This week's “Cricket Connected – Aattam Thodarum” on Star Sports 1 Tamil reminisces India’s first World Cup victory and how it changed the landscape of cricket in the country. 1983 World Cup-winning member Krishnamachari Srikkanth along with Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and host Bhavna Balakrishnan discuss how the 1983 World Cup inspired an entire generation to take up the sport and put India on the world map.

With the odds stacked against India, captain Kapil Dev led the team by example in the match against Zimbabwe scoring an unbeaten 175 which was probably one the best individual ODI performances at that time. Kris Srikkanth said, “At that time, they were saying our odds of winning was 1 in 1000. But Kapil Dev was the main man behind that win. The guy has got tremendous amount of confidence, self-belief and positive approach.”