On June 18, 1983, Kapil DEV created one of the most remarkable shifts in the history of a one -day cricket and saved India from problem waters undefeated 175 against Zimbabwe at the World Cricket Championship. The Indian winning campaign at the 1983 World Championship would not be possible if Kapil did not save his party from the jaw of defeat in their fifth 60-Ner Showpiece match.
The Indian World Cup campaign was in an uncertain state. After winning two of their first four group games, they needed victory to stay in the semifinal competition. However, the disaster hit soon. India fell to 17 to 5, their highest order dismantled the lively Zimbabw attack. The prospect of premature departure appeared a big.
After Devil Devil, Bat in Tunbridge Wells first decided, Zimbabwe took advantage of useful conditions to derail the Indian hopes of winning the World Championship. This was followed by an extraordinary depiction of a counterattack cricket. Kapil Dev, coming to number six, launched a rescue mission that would enter a cricket folklore. Its 175, which were not outside, came out only 138 balls and included 16 borders and six sixs, which were almost unheard of at that time. At that time it was the highest individual score in one day.
It is important that the chapel has found support in the lower order. His uninterrupted 126-run partnership for the ninth goal with Syed Kirmani was a world record and helped India 266 for 8 out of 60 over-unlikely recovery from where they started.
India continued to win a match of 31 runs and maintained their hopes for the World Championship alive. Yet, despite its historical significance, shifts have never been captured in the video due to the BBC strike, so it is preserved only in eyewitnesses and Scorecards.
Former Indian cricket Sunil Gavascar described 175 chapels Dev as the greatest shifts of ODI ever seen.
“As a player and as a commentator he never saw better shifts (than Kapil’s 175).
“Chapel did not play any loft discs until he reached 80. It was amazing to see how the sixs hit,” Gavascar said.
India would eventually continue to lift the World Championship and defeat Western India in the final at Lord. But many believe they were Kapil’s shifts in Tunbridge Wells that truly transformed the team’s thinking.
Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
June 18, 2025
