When Kapil Dev hit 175 and inspired India to their first Cricket World Cup

India won their first Cricket World Cup in 1983. They might have gone out at the group stage were it not for Dev’s record inningsBy Steven Pye for That 1980s Sports Blog
Kapil Dev wasn’t quite walking into the last-chance saloon when he made his way to the middle of the Nevill Ground at Tunbridge Wells on Saturday 8 June 1983, but India’s World Cup campaign had definitely reached a crossroads. India were 9/4 when Dev arrived at the crease. Sadly, for their supporters, that was