It was also the year of the underdog. The first two World Cups had been won by the clear favourite -- this one produced a sensational turnaround with 500-1 outsiders India upsetting the West Indies applecart.

Here are the details:

Match summary

Num	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result
1	09/06/83	West Indies	Manchester	Ind won by 34 runs
2	11/06/83	Zimbabwe	Leicester	Ind won by 5 wickets
3	13/06/83	Australia	Nottingham	Aus won by 162 runs
4	15/06/83	West Indies	The Oval	WI won by 66 runs
5	18/06/83	Zimbabwe	Tunbridge Wells	Ind won by 31 runs
6	20/06/83	Australia	Chelmsford	Ind won by 118 runs
7	22/06/83	England	Manchester	Ind won by 6 wickets (Semi-final)
8	25/06/83	West Indies	Lord's	Ind won by 43 runs (Final)

Highest team scores

Sc	(Ov)	For	vs	Date	Venue
266-8	(60.0)	Ind	Zim	18/06/1983	Tunbridge Wells
262-8	(60.0)	Ind	WI	9/06/1983	Manchester

Lowest team scores

Sc	(Ov)	For	vs	Date	Venue
158	(37.5)	Ind	Aus	13/06/1983	Nottingham
183	(54.4)	Ind	WI	25/06/1983	Lord's

Highest individual scores

Batsman	Runs	BF	S/r	For	vs	date	venue
Kapil Dev	175*	138	126.81	Ind	Zim	18/06/1983	Tunbridge Wells
Yashpal Sharma	89	120	74.17	Ind	WI	9/06/1983	Manchester
M Amarnath	80	139	57.55	Ind	WI	15/06/1983	The Oval

Best partnerships for each wicket

Wkt	Runs	Batsmen	For	vs	date	venue
1st	46	SM Gavaskar & K Srikkanth	Ind	Eng	22/06/1983	Manchester
2nd	57	K Srikkanth & M Amarnath	Ind	WI	25/06/1983	Lord's
3rd	92	M Amarnath & Yashpal Sharma	Ind	Eng	22/06/1983	Manchester
4th	63	Yashpal Sharma & SM Patil	Ind	Eng	22/06/1983	Manchester
5th	50	M Amarnath & Kapil Dev	Ind	WI	15/06/1983	The Oval
6th	73	Yashpal Sharma & RMH Binny	Ind	WI	9/06/1983	Manchester
7th	58	Kapil Dev & S Madan Lal	Ind	Aus	13/06/1983	Nottingham
8th	62	Kapil Dev & S Madan Lal	Ind	Zim	18/06/1983	Tunbridge Wells
9th	126*	Kapil Dev & SMH Kirmani	Ind	Zim	18/06/1983	Tunbridge Wells
10th	22	SMH Kirmani & BS Sandhu	Ind	Aus	13/06/1983	Nottingham
10th	22	SMH Kirmani & BS Sandhu	Ind	WI	25/06/1983	Lord's

Best bowling

Bowler	Wkts-Runs	(Ovs)	For	vs	date	venue
Kapil Dev	5-43	(12.0)	Ind	Aus	13/06/1983	Nottingham
S Madan Lal	4-20	(8.2)	Ind	Aus	20/06/1983	Chelmsford
RMH Binny	4-29	(8.0)	Ind	Aus	20/06/1983	Chelmsford
M Amarnath	3-12	(7.0)	Ind	WI	25/06/1983	Lord's
RJ Shastri	3-26	(5.1)	Ind	WI	9/06/1983	Manchester
S Madan Lal	3-27	(10.4)	Ind	Zim	11/06/1983	Leicester
S Madan Lal	3-31	(12.0)	Ind	WI	25/06/1983	Lord's
Kapil Dev	3-35	(11.0)	Ind	Eng	22/06/1983	Manchester
S Madan Lal	3-42	(11.0)	Ind	Zim	18/06/1983	Tunbridge Wells
RMH Binny	3-48	(12.0)	Ind	WI	9/06/1983	Manchester
RMH Binny	3-71	(12.0)	Ind	WI	15/06/1983	The Oval

