18th June - Anniversary of Kapil Dev's 175* against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup

[English August]

The incomparable Kaps played the greatest innings in ODIs (till then) on this day to take India to a winning position when they were struggling at 17/5, and thereby ensured our entry into SF.

The rest, as they say, is history!

Who'll emulate him tomorrow?

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Pandya

 

[Napa]

The most amazing ODI knock ever, coming in when India was 17/5. Set the stage for the Indian win in WC 1983. A breakthrough for India and also other SC sides showing we could compete.

Indians tomorrow may be inspired by Kapil, but I don't see anyone matching his knock unless Rohit hits a double ton which is unlikely given the high quality of Pakistan's bowling.

 

[Slog]

Only downside is that it was against a minnow so people don't give it the credit they should. The Zimbabwe side was playing its first World Cup match ever

And there isn't any footage eithet

 

[Slog]

The most amazing ODI knock ever, coming in when India was 17/5. Set the stage for the Indian win in WC 1983. A breakthrough for India and also other SC sides showing we could compete.

Indians tomorrow may be inspired by Kapil, but I don't see anyone matching his knock unless Rohit hits a double ton which is unlikely given the high quality of Pakistan's bowling.

Lol how ther sc sides

Pak made semi finals of all first three world cups

But yes India hadn't made a World Cup semi till that edition

 

[Sidilicious]

Only downside is that it was against a minnow so people don't give it the credit they should. The Zimbabwe side was playing its first World Cup match ever

And there isn't any footage eithet

Those minnows defeated Australia in an earlier match and ran Australia close in their 2nd group match. The fact is Zimbabwe as a minnow was never that far away from the non minnows, as Bangladesh was in the 00s and Zimbabwe is now. During the 80s and the 90s, you take Zimbabwe lightly at your own peril.

Most ex cricketers still rate that innings, in top 3 greatest innings of the WC, a significant number even calling it the best.

But I get why people might be sceptical of those claims.

 

[Napa]

People tend to underestimate the significance of the 1983 WC. It was an end of an era of many greats. I quote:

"It was an unhappy farewell for Dennis Lillee, Jeff Thomson and Rodney Marsh. Finalists in 1975, but also-rans in '83, they retired from international cricket a few months later. New Zealand's batting bedrock, Glenn Turner, played his last game for his country, and Bob Willis's creaking limbs didn't hold out much longer. It was Clive Lloyd's final World Cup too"

 

[Napa]

Lol how ther sc sides

Pak made semi finals of all first three world cups

But yes India hadn't made a World Cup semi till that edition

As they say:

Winning WC - daylight - making it to the finals - greater than - making it to the semis

If you feel compelled to start your post with a "lol" all it tells me is that you are not very convinced of the strength of your arguments.

 

[English August]

Those minnows defeated Australia in an earlier match and ran Australia close in their 2nd group match. The fact is Zimbabwe as a minnow was never that far away from the non minnows, as Bangladesh was in the 00s and Zimbabwe is now. During the 80s and the 90s, you take Zimbabwe lightly at your own peril.

Most ex cricketers still rate that innings, in top 3 greatest innings of the WC, a significant number even calling it the best.

But I get why people might be sceptical of those claims.

Agree with the comment on Zim of 80s and 90s -- they were newcomers but not pushovers. Duncan Fletcher (who went on to become a successful coach for England and India) was the captain of the team. Troicos (sp?) was a very fine spinner.

Sunil Gavaskar rates that innings highly and Sunny is not an easy man to please. He also narrates an interesting story. It was apparently quite cold and windy on that day and all the players were wearing 2-3 layers. After India lost 5 wickets, Kap and Kirmani took some time to settle down and then started playing their strokes. Sunny wanted to take a leak but India's manager (Mansingh IIRC) forbade him from getting up from his chair out of superstitious fear that another wicket would fall! LOL.

Poor sunny had to "control himself" for next 2+ hours and finally was relieved (no pun!) when the Indian innings wrapped up.

 

[Buffet]

I think there were just 6 test nations in first WC which included India and Pakistan.

 

[EliteCynical]

The most amazing ODI knock ever, coming in when India was 17/5. Set the stage for the Indian win in WC 1983. A breakthrough for India and also other SC sides showing we could compete.

Indians tomorrow may be inspired by Kapil, but I don't see anyone matching his knock unless Rohit hits a double ton which is unlikely given the high quality of Pakistan's bowling.

He came in when India were 9/4 and the wicket of Yashpal Sharma fell while he was at the crease and it became 17/5.

 

[Varun]

Only downside is that it was against a minnow so people don't give it the credit they should. The Zimbabwe side was playing its first World Cup match ever

And there isn't any footage eithet

You can argue that India were minnows too.

 

[EliteCynical]

Only downside is that it was against a minnow so people don't give it the credit they should. The Zimbabwe side was playing its first World Cup match ever

And there isn't any footage eithet

Don't think that is an accurate assessment. They had beaten Australia in their first ODI in the same WC and were almost on the verge of beating India (albeit not the best team in the tournament). The lack of video footage was due to BBC strike.

Zimbabwe had Duncan Fletcher who was an excellent all rounder and captain, a young Graeme Hick, Dave Houghton, who was a good all rounder himself and Kevin Curran ( averaged 36 odd with the bat and 27 odd with the ball in First class cricket).

 

[Slog]

As they say:

Winning WC - daylight - making it to the finals - greater than - making it to the semis

If you feel compelled to start your post with a "lol" all it tells me is that you are not very convinced of the strength of your arguments.

Well you have to quit acting the psychologist because your deductions couldn't be more off

 

[Belawal2014]

The incomparable Kaps played the greatest innings in ODIs (till then) on this day to take India to a winning position when they were struggling at 17/5, and thereby ensured our entry into SF.

The rest, as they say, is history!

Who'll emulate him tomorrow?

Ahmad Shahzad.

 

[Bhaijaan]

37th anniversary of Kapil Dev rescuing India from 17/5, 78/7 with his 175 in 1983 World Ccup

To put things in perspective, the second highest scorer for India in that match was Syed Kirmani with 24 runs!


In context of match situation, the greatest ODI knock ever played.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series...zimbabwe-20th-match-prudential-world-cup-1983

 

[angrypathan]

Greatest ODI knocks ever:
1) Kapil 175

daylight

2) Hafeez 57 CT17 Final

3) Amir 73 vs NZ

 

[Bhaijaan]

One of the greatest travesties in Cricket that this knock never did not get televised due to strike by BBC.

 

[big_gamer007]

One of the greatest LOI innings of all time.

 

[Ab Fan]

Legendary knock. It's not about the strength of the attack but given that we had Gavaskars and Amarnaths losing out early and team collapsing to 5/17,this was extraordinary stuff from one Man, Kapil Dev.

 

[Markhor]

Of all the days to choose to strike.

It's a shame, this was an incredible knock from Kapil.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Zimbabwe had stunned Australia in the tournament opener.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Zimbabwe had stunned Australia in the tournament opener.

Yeah that was the white Zimbabwe with players playing in county cricket and coming from Australia, England, etc.

It's ok, Indian cricket fortunately has never required outside acknowledgement to thrive. We are our own best judge. Habe to make the billion happy. That's the most important and only challenge for our cricketers