The third edition of cricket world cup was played from 9 June to 25 June, 1983 in England. Zimbabwe was the debuting team in a cricket world cup tournament. India defeat two times world champion and defending champion West Indies in the final match, held at Lord’s London. 8 teams participated in 1983 ICC world cup.
India, Australia, Pakistan, West Indies, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe were the playing nations in 1983 world cup. Let’s have a look at the all eight participating team squad in 3rd cricket world cup.
All 8 Teams & Squads
India |
West Indies |
England |
Australia |
| Kapil Dev (Captain) | Clive Lloyd (Captain) | Bob Willis (Captain) | Kim Hughes (Captain) |
| Syed Kirmani | Gordon Greenidge | Mike Gatting | Allan Border |
| Balwinder Sandhu | Wayne Daniel | Graham Dilley | Graham Yallop |
| Ravi Shastri | Larry Gomes | Trevor Jesty | Geoff Lawson |
| Mohinder Amarnath | Gus Logie | Paul Allott | Graeme Wood |
| Dilip Vengsarkar | Faoud Bacchus | David Gower | Tom Hogan |
| Madan Lal | Andy Roberts | Graeme Fowler | Jeff Thomson |
| Kirti Azad | Jeff Dujon | Norman Cowans | David Hookes |
| Sunil Gavaskar | Michael Holding | Derek Randall | Rod Marsh |
| Sunil Valson | Winston Davis | Ian Botham | Dennis Lillee |
| Sandeep Patil | Viv Richards | Ian Gould | Rodney Hogg |
| Roger Binny | Desmond Haynes | Vic Marks | Ken MacLeay |
| Yashpal Sharma | Joel Garner | Chris Tavare | Kepler Wessels |
| Krishnamachari Srikkanth | Malcolm Marshall | Allan Lamb | |
Pakistan |
Sri Lanka |
New Zealand |
Zimbabwe |
| Imran Khan (Captain) | Duleep Mendis (Captain) | Geoff Howarth (Captain) | Duncan Fletcher (Captain) |
| Wasim Bari | Arjuna Ranatunga | Jeremy Coney | Graeme Hick |
| Rashid Khan | Roy Dias | Warren Lees | David Houghton |
| Wasim Raja | Sidath Wettimuny | Martin Crowe | Andrew Pycroft |
| Abdul Qadir | Rumesh Ratnayake | Richard Hadlee | Robin Brown |
| Zaheer Abbas | Guy de Alwis | John Bracewell | Jack Heron |
| Mudassar Nazar | Vinothen John | Ian Smith | Grant Paterson |
| Sarfraz Nawaz | Athula Samarasekera | Jeff Crowe | John Traicos |
| Mansoor Akhtar | Ranjan Madugalle | Bruce Edgar | Iain Butchart |
| Tahir Naqqash | Ashantha de Mel | Lance Cairns | Gerald Peckover |
| Shahid Mahboob | Brendon Kuruppu | Glenn Turner | Vincent Hogg |
| Mohsin Khan | Somachandra de Silva | Ewen Chatfield | Kevin Curran |
| John Wright | Ali Shah | ||
| Martin Snedden | Peter Rawson |
I was not there in 1983 world cup but i am the fan of Kapil Dev now also and now a days i close like ms dhoni
Kapil dev one of the best allrounder in the world
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