Team India Lifted Their First World Cup On This Day In 1983, BCCI Shares Pic

BCCI and IPL franchises remembered the historic World Cup win in 1983, under the inspirational leadership of Kapil Dev.

#OnThisDay in 1983: A historic day for the Indian cricket as the @therealkapildev-led #TeamIndia lifted the World Cup Trophy. pic.twitter.com/YXoyLyc5rO There's just so much pride that we as Indians feel each time we look at this image #OnThisDay in 1983, @therealkapildev and his #TeamIndia earned a special place in cricketing history with a World Cup triumph at Lord's pic.twitter.com/T23bPP1tY8 Where it all started...#OnThisDay in 1983, @therealkapildev's team did the impossible and lifted the first-ever Cricket World Cup for India! #OneFamily #MumbaiIndians @BCCI pic.twitter.com/NMdJj4tCbv Former captain Kapil Dev led the Indian team to the Prudential World Cup on this day, 38 years ago in 1983 when they defeated the West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's in England. It was India's first of two 50-over World Cup wins, with former Indian captain MS Dhoni securing the second in 2011 at home. Remembering the occasion, the official BCCI Twitter handle on Friday posted a picture of the former all-rounder lifting the World Cup and wrote, "#OnThisDay in 1983: A historic day for the Indian cricket as the @therealkapildev-led #TeamIndia lifted the World Cup Trophy." Considered as one of India's finest achievements on a cricketing field, Team India came out victorious against a mighty West Indian side consisting of the likes of Joel Garner, Andy Roberts, Vivian Richards, skipper Clive Lloyd among others. Having lost the toss, India had to dig deep to post 183 runs in 54.4 overs. Kris Srikkanth, Mohinder Amarnath and Sandeep Patil rose to the occasion and batted courageously against a dangerous bowling attack.