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In Pics: India’s incredible win against West Indies in 1983 World Cup final at Lords

XtraTime Web Desk: June 25, 1983 will always be a red letter day for Indian cricket as it was on this day Kapil Dev and his team created history at the Lords by winning the World Cup for the first time. Defying odds, Kapil’s Devils dethroned two-time defending champions West Indies in a low-scoring final. The win in 1983 changed the trajectory of Indian cricket forever. It also shaped the way for the future. Batting first India posted only 183 runs. In reply a star studded West Indian batting line up collapsed for 140 runs giving India an incredible win by 43 runs. There is no better iconic picture in Indian cricket than Kapil Dev holding the Prudential Cup at the Lords balcony. Let us relieve that memorable day at Lords in pictures.

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BBC TV's Peter West is with the two captains Clive Lloyd and Kapil Dev at the toss (Image Source: Twitter)

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Malcolm Marshall steaming in from the Nursery End in the opening overs (Image Source: Twitter)

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The imposing sight of Joel Garner. The Big Bird took 1 for 24 in the final at Lords (Image Source: Twitter)

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Kapil Dev looked to take on the bowlers – here he is lofting Larry Gomes for a boundary (Image Source: Twitter)

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Mohinder Amarnath cutting one for four in the final (Image Source: Twitter)

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Mohinder Amarnath cutting one for four in the final (Image Source: Twitter)

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Kapil Dev bowling to Gordon Greenidge. Both Greenidge and Desmond Haynes opened the innings in caps (Image Source: Twitter)

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Celebrations as Gordon Greenidge is bowled for 1 offering no stroke to Balwinder Sandhu (Image Source: Twitter)

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Indian cricketers rush to congratulate a jubilant Kapil Dev after he removed Andy Roberts (Image Source: Twitter)

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Winning moment ! Michael Holding lbw Mohinder Amarnath for 6 (Image Source: Twitter)

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India's supporters in front of the Grandstand were unable to contain their excitement and there were a succession of pitch invasions as India closed in on victory (Image Source: Twitter)

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That iconic moment as Kapil Dev lifts the Prudential World Cup at the Lords balcony (Image Source: Twitter)

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Two chief architects of the 1983 World Cup win - Mohinder Amarnath and Kapil Dev (Image Source: Twitter)

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