Former India captain Kapil Dev created history back in the year 1983 when he led the side to the first World Cup win.
Sharing an anecdote from the final match against West Indies, Kapil in a video posted by CRED on their official social media account revealed how Madan Lal persisted on bowling against Vivian Richards and eventually got successful in taking his wicket.
“I was very young and I had so many senior cricketers with me but my job was to take them along. I never had to tell Sunil Gavaskar, Mohinder Amarnath, Madan Lal, Syed Kirmani what to do. I had to make sure that I keep them together,” Dev said.
“What happened in 1983, Madan Lal had that will that ‘I will get Viv Richards out’. He had more will than me at that time. I told Madan Lal to take some break but he insisted that ‘I have got Richards out many times but he still underestimates me. Give me one more over.’ I think when the players start believing then you have to go with the flow. Most importantly, there should not be Plan B. So have only one plan to win,” he added.
Kapil was himself involved in Richards’ dismissal then after he grabbed a blinder while running backwards to send him back in the pavilion for 33. India successfully defended a target of 184 runs to clinch the win at Lord’s.