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Winning World Cup in '83 was like independence day for cricket: Srikkanth

India cricketer Kris Srikkanth has said that winning the World Cup in 1983 felt like "independence day for cricket in India", adding that the achievement changed the face of Indian cricket forever

On this day In 1983, Team India won its maiden Cricket World Cup title

On this day in 1983, the Indian cricket team defied all odds and expectations and made history by clinching its first-ever Cricket World Cup title, defeating West Indies in the finals at Lord's

Australia name cricket squad for CWG; to face India in opening fixture

Australia will be the strong favourites to add to their ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 trophy, where they defeated defending champions England in the final in New Zealand earlier this year

How the Bollywood sports biopic 83 furthers masculinity, nationalist view

Today, Bollywood is demonstrating a renewed purpose of creating new national myths, and it is on full display in the new film 83

ICC ODI men's Team of The Year: After T20s, no Indians in this one too

No Indian player featured in the global body's 'ODI Team of the Year' which features two players from minnows Ireland.

Kapil Dev recalls his experience of lifting the World Cup in 1983

As the sports drama '83' is all set to release on the big screen on Thursday, former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev recalled the feeling of lifting the World Cup in 1983

India to host 2026 World T20; 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan

The ICC board on Tuesday awarded the hosting rights of the 2025 Champions Trophy to Pakistan, while picking United States and West Indies as co-host of the 2024 T20 World Cup

T20 WC: Would love to see Pak face India in the finals, says Saqlain

Pakistan started their World Cup campaign with a thumping 10-wicket victory over arch-rivals India and then followed it by the resounding win against New Zealand by five-wicket.

Do it for Virat Kohli: Suresh Raina's message to India's T20 WC players

Former India cricketer Suresh Raina says Virat Kohli deserves to draw the curtains on his T20 captaincy stint by winning the shortest format's World Cup in the UAE and Oman. Kohli will step down from T20 captaincy after the World Cup and Raina said the talismanic batter deserves a befitting farewell from his teammates. "For India, the message at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup is simple -- do it for Virat Kohli. "It will probably be his last time at this tournament as captain, so it's very important for him to make everyone believe we can do it and for us to get behind him," Raina wrote in a column for ICC. "India fans can't wait for the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021 to start for this reason. We have the players, we have the momentum - we just need to go out there and execute now." Raina feels the Indian players featuring in the IPL in the UAE could help them during the World Cup. "All of our players have just played the Indian Premier League in the UAE and they have played themselves

India's 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma dies of cardiac arrest

India's 1983 World Cup hero Yashpal Sharma died on Tuesday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest

India's 2011 World Cup winners: From Dhoni to Gambhir, where are they now?

A decade has passed since 2011 and the world has witnessed some major events, including a pandemic.

Delayed IPL 2020 may bring festive-season bonanza for advertisers

Experts see uptick in ad revenue after dull first half

IPL governing council to meet in a week, IPL likely in UAE: Brijesh Patel

The franchisees had already been working on their plans for the IPL even before the ICC announcement

Cricket 'superfans' who share their hoard of old footage and photographs

Many of us are fans. A few of us record every ball of every single match played in international cricket. Dhruv Munjal on the custodians of archival treasures

How brand Kapil Dev is being dressed up in a new coat of paint with '1983'

A movie, being made on one of the country's most audacious World Cup victories, wins the Haryana Hurricane a chance to revive his brand

Now, you can watch exclusive short clips of ICC matches on Facebook

The deal includes match recaps, in-play key moments, other match and feature content for the rest of the world until 2023

ICC Men's World Cup League 2 to start today; here's the complete schedule

Each of the seven teams will play 36 ODIs over a period of two-and-half-year from August 2019 to January 2022

Rules in cricket and economics are fallible

One common rule behind all the rules is that they need to be changed with time, be it cricket or traffic or taxes

From 2019, nations to compete in a new format for ICC World Cup entry

A structured multi-day competition on a cost-sharing basis will be proposed giving members the choice of playing longer form cricket