World Cup Whirlwind
The Eighties saw India on the ascent, aided by a lineup of fluent stroke-makers in Dilip Vengsarkar and Mohammad Azharuddin, and tenacious all-rounders in Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri. The decade would end with a 16-year-old boy who would walk out into the middle to boldly take a searing Pakistani seam attack on the chin. His name? Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Listen to Episode 4 of Well Caught with Giri and Raghu for the full story.
Athletic and courageous, all-rounder Kapil Dev smelled like team spirit (with a splash of Palmolive) and brought to India’s arsenal the firepower of wily pace, gutsy batting, and a never-say-die attitude. Promoted to captain in 1983, he led an underdog side (nicknamed Kapil’s Devils post facto) to a historic World Cup triumph. To date, he is lionised for his unforgettable 175 not out against Zimbabwe and his spectacular sprinting catch to halt the ferocious onslaught of Vivian Richards in the final.
The Eighties saw India on the ascent, aided by a lineup of fluent stroke-makers in Dilip Vengsarkar and Mohammad Azharuddin, and tenacious all-rounders in Kapil Dev and Ravi Shastri. Gavaskar, by now the elder statesman, cantered to a record 34 centuries and 10,000 Test runs.
In 1987, when the World Cup was first played outside England, the home crowd in the subcontinent expected a repeat of 1983. That was not to be, but the end of the decade brought new hope.
In November 1989, a 16-year-old boy marched out into the middle to face the brunt of a pugnacious Pakistani pace attack. His name was Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar. Cricket would never be the same again.
Credits:
Akshay Ramuhalli, Bijoy Venugopal, Bruce Lee Mani, Narayan Krishnaswamy, Prashant Vasudevan, Sananda Dasgupta, Seema Seth, Shraddha Gautam, Supriya Joshi and Velu Shankar
Acknowledgements:
YouTube
- Kapil Dev Was India’s Greatest Match-Winner: Sunil Gavaskar
- 1983 WORLD CUP SEMI FINAL INDIA vs ENGLAND
- HIGHLIGHTS: Prudential World Cup Final 1983 Watch India Win World Cup 83 Final | #83TheFilm Trailer
- Kapil Dev and the story of the 1983 World Cup
- 1983 World cup winners: Indira Gandhi celebrates with Kapil Dev and co.
- Kapil Dev — Palmolive Ad | (RARE)
- Old Indian TV Ads featuring Kapil Dev
- Old Doordarshan ad Vimal ft Ravi Shastri
- M13 — Final India vs Pakistan 1985
- *RARE* INDIA v ENGLAND — SEMI FINAL 1987 WORLD CUP
- Cricket bat sound | Hitting Sound
- India v Australia: Tied Test Match (1986)
- TIED TEST 1986 India vs Australia — the 2nd tied test match in history — THE COMPLETE MATCH
- Sachin Aaya Re Pepsi Old Indian Doordarshan Ad
- Sachin. Famous batting, famous Tony Greig 1998 Sharjah commentary
- The greatest SACHIN quote- “This little man is the nearest thing to Bradman there’s ever been”
- The famous Sachin Tendulkar mega six off Andrew Caddick 2003 + Tony Greig iconic commentary
- Wasim Akram recalls ‘kid’ Sachin Tendulkar’s first tour to Pakistan at 16
- India West Indies 4th test match Madras 1975
- 83 | We Here To Win | Ranveer Singh | Kabir Khan — YouTube
- Funny Incidents Of 1983 World Cup Final | Kris Srikkanth | Kapil Dev #Throwback
Before you go…
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Well Caught with Giri and Raghu — cricket in sun and shadow
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Captains And Musical Chairs
Discover exciting vignettes about the history of Indian cricket in the second episode of Well Caught with Giri and Raghu
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Spinning Through The Seventies
For a game that favoured white in more ways than one, the Seventies brought a burst of colour. Team India’s answer to the belligerent and martial pace of the times came in the form of the legendary Indian spin quartet of Bishen Bedi, Erapalli Prasanna, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, and S Venkataraghavan, who responded with their gentle and non-violent bowling. Listen to Episode 3 to know more.
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Late Cut
From the colourful radio commentaries that brought the game alive in the early days of Test Cricket to the elaborate theatrics of T20 in modern television broadcasting, cricket has travelled the distance. Reliving the defining moments of the beautiful game, Giri and Raghu hang up their gloves in this series finale of Well Caught.
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Separate Gates, Separate Dressing Rooms
In the first episode of Well Caught with Giri and Raghu, we travel in time to an age when caste and class divide the pavilion. On and off the field, cricket reflects the discrimination that prevails in colonial societies.