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29 Mar 2013 10:27 #128199
by ketchim
Sandhu reckoned this game was a perfect example of team play.
We batted, bowled and fielded well.
In the World Cup, we always thought about what we did in Berbice.
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29 Mar 2013 10:30 #128201
by ketchim
The victory gave Kapil Dev’s team the self belief to beat the all-conquering West Indies team
was achieved exactly today 30 years ago —
at the Albion Sports Complex in Berbice :
a sugar area in Guyana populated with people of East Indian descent.
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29 Mar 2013 10:31 #128202
by ketchim
In his autobiography 'By God’s Decree' :
Kapil Dev wrote:
“This was the launching pad for our ultimate win over the Windies for the Prudential World Cup later on.
This was the occasion we found the chink in West Indies’ one-day armour.
The day we knew they had an Achilles heel.
The awe was gone.
They were human.
We had stopped selling ourselves short. â€
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29 Mar 2013 10:40 #128206
by ketchim
Tony Cozier’s West Indies Cricket Annual 1983 :
spearhead Michael Holding conceded 28 runs in his first four overs and the,
“West Indies bowling and fielding was unusually shoddy, Kapil having two chances,
and the Indians made merry.†;D
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29 Mar 2013 10:42 #128207
by ketchim
Sunil Gavaskar got India to a fiery start but was run out 10 short of what would have been
his maiden ODI century.... :-[
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29 Mar 2013 12:02 #128226
by ramesh
I ndia was the home team . The Berbicians showed where their loyalties lie and this goes for the majority of Indos in the Westindies
It was no surprise then when the west indies consciously decided to go with an all Afro team and the rest is history.
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29 Mar 2013 12:18 #128234
by Kwaku
No doubt the Indian team felt right at home Berbice much like the WI felt in those days in England.
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29 Mar 2013 12:34 #128242
by ramesh
TThat was because Blacks were opressed in England at the time and the westindies cricket team shattered the myth of white superiority.
The westindies team instilled pride in Black people , a source of hope and possibilities for black people everywhere
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