India is not one of the most popular countries 1983 World Cupbut still legendary west indies All-rounder Gary Sobers There is a feeling that Kapil Dev’s team may cause a big upset.
India defeated the defending champions and Sobers’ former team, the West Indies, to win the World Cup. But what made Sobers make a prophetic prediction even though no one gave India even an outside chance?
Winning Team India batsman Yashpal Sharma, who passed away in July 2021 at the age of 66, narrated the incident at the team’s reunion ahead of the release of the film ’83’.
India’s performance against Sri Lanka in a pre-World Cup warm-up match convinced Sobers that Kapil & Company were the team to watch.
“Very few people know this…you know the legends of the game have a knack for reading it better than most people,” Sharma said of the story.
“There was a warm-up match against Sri Lanka in Leicestershire and Sir Garfield Sobers was there. Thanks to the partnership of Kapil and myself we scored 285. See we scored on the green roof So much, he said, ‘these guys may be at a disadvantage, but watch out for them in the World Cup and he knows that.
India defeated the mighty West Indies by 43 runs in the final and defended the title by just 183 runs. cricket.
