The 1983 world cup final was between India and West Indies at Lords, both had reached finals defeating England and Pakistan respectively.Indian team was underdog and minnows against the two times champion West Indies team comparising of best batsman (Richards,Llyod,Haynes,Greenidge) and bowlers (Robert,Garner,Holding,Marshall)of all times.Indian team batted first after loosing the toss and made paltry 183 runs but was able to restrict them to 140 runs,thus beating them by 43 runs.Indian team won because it was having bunch of useful all-rounders like Mohinder Amarnath,Kapil Dev,Sandeep Patil,Kirti Azad,Madan Lal,Sandhu,etc.,I still remember seeing that match live which changed the course of cricket in India and laid foundation for 2011 victory.
The 2011 world cup final was between India and Sri Lanka at Mumbai.This time we were favourite from the start of the tournament and we were playing at home.We defeated Australia and Pakistan in crucial quarterfinal and semifinal games.Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first after a goof-up in tossing.They scored 274 runs and we were able to make 277 runs with 10 balls to spare thus winning by 6 wickets.This time we had a very professional,experienced and confident team comparising of Sachin,M.S Dhoni,Sehwag,Gambhir,Yuvraj,Zaheer,Harbhajan,etc.,
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