The Indian cricket team defied all odds, expectations and made history on June 25, 1983 by winning its first cricket World Cup crown, defeating the mighty West Indies in the final by 43 runs at Lord's.
'If I was the chairman of the selection committee, I would say that Hardik Pandya should be the captain of the 2024 World Cup straight away.'
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Rishabh Pant is "messing up" his chances and should be given a break from international cricket to reinvent his game, said former chairman of selection committee Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
The big names in Indian cricket, of late, have opted to stay away when it comes to applying for the national selector's job.
'Actual finishers are guys like Suryakumar Yadav. He is a brilliant finisher. You have Rishabh Pant, who is a brilliant finisher. You have Hardik Pandya, who is a brilliant finisher too.'
To celebrate India's glorious World Cup win on June 25, 1983, Paymentz launch The 1983 World Cup Opus exactly 39 years later.
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That win gave us something no other victory ever would: It gave a young nation hope. It gave us the will to dream, notes Abhishek Mande Bhot.
On Saturday, around 1000 odd Indian fans had surrounded the MCG 'Training Well'.
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh, who plays Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan's '83, based on India's triumphant campaign to win the 1983 World Cup, and members of that history-making team teamed up to promote '83.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday again took a digital tablet wrapped in a traditional 'bahi-khata' style pouch as she headed for Parliament to present Union Budget 2023-24 in a paperless format just like the previous two years. She posed for the traditional 'briefcase' picture outside her office along with her team of officials before heading to meet the President. She, however, was holding a tablet instead of a briefcase to present the Budget in a digital format.
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There was no room for KL Rahul in the playing XI.
'I was seven years old in 1983. I never heard about that historic win because we did not have a radio set in our village.'
Kabir Khan's '83 saw a grand premiere in Mumbai, attended by the film's star cast.
It was a unique celebration; there is no other instance where Harijans were feted to celebrate India's Independence, says Prakash Bhandari.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh played the perfect hosts during the wrap-up party of their film, '83.
Stylish India batsman Rohit Sharma is one of the greatest ever ODI openers, considering his ability to score daddy hundreds, says former captain Krishnamachari Srikkanth. Out of his 29 ODI centuries, 11 times Rohit has scored in excess of 140, including a world record three double hundreds.
If the Indian Premier League does not take place this year, then it would really put MS Dhoni's selection in doubt as the cricketer has not played since July last year. Krishnamachari Srikkanth has said he is a huge fan and believer of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and added that he would like to see the wicket-keeper batsman as a part of the Indian T20 World Cup squad
Former India captain and member of the 1983 World Cup winning team Krish Srikkanth will be the recipient of this year's prestigious CK Nayudu Lifetime Award given by the BCCI. Former India women's captain Anjum Chopra is the co-recipient of the lifetime achievement award for the year 2019.
She posed for the traditional 'briefcase' picture outside her office along with her team of officials before heading to meet the President. She, however, was holding a tablet instead of a briefcase to present the Budget in a digital format.
When it comes to running between the wickets -- which is exactly what an FM and a governor do -- Jadeja always defers to Dhoni's larger judgement of the situation and the needs of the team, observes T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
Virat Kohli is rated as one of the best batsmen of all time due to his ability to amass big runs and single-handedly change the complexion of the game regardless of the format.
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Shastri took the first big step to transform India's agriculture, the benefits of which his successors reaped in plenty, says A K Bhattacharya.
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale has put Kerala on the art tourism circuit, says Kishore Singh.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday used her trademark 'bahi-khata', a ledger wrapped in a red-coloured cloth, to carry Budget documents as she arrived in Parliament House to present her third straight Budget. Sitharaman, India's first full-time woman finance minister, had in July 2019 ditched the colonial legacy of a Budget briefcase for the traditional 'bahi-khata' to carry Union Budget papers. She used the same last year and again on Monday.
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) left no stone unturned to make the occasion a memorable one.
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India registered its first Test win at the Mecca of Cricket.
On this day in the year 1983, India lifted their first ever Cricket World Cup title, defeating West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's.
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Former chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth on Monday called for Mahendra Singh Dhoni's removal as Test captain, saying he is no more effective as the leader of the side, which suffered a crushing Test series defeat against England.
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