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{{Infobox limited overs final
| title = 1983 Prudential World Cup Final match
| image = File:President Giani Zail Singh receiving the Indian cricket team after the World Cup victory.jpg
| caption = [[Kapil Dev]] with the Indian President [[Zail Singh]] after the team's return to India post winning the World Cup. They are holding the [[Cricket World Cup Trophy]].
| 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 Cricket Ground]]
| attendance = 24,609<ref name="Cricinfo 2008">{{cite web | title=India defy the odds | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| date=2008-06-02 | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150434.html | access-date=2019-07-14}}</ref>
| city = [[London]]
| man_of_the_match = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] (Ind)
| umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Barrie Meyer]] (Eng)
| television =
| previous = [[1979 Cricket World Cup final|1979]]
| next = [[1987 Cricket World Cup final|1987]]
}}

The final of the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]] was played between [[India national cricket team|India]] and the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Lord's]], [[London]] 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.<ref>{{cite web |date=15 July 1983 |title=1983 World Cup: Miracle at Lord's |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/india-today-archives/story/19830715-1983-kapils-devils-rule-at-lords-781786-1983-07-14 |work=India Today}}</ref> [[Mohinder Amarnath]] was awarded with the man of the match award for scoring 26 runs and taking 3 wickets.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=25 June 2023 |title=1983 World Cup triumph: How Mohinder Amarnath's all-round performance changed the final for India |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/1983-world-cup-win-indian-cricket-team-mohinder-amarnath-kapil-dev-lords-west-indies-2397658-2023-06-25 |work=India Today}}</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]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sampat |first=Meit |title=World Cup History: 4 finals played at Lord's |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/world-cup-history-4-finals-played-at-lord-s |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=sportskeeda.com |language=en-us}}</ref> India was making their first appearance at a World Cup final after defeating England by 6 wickets in the first semi-finals.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Scroll Staff |title=A day that changed the face of Indian cricket: Tributes to Kapil Dev and Co's 1983 World Cup triumph |url=https://scroll.in/field/998452/a-day-that-changed-the-face-of-indian-cricket-tributes-to-kapil-dev-and-cos-1983-world-cup-triumph |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Scroll.in |date=25 June 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> This was also the first appearance by an Asian nation in a World Cup final. In fact, in the prior two world cups in [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]] and [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]], the Indian team had won only one match (against [[East Africa cricket team|East Africa]]) and lost every other match.<ref name=mintanalysis>{{cite web |title=The 1983 World Cup final was a miracle. And the numbers agree. |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/GUNB0geNJDqWUL2FXsGaPN/The-1983-World-Cup-final-was-a-miracle-And-the-numbers-agre.html |website=Mint |access-date=26 December 2022 |language=en |date=5 August 2017}}</ref> On the other hand, the West Indies had won both previous editions of the World Cup. They 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.

As a result, the Indian team was only given odds of 66–1 at the start of the final.<ref>{{cite news |author=Scroll Staff |title=Pause, rewind, play: India's 1983 World Cup triumph changed world cricket forever |url=https://scroll.in/field/957156/pause-rewind-play-indias-1983-world-cup-heroes-talk-about-a-win-that-changed-cricket-forever |access-date=26 December 2022 |work=Scroll.in}}</ref><ref name="mintanalysis" /><ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=1983 World Cup win was the greatest moment of my life, says Kapil Dev |url=https://sportscafe.in/cricket/articles/2019/may/24/1983-world-cup-win-was-the-greatest-moment-of-my-life-says-kapil-dev |website=Sportscafe.in |language=en |date=24 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The first cup is the sweetest: Remembering India's 1983 win, 35 years on – The Leaflet |url=https://theleaflet.in/remembering-indias-1983-world-cup-win-35-years-on/ |website=theleaflet.in |date=18 June 2018}}</ref>

==Match details==

After losing the toss, India was asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. [[Sunil Gavaskar]], who 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 eleven 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]]; leaving India at 110/5. Kirti Azad didn't score any runs. [[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. Sandeep Patil and Madan Lal saved the game to get the team past the 150-run mark at a critical point in the match where India scored 183 runs. After India was bowled out for just 183 runs, Kapil Dev told everyone to fight for every single run. The first over by Kapil Dev was a Maiden.

