10 Most Memorable India vs England ODI Matches

Semi Final, 1983 Cricket World Cup (Old Trafford, Manchester)

Sandeep Patil played a vital knock

Whenever India enters an ICC Event nowadays, they are the de-facto favourites to win or at least make it to the latter stages of the event. However, it was a big surprise during the early editions to see a team like India make it to the knockout stages.

And this is exactly what made their World Cup win in 1983 a memorable one. Between their near-impossible triumph over Zimbabwe and the historic win over the mighty West Indies in the final, their underrated victory over England in the semi-finals is often forgotten

.Despite the English team being the better one in all the fields of the game, the Indian team successfully restricted them to 213 in their 60 overs, with the likes of Kapil Dev, Roger Binny, and Mohinder Amarnath accounting for 7 wickets.

The Indian team started slow but were reduced to 50/2. Vital knocks of 46 and 61 by Amarnath and Yashpal Sharma provided stability to the team, but it was the destructive knock of Sandeep Patil, who scored a quickfire 51 from 32 balls, that took India to a memorable 6-wicket win, and booked their spot in the finals.