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When India Won The World
On 25 June 1983, the world changed for Indian India is now a superpower in the world of cricket.
cricket. Lord’s Cricket Ground witnessed one Another man who changed the rules of the game
of the biggest upsets in the history of sport. The is Lalit Modi, who single-handedly created the
odds on India were 66-1 at the start of the Cricket Indian Premier League. From pleading guilty
World Cup and they achieved the impossible. Not to use of cocaine as a student to marrying his
only did they reach the final, they beat the great mother’s best friend, a woman 20 years senior,
West Indies team – full of stars Clive Lloyd, Viv Lalit has been a maverick in the real sense of the
Richards, Malcom Marshall to name a few. term. He created value for the game of cricket and
We had gathered together to play cards and also unfortunately Shashank Manohar killed it for him
watch the match. The fact that we had reached and Lalit’s party came to an end. The government
the final was a huge thing and that was reward got after him and Lalit exiled himself in London.
enough. Nobody expected India to win, a friend’s Ayaz Memon, the well-known cricket writer,
dad had bet a thousand pounds at the beginning recalls the 1983 Cricket World Cup game for our
of the tournament and he got a 100-1 odds. I must readers. Today, cricketers are as popular as movie
confess my interest in cricket was very limited stars. Sometimes it is difficult to say who is more
back then. I would follow commentator AFS popular. Both movie stars and cricketers have been
Talyarkhan’s “Looking Back Looking Forward” enamoured of each other and their romances have
just to impress my friends and joke about Vijay been captured by Suguna Sundaram.
Merchant’s commentary. It always had one story 83, a biopic on Kapil Dev’s journey to becoming
about Xyz opening in 1938-39, and then Vijay the captain of the Indian cricket team to winning
would ask: “Am I right, Anandji?” To which the the World Cup, starring Ranveer Singh, will soon
veteran statistician Anandji Dossa would reply: hit the cinemas. I hope the film brings out the true
“Yes, Vijay”. essence of victory that was felt by the nation in
As that evening progressed, India was all out for 1983.
183 and we had given up hope of any victory. God
is a major contributor to India’s well-being and he With love.
directs the way India moves forward. It was one
of those god’s wishes and Mohinder Amarnath
clinched the win for India. Much has been written
about India’s world Cup win, but for us playing Best wishes,
cards, it was an unbelievable feeling of euphoria Vickram Sethi
which as I remember still gets me goosebumps. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
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