India defeated the mighty West Indies to win the Cricket World Cup in 1983. India was treated as rank underdogs so much so that before the beginning of the final, the stakes in favour of India were declared as 1 in 66.
The great feat by Kapil Dev that went unrecorded
In 1983 World Cup, when Kapil Dev came to bat against Zimbabwe in the second round of the preliminary league matches, India was struggling at 7 runs for 4 wickets. He went on to score a scintillating 175 not out, but it could not be recorded due to a flash strike by the BBC. India badly …