<P> Going by India 's past record in one - day internationals and in the World Cup , they were not expected to even progress beyond the Group stage of the 1983 Cricket World Cup which was yet again held in England , despite having the likes of Sunil Gavaskar , Krishnamachari Srikkanth , Dilip Vengsarkar , Yashpal Sharma and Sandeep Patil in batting and a decent set of all - rounders in captain Kapil Dev , who was now one of the best all - rounders in world cricket , Mohinder Amarnath , Madan Lal , Ravi Shastri and Roger Binny . This time , the tournament format was slightly different from the previous editions . Teams were still divided among 2 groups of 4 , but now each team in a group played each other twice . India were placed in Group B in the Group stage , which was considered to be the tougher of the 2 groups as it included 2 stronger opponents in the defending champions , the West Indies , whose dominance in world cricket at the time was at its peak , and Australia . World Cup debutants Zimbabwe were also in the group . The fact that the West Indies and Australia were in India 's group only worsened India 's prospects of putting a decent showing this time around . </P>
<P> Going by India 's past record in one - day internationals and in the World Cup , they were not expected to even progress beyond the Group stage of the 1983 Cricket World Cup which was yet again held in England , despite having the likes of Sunil Gavaskar , Krishnamachari Srikkanth , Dilip Vengsarkar , Yashpal Sharma and Sandeep Patil in batting and a decent set of all - rounders in captain Kapil Dev , who was now one of the best all - rounders in world cricket , Mohinder Amarnath , Madan Lal , Ravi Shastri and Roger Binny . This time , the tournament format was slightly different from the previous editions . Teams were still divided among 2 groups of 4 , but now each team in a group played each other twice . India were placed in Group B in the Group stage , which was considered to be the tougher of the 2 groups as it included 2 stronger opponents in the defending champions , the West Indies , whose dominance in world cricket at the time was at its peak , and Australia . World Cup debutants Zimbabwe were also in the group . The fact that the West Indies and Australia were in India 's group only worsened India 's prospects of putting a decent showing this time around . </P>
who was the captain of indian team when first won world cup
who was the captain of indian team when first won world cup
Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev