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    "title": "India's Journey of becoming World Champions...",
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    "cup_year": "1983",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Before the start of 1983 world Cup, Australia Captain Kim Hughes predicted that <strong><em>&quot;India would be the darkhorse of the world cup&quot;<\/em><\/strong>. No one gave a thought at that time on his statement but how true it turned out later on.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">In the 1983 Cricket World Cup, India was placed in group B alognside two times World Champions - West Indies, Powerful Australia and minnows Zimbabwe.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Out of the total 8 matches, India won 6 including the final. Lets look at India&#39;s journey in 1983 World Cup:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">June 9, 1983 - India v West Indies at Manchester&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">India won by 34 runs (Ind 262\/8; WI 228)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: justify;\">India started their jounery with the first match against mighty West Indies<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px; text-align: justify;\">. Till then West Indies never lost a match in world cup and history was about to change. India shocked all with terrific performance as they beat West Indies by 34 runs at Manchester. Yashpal Sharma with the bat (89 from 120 balls) and Roger Binny alongside Ravi Shastri with the ball (3 wickets each) helped India to won their first group match.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;\">11th June 1983 -&nbsp;India v Zimbabwe at Leicester<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">India won by 5 wickets (with 22.3 overs remaining) (Zim 155; Ind 157\/5)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">India comfortably won the second match against Zimbabwe by 5 wickets. Madan Lal was the chief architect in India&#39;s inning who picked up 3 wickets early in Zimbabwe inning and they were never able to recover from the early damage. Later on, Sandeep Pail scored a quick fifty to ensure team&#39;s victory.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">13th June 1983 -&nbsp;Australia v India at Nottingham&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">Australia won by 162 runs (Aus 320\/9; Ind 158)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Australians put a break on India&#39;s winning streak when they thrashed India by 162 runs at Nottingham. Against a mammoth total of 320 set by Australia, Indian batting line collapsed and&nbsp;Kenneth Hervey MacLeay was mainly responsible for it who picked up career-best of 6\/39.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">15th June 1983 - India v West Indies at The Oval&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">West Indies won by 66 runs (WI 282\/9; Ind 216)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The loss against Australia was soon followed by another poor performance against West Indies when India lost by 66 runs at the Oval. West Indies set a mighty target of 283 for India. Viv Richards scored a brilliant century (119). Chasing down the target, Indian batting once again&nbsp;crumbled and apart from Mohinder Amarnath (80) and no other batsman was able to play a big inning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\">18th June 1983 -&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\">India v Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">India won by 31 runs (Ind 266\/8; Zim 235)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 1.6;\">India&#39;s next match was against Zimbabwe. India were 5-17, when Kapil dev played one of the most incredible innings (175* off 138 balls) of his career and along with Syed Kirmani helped India to post 266\/8 in 60 overs. Indian bowlers responded well and&nbsp;ended up winning the match by 31 runs.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong>20th June 1983 -&nbsp;Australia v India at Chelmsford<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">India won by 118 runs (Ind 247; Aus 129)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">3 wins from 5 matches filled Indians with confidence and this&nbsp;clearly&nbsp;reflected in the last group where they thrashed Australia by 118 runs. India posted 247 in 60 overs. Madan Lal&nbsp;and&nbsp;Roger Binny shared 8 wickets (4 each) to bowl out Australia for 129.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\">22nd June 1983 - 1st Semifinal:&nbsp;England v India at Manchester<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">India won by 6 wickets (with 5.2 overs remaining) (Eng 213; Ind 217\/4)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">India was in the Semi-final of 1983. A big feat for a team which managed to won just 1 match in previous two world cups.&nbsp;India&nbsp;comfortably beat England by 6 wickets in the first semi-final at Manchester. Opting to bat first, England batting failed miserably and were able to put just 213 on the scoreboard. Indian bowling led by skipper&nbsp;Kapil (3\/35), Binny (2\/43) and Amarnath (2\/27) put the England on the back-foot. Mohinder Amarnath (46), Yashpal sharma (61) and quick fifty from Sandip Patil (51* from 32 balls) ensured India&#39;s birth in the final. Mohinder Amarnath &nbsp;was awarded man of the match for his brilliant allround performance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">25th June 1983, Final - India v West Indies at Lord&#39;s<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">India won by 43 runs (Ind 183; WI 140)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">25th June 1983 - A Golden day in the history of Indian Cricket.&nbsp;No one ever thought of a final between India and West Indies. Before the match, Kapil Dev upset with the pitch as it was more in favour of bowlers&nbsp;(Kapil&nbsp;told in an interview). West Indies won the toss and opt to bowl first on a green wicket. India managed to score just 183 runs.&nbsp;Only&nbsp;Kriss Srikkanth&nbsp;(38 from 57 balls) and&nbsp;Mohinder Amarnath&nbsp;(26 from 80 balls) were able to contribute to scorecard.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">During the break Kapil said to his team, <em><strong>&quot;Team if this is not a winning total its definitely a fighting total&quot;<\/strong><\/em>. His words done the magic and India stunned the world by beating West Indies by 43 runs in a low-scoring match at the famous Lord&#39;s ground.&nbsp;Amarnath was the most economical bowler, conceding just 12 runs from his seven overs while taking 3 wickets, and was once again awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">From the <strong><em>Tournament&#39;s&nbsp;Dark Horse to World Champion <\/em><\/strong>the journey was tough but undoubtedly the most memorable. Clive Llyod said in an interview after the final - <strong>&quot;Indian cricket has arrived. And it&#39;s here to stay...,&quot;.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><em><strong>Sahir<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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