World Cup 1983: Teams, summary, winner, most runs and wickets

The 1983 edition of the World Cup featured Zimbabwe as the eighth team. A double round-robin league format meant that the number of matches increased to 27. And India, who had won only 1 match in 6 attempts in the two previous editions, beat West Indies in the final to lift their first World Cup.

After bowling out India for 183 in the final, West Indies raced to 50/1 before collapsing to 75/6. A brief resistance followed, but from 119/6 they were bowled out for 140. Mohinder Amarnath was named Man of the Match in both the semi-final and the final.

England won 5 matches in Group A and Sri Lanka 1. Pakistan and New Zealand were tied on 3 each, and Pakistan went through after they beat New Zealand in the last league match and maintaining a better net run rate by decimal points.

India stunned everyone by dishing out West Indies their first ever defeat in a World Cup match. On the same day, Zimbabwe beat Australia in their first ODI. Kapil Dev’s unbeaten 175 – a world record at that time – lifted India from 17/5, then 140/8, to 266/8. India won by 31 runs and beat Australia by 118 runs to proceed to the semi-finals.

Semi-final 1, Old Trafford, Manchester, June 22: England 213 in 60 overs (Fowler 33, Tavare 32; Kapil 3/35, Amarnath 2/27, Binny 2/43) lost to India 217/4 in 54.4 overs (Yashpal 61, Patil 51*, Amarnath 46) by 6 wickets. Man of the Match: Mohinder Amarnath.

Semi-final 2, The Oval, London, June 22: Pakistan 184/8 in 60 overs (Mohsin 70, Zaheer 30; Marshall 3/28, Roberts 2/25) lost to West Indies 188/2 in 48.4 overs (Richards 80*, Gomes 50*) by 8 wickets. Man of the Match: Viv Richards.

Final, Lord’s, London, June 25: India 183 in 54.4 overs (Srikkanth 38; Roberts 3/32, Marshall 2/24, Holding 2/26, Gomes 2/49) beat West Indies 140 in 52 overs (Richards 33; Amarnath 3/12, Madan 3/31, Sandhu 2/31) by 43 runs. Man of the Match: Mohinder Amarnath.

Most runs: David Gower (England) – 384 runs, 7 matches
Most wickets: Roger Binny (India) – 18 wickets, 8 matches