On June 25, 1983, Kapil Dev-led India received their first-ever Cricket World Cup in an exhilarating last in opposition to the West Indies at Lord’s Cricket Floor in London, England.

The Caribbean aspect, after successful the toss, requested India to bat first and Kapil Dev’s males might solely handle 183 runs on the board. Given the depth of the then West Indies group, it gave the impression to be a straightforward activity for them.

Nonetheless, India had totally different plans as they restricted West Indies to a meager 143 runs, due to the impeccable decision-making expertise of the Indian captain Kapil Dev.

Madan Lal and Amarnath have been instrumental with the ball, scalping 3 wickets every with economies of two.58 and 1.71 respectively. India created historical past by clinching the match with a commanding 43-run victory.

Captain Kapil Dev was the top-scorer of the event, scoring 303 runs in eight matches whereas Roger Binny, who’s at the moment the president of the BCCI emerged as the highest wicket-taker by snaring 18 wickets in eight outings.

1983 World Cup Winners: How A lot Did They Earn?

Within the midst of right this moment’s quick social media-driven period, the place data flows freely and monetary disclosures are commonplace, trying to estimate the cost or wage of gamers who competed within the 1937 World Cup remains to be an arduous activity.

In the meantime, the previous Pakistan cricketer Ramiz Raja, as soon as, shared the payslip of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning group, based on which the Indian gamers got a each day allowance of INR 200 for a interval of three days, making the entire allowance INR 600.

Moreover, the gamers acquired a match price of INR 1500, bringing their total earnings to INR 2100 per participant. Throughout that point, INR 2100 was thought-about a substantial sum of cash.

“Needed to reproduce this… will attempt to get a duplicate of what we received paid for the Indian tour in 86-87. I bear in mind it to this date what I received: performed 5 Exams and 6 ODI’s and received paid Rs 55000,” Raja had written on Twitter whereas sharing the payslips again in 2020.