What a day it was on June 25, ’83. West Indies, strongly favouredfor a hat-trick, faced an Indian team led by Kapil Dev, whose sensational 175 not outagainst Zimbabwe amid the splendour of Turnbridge Wells had staved off extinction. Theyhad beaten England in a semi-final, the medium-pacers all doing their bit before MohinderAmarnath (46), Yashpal Sharma (61) and Sandeep Patil (51 not out) forged a six-wicketvictory. Overcoming the mighty West Indians, however, was a daunting requirement.Everything went as expected initially. Garner and company bowled out India for 183, 32balls inside the allotted 60 overs. Balwinder Sandhu scalped Greenidge but Haynes andRichards batted disdainfully, the 50 came up, and there were some knowing nods about theplace. Poor Richards is usually the one to take the blame for the defeat, though he wasonly the second one to fall when Kapil chased and held on to that loose leg-side shot.Then, wickets fell as regularly as Big Ben’s chimes. India won by a margin of 43runs. Drums pounded in the hotel across the way as Kapil danced a bhangra in the foyer,surrounded by an ecstatic mob.