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 of 43 runs before Mohinder Amarnath dismissed them on 119 and 124 respectively. Soon, Kapil Dev trapped Andy Roberts for an lbw, and Amarnath got Michael Holding out LBW. 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 completed 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 for his all-round performance.<ref name=almanack>{{cite web|publisher=reprinted by ESPNcricinfo|title=India defy the odds|work=Wisden|date=2 June 2008 |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.

{{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 : 24,609
|umpires = [[Dickie Bird]] (Eng) and [[Barrie Meyer]] (Eng)
|motm = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] (Ind)
|runs1 = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] 38 (57)
|runs2 = [[Viv Richards]] 33 (28)
|wickets1 = [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]] 3/32 (10 overs)
| wickets2 = [[Mohinder Amarnath]] 3/12 (7 overs)
|report = [http://content.cricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/match/65090.html Scorecard]
|toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
|rain =
|notes = [[Faoud Bacchus]] (WI) played his final international match.
}}

==Scorecard==
'''1st innings'''
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title={{cr|IND}} batting<ref name="finalscorecard">{{cite web |title=IND vs WI Cricket Scorecard, Final at London, June 25, 1983 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/prudential-world-cup-1983-60832/india-vs-west-indies-final-65090/full-scorecard |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Sunil Gavaskar]]|status=c †Dujon b Roberts|runs=2|balls=12|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=16.66}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]]|status=lbw b Marshall|runs=38|balls=57|4s=7|6s=1|strike_rate=66.66}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Mohinder Amarnath]]|status=b Holding|runs=26|balls=80|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=32.50}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]]|status=c sub (AL Logie) b Gomes|runs=11|balls=32|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=34.37}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Sandeep Patil]]|status=c Gomes b Garner|runs=27|balls=29|4s=0|6s=1|strike_rate=93.10}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Kapil Dev]] *|status=c Holding b Gomes|runs=15|balls=8|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=187.50}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Kirti Azad]]|status=c Garner b Roberts|runs=0|balls=3|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Roger Binny]]|status=c Garner b Roberts|runs=2|balls=8|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=25.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Madan Lal]]|status=b Marshall|runs=17|balls=27|4s=0|6s=1|strike_rate=62.96}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Syed Kirmani]] †|status=b Holding|runs=14|balls=43|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=32.55}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Balwinder Sandhu]]|status=not out|runs=11|balls=30|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=36.66}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 5, lb 5, w 9, nb 1)|runs=20|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(all out; 54.4 overs)|runs='''183'''|balls=|4s=15|6s=3|strike_rate=3.34}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

Fall of wickets: 1/2 (S. Gavaskar), 2/59 (K. Srikkanth), 3/90 (M. Amarnath), 4/92 (Y. Sharma), 5/110 (K. Dev), 6/111 (K. Azad), 7/130 (R. Binny), 8/153 (S. Patil), 9/161 (Madan Lal), 10/183 (S. Kirmani)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title={{cr|WIN}} bowling<ref name="finalscorecard"/>}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]|overs=10|maiden=3|runs=32|wickets=3|econ=3.20|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Joel Garner]]|overs=12|maiden=4|runs=24|wickets=1|econ=2.00|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Malcolm Marshall]]|overs=11|maiden=1|runs=24|wickets=2|econ=2.18|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Michael Holding]]|overs=9.4|maiden=2|runs=26|wickets=2|econ=2.68|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Larry Gomes]]|overs=11|maiden=1|runs=49|wickets=2|econ=4.45|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Viv Richards]]|overs=1|maiden=0|runs=8|wickets=0|econ=8.00|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

