First of all it was Andy Roberts .. not ND Robert .. Rediff should have hired a senior sports journo ..
And the next thing .. "if you got this match wrong the chances of getting through were impossible"
The Zimbbwe match finally turned out to be an inconsequential one .. even if India had lost that match ... India would have sailed thru to the semis by virtue of the win against the Aussines in the next match!
RE:Huh?
by jayshree venkatesvaran on Jun 21, 2008 01:19 PM
looks more like a e-chat-interview... no one wd dare make ND of Andy (roberts) Arnabh Goswami is senior enough to do a proper tape/chat to type job of this kind of info gathering... Kapil is his usual dont-care-about-english-polish-sholish self...(the most refreshingly oiginal attitude of his - which one seens in MS dhoni too these days... but Arnabh goswami is supposed to be al lest straightening up the sentences and spellings... wonder what happens to these bluster-filled pseudo intellectuals...
RE:RE:Huh?
by Bhardwaj Velamakanni on Jun 21, 2008 11:53 PM
"Bluster filled pseudo-intellectuals" - looooolz .. I like the phrase - would like to use it in future, if you have not patented it :)
RE:Poor English
by Suresh Sawant on Jun 21, 2008 07:23 AM
PLEASE don't belittle the greatest genuine sportsman like Kapil, applying irrelevant yardstick of quality of English.In fact, his English brought out his robust but lovable personality very effectively.
RE:Poor English
by Indian Indian on Jun 21, 2008 08:07 AM
why do you guys bench mark the auspicious moments with english knowledge man. its a foreigh language to us. Just enjoy the moment. Infact, i almost went back to 1980sssssss. really awesome article. Kapil is my hero, supreme hero
RE:Poor English
by Indian Indian on Jun 21, 2008 08:10 AM
Anurag, ok I agree that Kapil's english is poor, and your are having too much knowledge in english, but "Anurag Sharma".... no one knows, probably not even your next street people. But "Kapil"..no need to write his full name.. the word "Kapil" itself is written with golder letters in indian history not only in cricket history. our next generation talk about him surely. he is one of the one who took the name "INDIA" to international level....
RE:Poor English
by Effortless on Jun 21, 2008 07:06 AM
Poor editing by rediff but leave that aside for a moment and relive those memories of 1983. Until 1983 World cup, no one took India seriously in ODI. But the turning point came in Berbice ODI in Indian tour of WI in Mar-Apr 1983.India defeated WI for the first time in ODI in that game where Sunny Gavaskar made a majestic 90 off 85 balls (run out) and Kapil blasted 72 off 36 balls (took the spinners apart) that took India to 282/4, in response WI managed only 255/7 in 50 overs. Also remember that during those days there were no power plays nor were the boundary ropes brought in (like they do nowadays in ODIs) so quick scoring even in ODI was not easy as it is nowadays. No one can forget Kapil running in 25-30 yards and take an outstanding catch that he made it look so easy, Sreekant's cover drive off Marshall, Sandhu's banana inswinger. Thank You Kapil for changing the history of Indian one day cricket.
Viv richards hit Kamal nath for runs....surely it was meant to be Amarnath (the guy who complimented the selectors calling them a bunch of vidushak)...come on rediff edit your articles.
18th Match: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Derby - Jun 18, 1983 Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 43 balls remaining) New Zealand 181 (58.2/60 ov); Sri Lanka 184/7 (52.5/60 ov)
19th Match: Australia v West Indies at Lord's - Jun 18, 1983 West Indies won by 7 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) Australia 273/6 (60/60 ov); West Indies 276/3 (57.5/60 ov)
20th Match: India v Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells - Jun 18, 1983 India won by 31 runs India 266/8 (60/60 ov); Zimbabwe 235 (57/60 ov)
21st Match: England v Sri Lanka at Leeds - Jun 20, 1983 England won by 9 wickets (with 215 balls remaining) Sri Lanka 136 (50.4/60 ov); England 137/1 (24.1/60 ov)
22nd Match: New Zealand v Pakistan at Nottingham - Jun 20, 1983 Pakistan won by 11 runs Pakistan 261/3 (60/60 ov); New Zealand 250 (59.1/60 ov)
23rd Match: Australia v India at Chelmsford - Jun 20, 1983 India won by 118 runs India 247 (55.5/60 ov); Australia 129 (38.2/60 ov)
24th Match: West Indies v Zimbabwe at Birmingham - Jun 20, 1983 West Indies won by 10 wickets (with 89 balls remaining) Zimbabwe 171 (60/60 ov); West Indies 172/0 (45.1/60 ov)
1st SF: England v India at Manchester - Jun 22, 1983 India won by 6 wickets (with 32 balls remaining) England 213 (60/60 ov); India 217/4 (54.4/60 ov)
2nd SF: Pakistan v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 22, 1983 West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 68 balls remaining) Pakistan 184/8 (60/60 ov); West Indies 188/2 (48.4/60 ov)
RE:83 WC
by arjun singh on Jun 21, 2008 03:32 AM
you are great kapil paji...........congratulation on the behalf of silver jublee of cricket world cup 1983.
8th Match: India v Zimbabwe at Leicester - Jun 11, 1983 India won by 5 wickets (with 135 balls remaining) Zimbabwe 155 (51.4/60 ov); India 157/5 (37.3/60 ov)
9th Match: England v Pakistan at Lord's - Jun 13, 1983 England won by 8 wickets (with 56 balls remaining) Pakistan 193/8 (60/60 ov); England 199/2 (50.4/60 ov)
10th Match: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Bristol - Jun 13, 1983 New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 124 balls remaining) Sri Lanka 206 (56.1/60 ov); New Zealand 209/5 (39.2/60 ov)
11th Match: Australia v India at Nottingham - Jun 13, 1983 Australia won by 162 runs Australia 320/9 (60/60 ov); India 158 (37.5/60 ov)
12th Match: West Indies v Zimbabwe at Worcester - Jun 13, 1983 West Indies won by 8 wickets (with 69 balls remaining) Zimbabwe 217/7 (60/60 ov); West Indies 218/2 (48.3/60 ov)
13th Match: England v New Zealand at Birmingham - Jun 15, 1983 New Zealand won by 2 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) England 234 (55.2/60 ov); New Zealand 238/8 (59.5/60 ov)
14th Match: India v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 15, 1983 West Indies won by 66 runs West Indies 282/9 (60/60 ov); India 216 (53.1/60 ov)
15th Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Leeds - Jun 16, 1983 Pakistan won by 11 runs Pakistan 235/7 (60/60 ov); Sri Lanka 224 (58.3/60 ov)
16th Match: Australia v Zimbabwe at Southampton - Jun 16, 1983 Australia won by 32 runs Australia 272/7 (60/60 ov); Zimbabwe 240 (59.5/60 ov)
RE:You are THE BEST
by Gomtesh on Jun 21, 2008 03:28 PM
but sharad pawar & niranjan shah are greatest bowler. they can take wicket of any indian cricketer without even going in the ground.
