Legendary Indian cricket group batter Sunil Gavaskar recalled an fascinating story from the 1983 World Cup ultimate in opposition to West Indies. India defeated West Indies by 43 runs within the ultimate at Lord’s and that is the fortieth anniversary of the legendary victory. The India group members from the ultimate got here collectively throughout Adani Group’s launch of ‘Jeetenge Hum’ marketing campaign at Adani Day on Saturday. Gavaskar spoke concerning the interplay he had with West Indies legend Joel Garner who was additionally his teammate at English county aspect Somerset and the way Garner made it clear that he is not going to give him any freebies due to their friendship.

“Mr. (Joel) Garner had been my flatmate when I had played for Somerset. So every ball has gone past my nose, I has not been able to touch bat on ball… As I went to the non-striker end. Garner is walking past me. Because I have shared a flat with him. I said to him – ‘Hey Bird how about one off the mark for your old flatmate.’ I was on zero. He said -‘No man! No freebies for  you. This is the World Cup final.’ So that’s what happened. I didn’t get any freebie and got out for 2,” mentioned Gavaskar.

Roger Binny, the present Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief and the star all-rounder who ended up on the prime of the wicket-taking charts of the match with 18 scalps, additionally mentioned, “Being part of the 1983 World Cup-winning team was an incredible journey filled with determination and team spirit. Together, we believe in the potential of our current players to bring back the coveted trophy. Let’s unite as fans and inspire them to create history!.”

On the event, among the gamers additionally recalled a few of their favorite moments from the match.

Sandeep Patil, the all-rounder who had scored a match-winning fifty within the semifinal, recalled that the day of semifinal in opposition to England (June 22) occurred to his mom’s birthday as nicely.

“It was my late mother’s birthday as well on the day of semifinal. She told me that she had never asked for anything in her life from me, but wanted me to win the trophy. I told myself that no matter if its Bob Willis or his father (laughs), I was going to smash them,” mentioned Patil.

Sandeep recalled {that a} partnership between Jimmy (Mohinder Amarnath) and Yashpal Sharma proved to be instrumental in India’s win within the semifinal.

Mohinder Amarnath, who had taken the match-winning wicket within the ultimate, additionally revealed that when he ran to take the wicket as a memento of the memorable win, it was so caught inside the bottom that he couldn’t take it.

“But I was too happy about us becoming world champions. Forget about the wicket, it could not have been bigger than winning World Cup for us,” he added.

(With ANI inputs)