Kapil Dev received the Prudential World Cup 1983 after defeating West Indies in the Final
#3 Sachin Tendulkar might not have taken up cricket
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When India won the 1983 World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar was a 10-year-old kid. The victory made a big impact on the future “Little Master”. Though Tendulkar was born to play cricket, India’s success in the 1983 World Cup instilled the self-belief in him and the dream to win a World Cup for his country.
In an advertisement prior to the 2011 World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar was seen saying that he was just 10 years old when he saw what it meant to play and win a World Cup.
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Sachin’s brother, Ajit Tendulkar, took him to Ramakant Achrekar when he was 11 – and the rest is history.
At 15, Sachin notched up a record partnership with his friend Vinod Kambli playing for his school Shradhyashram Vidyamandir. At 16, he was drafted into the Indian senior squad and for the next 24 years the little champion from Mumbai went on to break every possible batting record. Moreover, his record of 100 international hundreds is unlikely to be broken by any batsman anytime soon.
Without the World Cup win in 1983, we could have been deprived of seeing arguably the greatest batsman of all time.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.
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