'''2nd innings'''
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title={{cr|WIN}} batting<ref name="finalscorecard"/>}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Gordon Greenidge]]|status=b Sandhu|runs=1|balls=12|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=8.33}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Desmond Haynes]]|status=c Binny b Madan Lal|runs=13|balls=33|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=39.39}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Viv Richards]]|status=c K. Dev b Madan Lal|runs=33|balls=28|4s=7|6s=0|strike_rate=117.85}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Clive Lloyd]] *|status=c K. Dev b Binny|runs=8|balls=17|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=47.05}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Larry Gomes]]|status=c Gavaskar b Madan Lal|runs=5|balls=16|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=31.25}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Faoud Bacchus]]|status=c †Kirmani b Sandhu|runs=8|balls=25|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=32.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Jeff Dujon]] †|status=b Amarnath|runs=25|balls=73|4s=0|6s=1|strike_rate=34.24}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Malcolm Marshall]]|status=c Gavaskar b Amarnath|runs=18|balls=51|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=35.29}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]]|status=lbw b K. Dev|runs=4|balls=14|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=28.57}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Joel Garner]]|status=not out|runs=5|balls=19|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=26.31}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Michael Holding]]|status=lbw b Amarnath|runs=6|balls=24|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=25.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(lb 4, w 10)|runs=14|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(all out; 52 overs)|runs='''140''' |balls=|4s=10|6s=1|strike_rate=2.69}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

Fall of wickets: 1/5 (G. Greenidge), 2/50 (D. Haynes), 3/57 (V. Richards), 4/66 (L. Gomes), 5/66 (C. Lloyd), 6/76 (F. Bacchus), 7/119 (J. Dujon), 8/124 (M. Marshall), 9/126 (A. Roberts), 10/140 (M. Holding)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title={{cr|IND}} bowling<ref name="finalscorecard"/>}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Kapil Dev]]|overs=11|maiden=4|runs=21|wickets=1|econ=1.90|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Balwinder Sandhu]]|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=32|wickets=2|econ=3.55|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Madan Lal]]|overs=12|maiden=2|runs=31|wickets=3|econ=2.58|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Roger Binny]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=23|wickets=1|econ=2.30|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Mohinder Amarnath]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=12|wickets=3|econ=1.71|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Kirti Azad]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=7|wickets=0|econ=2.33|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

== In popular culture ==

* ''[[1983 (film)|1983]]'', a 2014 Indian [[Malayalam|Malayalam language]] film that had the core of its story based on the 1983 Cricket World Cup. It centered on Rameshan, played by [[Nivin Pauly]], and his memories from 1983, when India won its first World Cup title.<ref name="thehindu1983">{{cite news |first=Vijay |last=George |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/on-location-1983-for-the-love-of-the-game/article4880369.ece |title=On location: 1983 — For the love of the game |work=The Hindu |date=4 July 2013 |access-date=5 July 2013 |archive-date=3 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203234928/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/on-location-1983-for-the-love-of-the-game/article4880369.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Mwood-gears-up-for-more-sports-movies/articleshow/18529625.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202221455/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-17/news-and-interviews/37133495_1_nivin-kunchacko-boban-parvathy |url-status=live |archive-date=2 February 2014 |title=M'wood gears up for more sports movies |date=17 February 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=5 July 2013}}</ref>
* [[Sachin: A Billion Dreams]], a 2017 sports documentary film in which the 1983 victory is a central theme and it is depicted as pivotal, life-changing moment that inspired [[Sachin Tendulkar]] to pursue a career in cricket and dream of winning the World Cup himself.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=13 April 2017 |title=No greater moment than winning World Cup: Tendulkar |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/no-greater-moment-than-winning-world-cup-tendulkar/articleshow/58171413.cms |work=Times of India}}</ref>
* The 2021 Indian [[biographical]] film ''[[83 (film)|83]]'' portrays team India's triumph in the World Cup. Indian actor [[Ranveer Singh]] played the role of India's captain [[Kapil Dev]].<ref>{{cite web |access-date=28 December 2021 |title=83 movie: Bollywood relives India’s epic cricket triumph |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59731621 |work=BBC News}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Cricket}}
* [[ICC Cricket World Cup]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{usurped|1=[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]]
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