Anil Kumble's 10 wicket haul

Anil Kumble achieved the historic feat of grabbing all ten wickets in an innings against archrivals Pakistan at Delhi's Ferozeshah Kotla Stadium. India went into the match already 1-0 down in the two match series, eager to avenge the narrow 12-run defeat by Pakistan in Chennai a week previously.

Having won the toss and electing to bat, India found the off-spin of Saqlain Mustaq too hot to handle and were all out for 252 early on day two. With the pitch providing generous assistance to spinners, Kumble and Harbhajan Singh bowled out Pakistan for a measly 172.

Early into day four, India were all out for 339 in their second innings and set Pakistan a target of 420 runs. Post-lunch, Kumble got his first success when he had Shahid Afridi caught behind by Nayan Mongia. The very next ball, Ijaz Ahmed was trapped LBW and Kumble was on a hat-trick.

As the spin wizard went about weaving his web around the hapless Pakistanis, the specter of matching Jim Laker's record started emerging. Pakistan's tail folded out to Kumble's guile and precision and when Washim Akram fell as the last man, Kumble's name made its entry into the record books alongside that of Jim Laker's.

Kumble's analysis of 10 for 74 masks the fact that he took all ten Pakistani wickets in one 21.3 over spell, conceding only 49 runs in the process.

How India won 1983 world cup final : a story untold

Indian team was quoted 66:1 by bookies before the battle began.. few Zimbabwe hiccups, some Australia demolition and loads of upsets including group win over windies & semi-final victory over England. and zoooom ~ Team India into cricket world cup finals.

25th June 1983. Not even 20% of Indians were aware of this event taking place as Lords in England got jam-packed for the final showdown. A total of 232,081 fans strolled in, nearly equaling the combined total of past two finals (160,000 for 1975 & 132,000 for 1979).

Winston Davis had broken the record of best bowling figures by taking 7 wickets in an ODI for the first time just 13 days earlier in semifinal against Aussies, yet Captain Clive Lloyd dropped him for experienced Joel Garner. Won the toss, and opted for fielding. Idea was - blow the Indian batting apart.

Most famous (underperforming) pin-up boy of Indian cricket at that time was Sunil Gavaskar. Being an experienced opener, he also was capable to doing miracle right at the top. he didn't. caught by keeper Dujon off Andy Roberts. Fireworks came from Krish Srikanth - pulling, driving, lofting & late cutting = 38 off 57, including a six. Srikanth had found a good partner in Mohinder Amarnath, who was playing sheet-anchor role to perfection. 80 beamers he survived, to compile 26 runs.. most importantly - India were 90 for 2.

Then came series of sweep shots, and flow of wickets. Yashpal Sharma was caught at mid-wicket (rather luckily by inexperienced Gus Logie) moments after Amarnath and Srikanth had departed. Kapil Dev, Kirti Azad & all rounder Roger Binny - all looked comfortable, but unhungry. Only Sandeep Patil & his sweep shots were tickling the scoreboard. Late resilience came from Madan Lal, Keeper Kirmani (14 off 43) & Bilvinder Singh Sandhu - a typical number 11, but also a true punjabi..

India 183 all out, but more importantly - absorbed 54.4 overs in all.

Banana Swing from captain Kapil Dev started second session of 1983 world cup finals. Sandhu took new ball from other end, and foxed Gorden Greenidge with an inswinger. ball hit windies opener on the fingers, and crashed onto stumps. Larry Gomes, Desmond Haynes were follwed by Vivian Richards - who wanted to finish the match early. 33 off just 28 balls he made, but Madan Lal was rolling arm over in a hurry. His 3 wickets stumbled World Champion caribbean cricket team to 66 for 4.

Clive Lloyd's dismissal made it 66 for 5 - with his bad shot, going over covers finding Kapil Dev. Mohinder Amarnath was next. coming in jogging, hiding the ball, hitting the seam & extracting extra bounce. Windies Keeper Jeoffery Dujon was holding the fort, but got bowled. Malcom Marshal nicked one - dropped short of first slip. he again nicked the second, and this time the ball carried to Gawaskar.

