Here are the 3 Greatest moments in Indian Cricket history.
Indian Cricket team has had its own ups and downs in the past, but cricket will always remain in the hearts of billions of cricket fans. We decided to take a step back and review the top 3 greatest moments in Indian Cricket history.
1.) 25th June, 1983, Lord’s, London: Cricket World Cup Finals
The 1983 Cricket World Cup was the third edition of the ICC tournament. The matches consisted of 60 overs per team. India defeated the hosts, England, in the semi-finals and then faced the West Indies, which had one of the best bowling attacks of the time.
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India won the toss and elected to bat.
India: 183 (54.4 overs)
West Indies: 140 (52 overs)
Result: India won by 43 runs
Man of the Match: Mohinder Amarnath
It was one of the greatest moments in cricket history, as the new champions were born.
2.) 24th September, 2007, Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg: ICC World T20 Championship Finals
In 2007, it was the first-ever ICC World T20 tournament and in the finals were India competing with Pakistan, a combat with attracts roughly around 1 billion viewers and cricket fans.
The Indian Captain, M.S. Dhoni, won the toss and elected to bat.
India: 157/5 (20 overs)
Pakistan: 152/ all out (19.3 overs)
Result: India won by 5 runs
Man of the Match: Irfan Pathan
With this win, India won the second ICC World Cup title for the first time after the historic victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
3.) 2nd April, 2011, Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: ICC Cricket World Cup Finals
It was the first World Cup where both the teams from Asia were in the finals. The hosts India were playing against Sri Lanka who qualified for the finals for the second time in a row (previously in 2007, defeated by Australia).
Kumar Sangakkara, the Sri Lankan captain, won the toss and elected to bat.
SriLanka: 274/6 (50 overs)
India: 277/4 (48.2 overs)
Result: India won by 6 wickets
Man of the Match: M.S. Dhoni
With this win, India became the only cricket team to win the 60-over, 50-over, and 20-over World Cups. The players dedicated this victory to the victims of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, and to the soldiers guarding Indian borders. Virat Kohli and other players also dedicated this win to the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.
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