India Wins Cricket World Cup: Kapil Dev Stuns the West Indies
Kapil Dev's team wasn't supposed to be there. India had nearly been knocked out earlier in the tournament, and West Indies — two-time defending champions with Viv Richards and Joel Garner — were expected to cruise. Then Richards smashed 33 off 28 balls and looked unstoppable. Until he skied one to Kapil Dev himself at mid-wicket. West Indies collapsed to 140 all out. India chased it down with ease. A billion people discovered cricket could be won, not just survived.
June 25, 1983
43 years ago
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