Kapil Dev’s innings not only saved the day for India, but they earned the team a spot at the table and a large amount of respect which it had been lacking from every corner until then – the cricket control board back home, Indians living in India and abroad, from the international and domestic press and also from those who had already made a mark in the game. If you’re paying to watch this film, that sequence alone will make the trip paisa vasool. The latter was the match where Indian skipper Kapil Dev created history with the Mongoose bat, and it’s those legendary innings that had not been recorded on camera. At one point during the tournament, the level of expectation from Team India was low enough for a broadcaster to easily choose a match between giants, West Indies and Australia over a match between India and Zimbabwe. India’s love for cricket has a lot to do with the way the team of 1983 went on to knock the wind out of the West Indies, a nearly-unbeatable cricket team of the period, during the World Cup Finals that year.
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