Batting & fielding performance

Batsman	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	SR	Ct/st
M Amarnath	8	8	0	237	80	29.63	-	1	-	46.75	-
K Azad	3	2	0	15	15	7.50	-	-	1	71.43	-
RMH Binny	8	6	0	73	27	12.17	-	-	1	53.68	2
SM Gavaskar	6	6	0	59	25	9.83	-	-	1	49.17	3
Kapil Dev	8	8	3	303	175*	60.60	1	-	-	108.99	7
SMH Kirmani	8	6	1	61	24*	12.20	-	-	1	41.78	12/2
S Madan Lal	8	6	3	102	27	34.00	-	-	-	64.97	1
SM Patil	8	8	1	216	51*	30.86	-	2	1	91.53	2
BS Sandhu	8	4	2	28	11*	14.00	-	-	1	45.16	2
RJ Shastri	5	5	1	40	17	10.00	-	-	-	57.97	3
K Srikkanth	8	8	0	156	39	19.50	-	-	1	61.90	3
DB Vengsarkar	2	2	1	37	32*	37.00	-	-	-	50.69	1
Yashpal Sharma	8	8	1	240	89	34.29	-	2	-	64.00	2

Bowling performance

Bowler	M	Balls	Md	Runs	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	R/o
M Amarnath	8	294	2	178	8	22.25	3/12	-	-	36.75	3.63
K Azad	3	102	1	42	1	42.00	1/28	-	-	102.00	2.47
RMH Binny	8	528	9	336	18	18.67	4/29	-	1	29.33	3.82
N Kapil Dev	8	504	13	245	12	20.42	5/43	1	-	42.00	2.92
S Madan Lal	8	498	8	285	17	16.76	4/20	-	1	29.29	3.43
SM Patil	8	54	0	61	0	-	0/0	-	-	-	6.78
BS Sandhu	8	498	10	297	8	37.13	2/26	-	-	62.25	3.58
RJ Shastri	5	121	1	87	4	21.75	3/26	-	-	30.25	4.31

ODI career Batting figures

Player	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	SR	Ct/st
Amarnath, M	85	75	12	1924	102*	30.54	2	13	2	57.67	23
Azad, K	25	21	2	269	39*	14.16	-	-	3	67.25	7
Binny, RMH	72	49	10	629	57	16.13	-	1	4	60.13	12
Gavaskar, SM	108	102	14	3092	103*	35.14	1	27	8	62.28	22
Kapil Dev	225	198	39	3782	175*	23.79	1	14	13	94.41	71
Kirmani, SMH	49	31	13	373	48*	20.72	-	-	2	60.55	27/9
Madan Lal	67	35	14	401	53*	19.10	-	1	1	62.17	18
Patil, SM	45	42	1	1005	84	24.51	-	9	4	82.38	11
Sandhu, BS	22	7	3	51	16*	12.75	-	-	2	52.58	5
Shastri, RJ	150	128	21	3108	109	29.05	4	18	5	60.51	40
Srikkanth, K	146	145	4	4092	123	29.02	4	27	11	71.73	42
Vengsarkar, DB	129	120	19	3508	105	34.73	1	23	7	67.81	37
Yashpal Sharma	42	40	9	883	89	28.48	-	4	-	63.16	10

ODI career Bowling figures

Player	M	Balls	Md	Runs	W	Ave	Best	5	4	SR	R/o
Amarnath, M	85	2730	17	1971	46	42.85	3/12	-	-	59.35	4.33
Azad, K	25	390	4	273	7	39.00	2/48	-	-	55.71	4.20
Binny, RMH	72	2957	37	2260	77	29.35	4/29	-	3	38.40	4.59
Gavaskar, SM	108	20	0	25	1	25.00	1/10	-	-	20.00	7.50
Kapil Dev	225	11202	235	6945	253	27.45	5/43	1	3	44.28	3.72
Madan Lal	67	3164	44	2137	73	29.27	4/20	-	2	43.34	4.05
Patil, SM	45	864	9	589	15	39.27	2/28	-	-	57.60	4.09
Sandhu, BS	22	1110	15	763	16	47.69	3/27	-	-	69.38	4.12
Shastri, RJ	150	6613	56	4650	129	36.05	5/15	1	2	51.26	4.22
Srikkanth, K	146	712	3	641	25	25.64	5/27	2	-	28.48	5.40
Vengsarkar, DB	129	6	0	4	0	-	0/0	-	-	-	4.00
Yashpal Sharma	42	201	0	199	1	199.00	1/27	-	-	201.00	5.94

Statistics: Mohandas Menon