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Mumbai, June 26 (TIWN): India’s first title in the Cricket World Cup which came on June 25 39 years ago has changed the face of Indian cricket but for the players, the change was not instant but only came about around 10 years later, says the captain of the team and legendary cricketer Kapil Dev.
“It was not like the World Cup win changed our lives overnight. The next few months and next few years were all about the next match, the next series. It was only after 10 years that we started getting appreciated more, we got a lot of respect, and a lot of love from the fans. Today, we get more appreciation than those who won the title later because we were the first to win the World Cup,” said Kapil Dev during a panel discussion with members of the 1983 World Cup-winning team on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of their triumph at Lord’s. To mark the occasion, ‘The 1983 World Cup Opus’, a limited edition coffee table book was also launched here on Saturday. The book immortalizes several unseen, unheard, and unforgettable moments of that campaign which culminated with India defeating the mighty West Indies, the two-time reigning champions, in the final at Lord’s, defending a total of 183, the lowest target defended in a World Cup final so far and winning by 43 runs. The panel discussion was moderated by noted commentator Harsha Bhogle who spoke to Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Kirti Azad, Roger Binny, Syed Kirmani, Madan Lal, Sandip Patil, Balwinder Singh Sindhu, K Srikkanth, Dilip Vengsarkar and PR Man Singh, who was manager of the team. Sunil Gavaskar and Ravi Shastri joined the discussion virtually.
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