There were several moments which impacted India’s 1983 World Cup cricket campaign. Swing bowler Balvinder Singh Sandhu’s dismissal of WI opener Gordon Greenidge in the final, Kapil Dev’s terrific running catch off S Madal Lal which ended Vivian Richards’s  28-ball 33 while chasing India’s 183, Kapil’s unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe after being 17 for 5.

However, the India skipper, who scored an eight-ball 15 and then took 1-21 in his 11 overs in the final, felt there was another critical factor.