1983 World Cup

On this day: Kapil Dev’s Team India became World Champions for the first time in 1983

India stunned two-time defending champions West Indies at the famous final at Lord’s to script a new era in Indian cricket. It took another 28 years for India to repeat World Cup glory, this time led by MS Dhoni against Sri Lanka in 2011 in front of the Indian crowd at Wankhede.

Jun 25, 2021, 09:35 AM IST

Diego Maradona's death casts long shadow around Argentina's Boca Juniors stadium

Maradona was buried on Thursday amid fanfare and high emotion after his death aged 60 from a heart attack this week, laying to rest one of the world`s greatest soccer stars.

Nov 28, 2020, 09:06 AM IST

Argentina President pays respects to football legend Diego Maradona at state funeral

Maradona died at his home in the northern outskirts of Buenos Aires on Wednesday at the age of 60, after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Nov 27, 2020, 09:13 AM IST

Diego Maradona dies, Twitterati confuses pop singer Madonna with Argentine great

Following the death of Maradona, pop singer Madonna too began trending as some ignorant and confused users mistook her with the Argentinian.

Nov 26, 2020, 17:24 PM IST

A look at roller-coaster life of Argentina football legend Diego Maradona in pics

Argentina football leagend Diego Maradona, who passed away at the age of 60 after suffering a massive heart attack on Wednesday.

Nov 26, 2020, 15:06 PM IST

Argentina declares three-day national mourning for football legend Diego Maradona

Maradona died due to cardiorespiratory arrest at his home in the Tigre district on the northern outskirts of the capital Buenos Aires.

Nov 26, 2020, 12:40 PM IST

Diego Maradona was a maestro of football: PM Narendra Modi pays tribute to Argentina legend

Maradona's untimely demise came just two weeks after he was released from hospital following a brain surgery.

Nov 26, 2020, 10:30 AM IST

Kapil Dev: Best standout moments of former Indian skipper's cricket career

Dev notched up 5,248 runs and 434 wickets in 131 matches he played in the longest format of the game for India, while he also amassed 3,783 runs and claimed 253 wickets in 225 ODIs.

Oct 23, 2020, 16:22 PM IST

Born July 19, 1955: Roger Binny, former Indian all-rounder

Binny made his international debut for India during a match against arch-rivals Pakistan in the longest format of the game in Bengaluru in November 1979.

Jul 19, 2020, 20:07 PM IST

You can tag me and Kaps also: Ravi Shastri takes cheeky dig at Yuvraj Singh's 1983 World Cup win post

Kapil Dev-led India defeated defending champions West Indies by 43 runs at Lord's to lift their maiden ICC World Cup trophy in 1983.

Jun 26, 2020, 13:12 PM IST

Kapil Dev among top five highest run-scorers of 1983 World Cup

Former Indian skipper Kapil Dev was among the top five highest run-scorer in the country's winning campaign at the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in 1983.

Jun 25, 2020, 15:27 PM IST

1983 World Cup victory a 'watershed' moment in Indian cricket history: Mohammad Kaif

Kaif also believes that the victory had also inspired the next generation to dream big and achieve the impossible.

Jun 25, 2020, 11:26 AM IST

Ranveer Singh celebrates 36 years of India's World Cup win

Ranveer Singh celebrated India's cricket World Cup victory 36 years ago by sharing a video featuring the iconic moment and some behind the scenes of his upcoming movie "83".

Jun 25, 2019, 20:30 PM IST

South star Jiiva joins Ranveer Singh starrer '83 star cast—Deets inside

The film will hit the screens on April 10, 2020.

Jan 30, 2019, 11:29 AM IST

Will start shooting of '83' from May this year, says Kabir Khan

Kabir Khan was interacting with the media when he attended music composer Pritam's new musical platform 'JAM8'.

Jan 17, 2019, 23:32 PM IST

Deepika Padukone to join Ranveer Singh in Kabir Khan's '83?

However, no official announcement has been made regarding the development as yet.

Jan 07, 2019, 10:23 AM IST

Challenge with '83' is to stay true to the historic event: Kabir Khan

The director said it's sad that there was very less material on 1983 World Cup and he had to visit the iconic Lord's stadium in London to gather information.

Aug 31, 2018, 17:23 PM IST

Ranveer Singh to meet 1983 cricket World Cup players

In 1983, India won its first cricket World Cup against the West Indies. Dev served as the captain of the Indian cricket team then.

Sep 25, 2017, 19:23 PM IST

Sunil Gavaskar snubs Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli, hails Kapil Dev as the greatest ever match-winner for India

Kapil led India to it's first ever World Cup title in 1983. The victory at Lord's against West Indies still remains one of the greatest sporting moments for the country.

Feb 22, 2017, 20:46 PM IST