India beat West Indies in the final of the 1983 World Cup at Lord's in what was a historic day for Indian cricket.
In a display of clinical efficiency unfancied Indian outplayed the overconfident England team to reach the final of the Prudential World Cup. Mohinder Amarnath and Kirti Azad suffocated England before the middle-order saw India to victory.
On June 12, 1983, Winston Davis registered figures of 10.3-0-51-7 – the best-ever at that time in One-Day Internationals at the time — against Australia at Headingley, to put West Indies back on track in the World Cup. Karthik Parimal looks back at that famous spell.
When India won the Benson& Hedges World Championships in 1985.