|2.58
|-
|align=left |[[Roger Binny]]
|10
|1
|23
|1
|2.30
|-
|align=left |[[Mohinder Amarnath]]
|7
|0
|12
|3
|1.71
|-
|align=left |[[Kirti Azad]]
|3
|0
|7
|0
|2.33	
|}

==See also==

* [[ICC Cricket World Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120626150648/http://www.cricketfundas.com/worldcup1983.html Scorecards of all the 1983 World Cup matches]
*[http://www.veoh.com/videos/v414976cFnFnfDt 1983 Final Highlights] video on Veoh
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/ Cricket World Cup 1983] from [[Cricinfo]]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=equBRPDe0X4 West Indies v India 1983 World Cup Final] video on [https://www.youtube.com/ YouTube]

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