1983 World Cup final revisited

Kapil Dev with the 1983 World Cup trophy.

By Nils Campbell

The moment of devastation had to be faced. It was the moment when the West Indies lost to India in the final of the 1983 World Cup competition.

The West Indians were on a high having won the two previous competitions and had failed to ignore the signs which included a defeat to India in the preliminary competition.

The lofty West Indians basking in