Who Gave World Cup Trophy to Kapil Dev: India created history by winning 1983 World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Today it has been 42 years since this moment. Today, on the day of June 25, he came to the moment of pride for Indian cricket in 1983. Seeing Kapil Dev lifting the World Cup trophy, everyone had tears of happiness in his eyes. But do you know who was the person who gave the World Cup trophy to Kapil Dev. After all, who is with Kapil Dev in this viral photo of 1983 World Cup, let’s know.

Who gave Kapil Dev to the World Cup Trophy?

The first captain of India, who made the country a world champion in cricket, you must have seen a photo of the World Cup trophy in his hand many times, but today even after 42 years, there are many people who would not know which person gave that trophy to the World Cup winning team. Robert Carr, Chairman of Prudential Assurance after winning India’s 1983 World Cup final, handed over the World Cup trophy in Kapil Dev’s hands. Prudential was the main sponsor of the 1983 World Cup tournament, due to which the chairman of this insurance company gave the World Cup Trophy in the hands of the winning captain.

India created history 42 years ago

In the 1983 World Cup, the Indian cricket team reached the final of this tournament for the first time. At the same time, India faced with World Champion West Indies only twice. The West Indies reached the final of the World Cup for the third consecutive time. But India did not allow the hat -trick to become the World Champion of the West Indies. In this final, the West Indies won the toss and invited India to bat first, in response to which Team India scored 183 runs. After this, the Indian bowlers all out the West Indies for 140 runs and India won the Cricket World Cup for the first time.

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Ind vs wi world cup 1983: 25 June 1983, a day in Indian cricket history, which no Indian can ever forget. This was the day when Indian players waved the tricolor flag on the British soil. India won the Cricket World Cup for the first time in England under the captaincy of Indian cricket veteran Kapil Dev. Apart from Kapil Dev, this team consisted of legendary players like Mohinder Amarnath, Yashpal Sharma, Sandeep Patil, Kirti Azad, Krishnamachari Srikanth, Madal Lal, Balwinder Sandhu, Sayyed Kirmani Roger Binny and Sunil Gavaskar.

How did India become World Champion?

By winning the 1983 World Cup, Indian players registered their names in the cricket history of India with golden letters forever. But do you know how India got this victory. The struggle with which Kapil Dev’s team won this trophy for India was a different charisma. Before going for the Indian team’s World Cup, people did not even believe that these players would create history and return to India.

India scored 184 runs

The 1983 runs towards the World Cup final, where India was to face the West Indies. In this match, West Indies captain and veteran player Clive Lloyd won the toss and decided to field first. When the Indian team came out to bat, Team India scored 184 runs in 60 overs. Srikanth scored 38 runs in this match for India, Sandeep Patil scored 27 and Mohinder Amarnath scored 26 runs. Captain Kapil Dev scored 15 runs with three fours.

After giving a target of 185 runs to the West Indies, the challenge was ahead of the Indian bowlers to defend this goal. But in front was a team of Viv Richards, one of the world’s greatest players, was a difficult challenge for India to win. In this match, Team India can win only when the opposition team is all out before achieving the target.

Viv Richards in front of India

The Indian bowlers bowled the dhakad in the 1983 World Cup, causing the West Indies team to be all out on the score of 140 runs in 52 overs. In this match, Viv Richards scored the most run for the West Indies. This veteran player played a deadly innings of 33 runs in 28 balls. Madan Lal and Mohinder Amarnath took the maximum 3-3 wickets for India. At the same time, Balwinder Sandhu took 2 wickets of West Indies. Kapil Dev and Roger Binny also took 1-1 wickets.

Mohinder Amarnath’s ball amazing

Mohinder Amarnath sent the West Indies to the pavilion standing on the path of winning the World Cup. Jeff Duzon was batting for 25 runs and Malcum Marshal was batting for 18, while Mohinder Amarnath dismissed both the players and sent it back to the pavilion and ensured India’s victory. Mohinder Amarnath was adjudged ‘Player of the Match’ to show amazing with both the ball and the bat.

India won 1983 World Cup

Along with winning India’s 1983 World Cup, every Indian had tears of happiness in their eyes. The news of India reached the finals forced everyone to sit in front of TV to watch this match. India won this first Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Even today, after remembering that moment, there is a glow of happiness in the eyes of the people.

#Onthisday in 1983

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A Historic Day & A Landmark Moment for Indian Cricket #TeamindiaLED by the legendary @TheRelakapildev Clinched the World Cup Title pic.twitter.com/LATU8LRS2J

– BCCI (@Bcci) June 25, 2025

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Untold Story of Indian Players after Win 1983 World Cup Final: On June 25, 1983, India won its first World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Team India defeated the West Indies, who became champions 2 consecutive times, in the title match. Mohinder Amarnath was the hero of the final, who took 3 wickets for 12 runs and scored 26 runs. But most people would not know that the Indian players were stuck in a problem that night. What happened that night, here you have been told.

The 1983 World Cup started from 9 June, on this day a total of 4 matches were played and India defeated the West Indies and told that he is a strong contender for the title. However, before the start of the tournament, India was being considered a weak team, while the West Indies were the most dangerous team of that time. After this, India defeated Zimbabwe and then lost to Australia.

The West Indies also took revenge and defeated India by 66 runs in an important match on 15 June. India again defeated Zimbabwe and lost to Australia in the match before the semi -finals. In the semi -finals, the Indian cricket team defeated England by 6 wickets to make it to the finals.

What happened in 1983 World Cup final

The West Indies won the toss and chose the first bowling. Sunil Gavaskar was the biggest batsman at that time, he was out after scoring 2 runs. Krishnammachari Srikanth (38) scored the most runs for India, Kapil Dev scored 15 runs. Mohinder Amarnath played an important innings of 26 runs. India was all out for 183 runs. It was felt that the West Indies would easily achieve it but it did not happen and the Windies collapsed for 140 runs. India created history and won by 43 runs and won the first World Cup.

Why was the players’ car caught by the police?

In media reports, senior journalist Vijay Lokpalli was quoted as saying that he had revealed this in a podcast. He could not do dinner in the process of celebrating victory. He had to eradicate his hunger by eating burgers.

Even after this, the players had to face a problem. The London police had set a time limit that how long a driver could drive a maximum, the driver in which the Indian player was in the time was over, despite he was driving. The driver was caught at a checkpoint. Indian players told the whole story that they have won the World Cup by defeating the West Indies. The authorities took autographs from them but still cut the challan and imposed a fine. However, it was not revealed who filled this money.

It was also told in the report that some Pakistani cricketers also attended the celebration with Indian players. The players went to the pub, meanwhile Kapil Dev was worried about how to pay so much bill, who would pay. But it is estimated that a rich Indian fan paid the bill that night.

Players included in India’s playing 11 in 1983 World Cup final

Sunil Gavaskar, Krishnamachari Srikanth, Mohinder Amarnath, Yashpal Sharma, Sandeep Patil, Kapil Dev (Captain), Kriti Azad, Roger Binny, Madan Lal, Saeed Kirmani, Balwinder Sandhu.