Remembering India's first ever World Cup win in 1983, this day 35 years ago

Clive Lloyd against India, World Cup 1983.

India's Game #4: vs Windies, Group Stage

In many ways, the first India-Windies game was an eye opener for the Caribbeans. They certainly had not expected to be ripped apart by a minnow side, after being labeled the tournament favourites. The loss was a jolt to their senses, and when the two teams faced off once again, the Windies looked to dominate - and ended up doing exactly so.

Winning the toss, Captain Lloyd asked his team to bat first. A well-structured Viv Richards ton (119 off 146) along with adequate support provided by Clive Lloyd (41 off 42) and Desmond Haynes (38 off 93) took the Windies to a score of 282/9 in 60 overs. Roger Binny picked up three wickets albeit being expensive, at 71 runs in 12 overs.

After a rough start which saw the dismissals of Kris Srikanth and Ravi Shastri, a partnership between Mohinder Amarnath (80 off 139) and Dilip Vengsarkar (32 off 59) looked to make things right for the Indians, when Vengsarkar took a Malcolm Marshall delivery right on the chin and retired hurt. This was followed by wickets falling at regular intervals, except Kapil Dev, who fought back with 36 runs during his stint at the crease. In the end, the Indians folded up for 216, marking their second straight loss in the tournament.

Sir Viv Richards was the undoubted choice for the man-of-the-match award, for his knock that included six fours and a towering six.