Realised significance of teamwork: Kirti Azad on largest learnings from 1983 ODI World Cup win

By India Today Sports Desk: India celebrated 40 years of their maiden ODI World Cup win on Sunday, 25 June. The cricketing neighborhood of the nation confirmed their like to the heroes of the 1983 World Cup, who received the championship because the underdogs. Integral a part of the workforce’s success – Kirti Azad in an interview to Sportstar spoke concerning the learnings from the match and stated that a very powerful factor was the teamwork.

Azad stated that they realised that solely teamwork may assist obtain miracles and the one which they pulled off at Lord’s was actually particular. Azad bowled a spirited spell himself within the semi-final of the match choosing the wicket of Ian Botham, certainly one of England’s most harmful batters.

“We came to realise the importance of teamwork. True, individual brilliance counts in cricket, but one of the biggest points we drove home was that 11 players have to come together to pull off miracles. We pulled one off at Lord’s. No one gave us a chance when we landed in England for the Cup. We would have been happy to just qualify because our previous two World Cup appearances were dismal. We learned and improved from every game, and the belief that we belonged to the competition was the driving force for the team,” Azad stated in an interview to Sportstar.

The participant additionally spoke concerning the affect that the win had on the nation’s sport. According to Azad the most important achievement was that the world got here to simply accept that India may play critical cricket.

“It was huge. India became a cricket powerhouse. We won the Cup at Lord’s and became the hosts for the next edition in 1987. The World Cup travelled outside England for the first time. The world came to accept that India could play good cricket and also become a great host. One of the biggest gains was that it inspired a host of youngsters to play cricket, and Sachin Tendulkar was one of them. The 1983 win changed the way the game was played in India,” Azad stated within the interview.

Since the 1983 victory it took a very long time for India to realize their second one, which got here below the management of MS Dhoni within the yr 2011.