When India beat England in the first Semi-Final...

In the first semi-final of 1983 World Cup, India comfortably beat England by 6 wickets at Manchester.

Opting to bat first infront of the home crowd, England batting failed miserably as they were bowled out for just 213. Discipilined Indian bowling attck led by skipper Kapil (3/35), Binny (2/43) and Amarnath (2/27) put the host on the back-foot.

Indian team chased the target in style with contributions from all leading batsman. Mohinder Amarnath (46), Yashpal sharma (61) and quick fifty from Sandip Patil (51* from 32 balls) ensured India's birth in the final. Mohinder Amarnath  was awarded man of the match for his brilliant allround performance.

Match Summary

• Match Date: June 22, 1983
• Venue: Old Trafford, Machester
• Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat first
• Umpires: DGL Evans and DO Oslear
• Match Result: India won by 6 wkts to enter into the Final
• Man of the Match: Mohinder Amarnath

1983 World Cup Semi-Final, India vs England - Match Scorecard

England (60 Overs Maximum)

• Graeme Fowler b Binny 33
• Chris Tavare c Kirmani b Binny 32
• David Gower c Kirmani b Amarnath 17
• Allan Lamb run out 29
• Mike Gatting b Amarnath 18
• Ian Botham b Azad 6
• Ian Gould (WK) run out 13
• Vic Marks b Kapil Dev 8
• Graham Dilley not out 20
• Paul Allott c Patil b Kapil Dev 8
• Bob Willis (C) b Kapil Dev 0

Extras: 29 (Wides: 7 No Balls: 4 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 17)

Total : 213 all out (Overs: 60.0)

Fall of Wickets: 1-69 (Tavaré), 2-84 (Fowler), 3-107 (Gower), 4-141 (Lamb), 5-150 (Gatting), 6-160 (Botham), 7-175 (Gould), 8-177 (Marks), 9-202 (Allott), 10-213 (Willis)

India Bowling (Overs - Maiden - Runs - Wickets)

• Kapil Dev 11-1-35-3
• Sandhu 8-1-36-0
• Binny 12-1-43-2
• Madan Lal 5-0-15-0
• Azad 12-1-28-1
• Amarnath 12-1-27-2

India (Target : 214 from 60 Overs)

• Sunil Gavaskar c Gould b Allott 25
• Krish Srikkanth c Willis b Botham 19
• Mohinder Amarnath run out 46
• Yashpal Sharma c Allott b Willis 61
• Sandeep Patil not out 51
• Kapil Dev (C) not out 1
• Kirti Azad
• Roger Binny
• Madan Lal
• Syed Kirmani (WK)
• Balwinder Sandhu

Extras: 14 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 2 Byes: 5 Leg Byes: 6)

Total : 217/4 (Overs: 54.4)

Fall of Wickets: 1-46 (Srikkanth), 2-50 (Gavaskar), 3-142 (Amarnath), 4-205 (Yashpal Sharma)

England Bowling (Overs - Maiden - Runs - Wickets)

• Willis 10.4-2-42-1
• Dilley 11-0-43-0
• Allott 10-3-40-1
• Botham 11-4-40-1
• Marks 12-1-38-0

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