1983 Cricket World Cup final

1983 Prudential World Cup Final match
Kapil Dev with the Indian President Zail Singh after the team's return to India post winning the World Cup. They are holding the Cricket World Cup Trophy.
Event1983 Prudential Cup
India West Indies
India Cricket West Indies
183 140
54.4 overs 52 overs
India won by 43 runs
Date25 June 1983
VenueLord's, England
Player of the matchMohinder Amarnath (Ind)
UmpiresDickie Bird (Eng) and Barrie Meyer (Eng)
Attendance24,609[1]
1979
1987

The final of the 1983 Cricket World Cup was played between India and the West Indies at Lord's on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for the West Indies, having won the last two Cricket World Cups. India, playing in their first final, defeated the West Indies to claim their first World Cup title.

  1. ^ "India defy the odds". ESPNcricinfo. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2019.

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