Rest my fellow cricket fan, is history. India won the 1983 world cup!!!

Prudential World Cup - final

India v West Indies

India won by 43 runs

• ODI no. 223 | 1983 season
• Played at Lord's, London (neutral venue)
• 25 June 1983 (60-over match)

	India innings (60 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SM Gavaskar	c †Dujon b Roberts	2	14	12	0	0	16.66
	K Srikkanth	lbw b Marshall	38	82	57	7	1	66.66
	M Amarnath	b Holding	26	108	80	3	0	32.50
	Yashpal Sharma	c sub (AL Logie) b Gomes	11	45	32	1	0	34.37
	SM Patil	c Gomes b Garner	27	48	29	0	1	93.10
	N Kapil Dev*	c Holding b Gomes	15	10	8	3	0	187.50
	KBJ Azad	c Garner b Roberts	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
	RMH Binny	c Garner b Roberts	2	9	8	0	0	25.00
	S Madan Lal	b Marshall	17	31	27	0	1	62.96
	SMH Kirmani†	b Holding	14	55	43	0	0	32.55
	BS Sandhu	not out	11	42	30	1	0	36.66
	Extras	(b 5, lb 5, w 9, nb 1)	20
	Total	(all out; 54.4 overs)	183	(3.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Gavaskar), 2-59 (Srikkanth), 3-90 (Amarnath), 4-92 (Yashpal Sharma), 5-110 (Kapil Dev), 6-111 (Azad),7-130 (Binny), 8-153 (Patil), 9-161 (Madan Lal), 10-183 (Kirmani)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	AME Roberts	10	3	32	3	3.20
	J Garner	12	4	24	1	2.00
	MD Marshall	11	1	24	2	2.18
	MA Holding	9.4	2	26	2	2.68
	HA Gomes	11	1	49	2	4.45
	IVA Richards	1	0	8	0	8.00

	West Indies innings (target: 184 runs from 60 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CG Greenidge	b Sandhu	1	11	12	0	0	8.33
	DL Haynes	c Binny b Madan Lal	13	45	33	2	0	39.39
	IVA Richards	c Kapil Dev b Madan Lal	33	42	28	7	0	117.85
	CH Lloyd*	c Kapil Dev b Binny	8	32	17	1	0	47.05
	HA Gomes	c Gavaskar b Madan Lal	5	18	16	0	0	31.25
	SFAF Bacchus	c †Kirmani b Sandhu	8	37	25	0	0	32.00
	PJL Dujon†	b Amarnath	25	94	73	0	1	34.24
	MD Marshall	c Gavaskar b Amarnath	18	73	51	0	0	35.29
	AME Roberts	lbw b Kapil Dev	4	16	14	0	0	28.57
	J Garner	not out	5	34	19	0	0	26.31
	MA Holding	lbw b Amarnath	6	28	24	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 10)	14
	Total	(all out; 52 overs)	140	(2.69 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (Greenidge), 2-50 (Haynes), 3-57 (Richards), 4-66 (Gomes), 5-66 (Lloyd), 6-76 (Bacchus), 7-119 (Dujon),8-124 (Marshall), 9-126 (Roberts), 10-140 (Holding)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	N Kapil Dev	11	4	21	1	1.90
	BS Sandhu	9	1	32	2	3.55
	S Madan Lal	12	2	31	3	2.58
	RMH Binny	10	1	23	1	2.30
	M Amarnath	7	0	12	3	1.71
	KBJ Azad	3	0	7	0	2.33

Match details

Toss West Indies, who chose to field Series India won the 1983 Prudential World Cup

Player of the match M Amarnath (India)

Umpires HD Bird and BJ Meyer (stats picture and scoreboard courtesy:wikipedia and cricinfo)