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Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ketchim - 03-29-2013
http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2013/mar/290313-1983-world-cup-triumph-india-west-indies.htm
This year, India will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1983 World Cup win.
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ketchim - 03-29-2013
Sandhu reckoned this game was a perfect example of team play.
We batted, bowled and fielded well.
In the World Cup, we always thought about what we did in Berbice. 8)
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ketchim - 03-29-2013
The victory gave Kapil Dev’s team the self belief to beat the all-conquering West Indies team
was achieved exactly today 30 years ago —
at the Albion Sports Complex in Berbice :
a sugar area in Guyana populated with people of East Indian descent.
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ketchim - 03-29-2013
In his autobiography 'By God’s Decree' :
Kapil Dev wrote:
“This was the launching pad for our ultimate win over the Windies for the Prudential World Cup later on.
This was the occasion we found the chink in West Indies’ one-day armour.
The day we knew they had an Achilles heel.
The awe was gone.
They were human.
We had stopped selling ourselves short. â€
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ketchim - 03-29-2013
Tony Cozier’s West Indies Cricket Annual 1983 :
spearhead Michael Holding conceded 28 runs in his first four overs and the,
“West Indies bowling and fielding was unusually shoddy, Kapil having two chances,
and the Indians made merry.†;D
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ketchim - 03-29-2013
Sunil Gavaskar got India to a fiery start but was run out 10 short of what would have been
his maiden ODI century.... :-[
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ramesh - 03-29-2013
I ndia was the home team . The Berbicians showed where their loyalties lie and this goes for the majority of Indos in the Westindies
It was no surprise then when the west indies consciously decided to go with an all Afro team and the rest is history.
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - Kwaku - 03-29-2013
No doubt the Indian team felt right at home Berbice much like the WI felt in those days in England.
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - Googley - 03-29-2013
Berbice made many great contributions, this was just a minor one!
Berbice Zindabad!
Re: Berbice Wins World Cup :1983 - ramesh - 03-29-2013
T[quote author=Kwaku link=topic=78751.msg491414#msg491414 date=1364573880]
No doubt the Indian team felt right at home Berbice much like the WI felt in those days in England.
[/quote] That was because Blacks were opressed in England at the time and the westindies cricket team shattered the myth of white superiority.
The westindies team instilled pride in Black people , a source of hope and possibilities for black people everywhere