His 1983 unique thing for the legendary cricketer Kapil Dev World The cup winning team was the right balance in the team that stunned everyone and set India As the ‘world-conqueror’.
The team known as ‘Kapil’s Devils’ could bat till number 11, had 7-8 bowling options, good fielders like Kapil Dev, who took some sensational catches to help the team get out of difficult situations. Happened.
The team too had a unique mix, though it consisted of seven mature and serious guys and seven pranksters – the group included groups like Ravi Shastri, Kirti Azad, Sandeep Patil.
“It was a good mix – those ‘bad’ were as important as the good ones. The team had mature and experienced players as well as some youngsters. Everyone played a part in one match or the other. There were some who were similar. Was good form but could have made it to the team. But life is like that,” Kapil Dev said at the launch of ‘The 1983 World Cup Opus’, a coffee table book to commemorate India’s maiden World Cup win here on Saturday.
Balwinder Singh Sandhu shook the heads of Shastri, Kirti Azad and others saying, “The good guys played during the day, while the bad guys played in the night too.”
Kapil said that there is no plan to fill his team with all-rounders. It just happened. The team’s focal point was established over the past 2-3 years, while 3-4 places were discussed – should they have more youngsters
India defended a score of 183 after defeating West Indies by 43 runs in the final. India has won the ODI World Cup at home in 2011 by defeating Sri Lanka in the final. But the 1983 victory remains historic as it not only fueled the growth of cricket in the country making it the biggest market in the world, but also gave Indians the confidence that they could become a world-winning, inspiring generation.
Members of the 1984 World Cup winning team Kapil Dev, K Srikanth, Mohinder Amarnath, Kirti Azad, Sandeep Patil, Dilip Vengsarkar, Syed Kirmani, Madan Lal, Roger Binny, BS Sandhu and managers Ravi Shastri and Sunil at the Coffee Book launch on Saturday PR Man Singh along with Gavaskar virtually recounted some known and some unknown aspects of their victory.
Some of these aspects are included in The 1983 World Cup Opus, a coffee table book brought out by publisher Opus India and sponsored by fintech company Payments.
Shastri, who is currently in England, promised to take the coffee table book at Lord’s later to the groups and balcony from where he watched the match as he was not in the playing XI.
On one occasion, team members and other stakeholders remembered and paid tribute to Yashpal Sharma, who passed away last year.
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