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‘In the annals of ODI Cricket’ – Fans react as Sunil Gavaskar calls Kapil Dev’s 175 ‘the greatest ODI century’ he has ever seen

Kapil Dev's innings of 175 against Zimbabwe was not recorded.

Jun 25, 2023 2:56 pm

On this day, India won the 1983 World Cup at Lords. Kapil Dev’s men conquered the West Indies in a high-octane final in England. Even though India was bowled out for 183 in 60 overs. The Indian bowlers, with an extensive military medium-pace lineup, used the conditions to their advantage and bowled their side to a memorable win of 40 runs after they bowled the Men from the Carribean to 140.

Sunil Gavaskar also talked about the triumph that changed the cricket landscape in India. He also dwelt in detail about Kapil Dev’s innings of 175 against Zimbabwe. Kapil came to the crease when India was in a precarious position at 17-5, and from there, his partnerships with Roger Binny and Syed Kirmani bailed India out of trouble. Kapil played a fantastic knock of an unbeaten 175 off 138 balls with 16 fours and six sixes.

Kapil Dev was the original captain cool – Sunil Gavaskar

This allowed India to get to 266-8 in their 60 overs. Zimbabwe fell short by 31 runs; from there, it was a massive turnaround for India’s 1983 World Cup campaign. Kapil’s performances with both bat and ball were dazzling, to say the least. Not to forget his catch of Viv Richards in the final. “His captaincy was dynamic, precisely what the format required and his ready smile, even when a player dropped a catch, or mis-fielded, makes him the original Captain Cool. That knock of 175 remains the most remarkable one-day century. I have seen, and I say this with no disrespect to the other match-winning hundreds scored by our boys after that too,” Gavaskar told Times of India.

The 1983 World Cup was the last World Cup which was played in the form of 60 over games. It was also the last time, it was called the Prudential Cup. The win was monumental as it inspired youngsters to take up the sport of cricket in the country, and also the Indian Cricket Board was a different beast after the 1983 World Cup win.

Let us take a look at the reactions on Twitter:

Agreed from that position to score 175 should be one of the greatest innings in Indian cricket.

— Nilesh Pandit (@nileshp1981) June 25, 2023

https://twitter.com/dyno_tweet/status/1672830614549172225?s=20

https://twitter.com/ViniciusJrERA/status/1672829699943288832?s=20

https://twitter.com/buttlerhive/status/1672830439814483968?s=20

Ro 264 better in my honest book but no take away from 175 which was 40 yrs ago without facilities,under pressure ,after 17-5 , knockout match

— STARK (@starkt3000) June 25, 2023

not wrong….from the context of a wc match & 40 yrs ago a knock like this came….he may not be wrong

— Shantanu 🏏🎧(Santner ki Parivaar) (@Shantanu630) June 25, 2023

Can't say the best ,but one of the greatest,coming from position where India was like 5-17 and scoring 175.sadly due to protest of broadcasters at that time highlights of that match isn't available

— hdlof aitler (@AmarShekhar13) June 25, 2023

I hate when someone mentions this innings, it gives major FOMO everytime 😩

— Dhaval Patel (@CricCrazy0) June 25, 2023

https://twitter.com/kaya_sk06/status/1672831947834535943?s=20

Yes it was one of the best. He made a world record of highest number of individual runs in an ODI match. There were senior players too but Kapil Dev took responsibility on his shoulders and led the team from the front. Seeing captain performing boosted players confidence

— Sports syncs (@moiz_sports) June 25, 2023