Top 5 ICC Cricket World Cup finals

#4 1983 - India vs West Indies

India might’ve won the 1983 World Cup final against the West Indies by a comfortable 43 runs, but it will always remain the biggest upset in the history of World Cup finals. India, after all, were rank outsiders against two-time champions West Indies going into the final. Just to give you an idea of their all-round strength, they possessed a bowling attack that had Malcolm Marshall, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Andy Roberts and a batting line-up that had Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Vivian Richards and Clive Lloyd.

India posted 183 on the board after being sent in to bat, with Kris Srikkanth top scoring for the Indians with a score of 38. While the total was competitive, it seemed nowhere near enough against an intimidatory batting line-up like the West Indies. It was only when the explosive Richards was dismissed on 33, courtesy of a brilliant running catch by Kapil Dev, that India actually started believing they could win. Soon the whole complexion of the match changed, and the West Indies were eventually bundled out for 140.

Mohinder Amarnath claimed the Man-of-the-Match for his spell of 3/12 in addition to a decent contribution of 26 with the bat. The victory changed the Indian sports scene forever, and more importantly, showed that the seemingly invincible West Indies could be beaten after all.

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