India is celebrating its 11th National Sports Day today. It is celebrated every year on 29th August to commemorate the birth anniversary of Hockey Legend, Major Dhyan Chand. The day is also dedicated to all the sportspersons who have represented India in their respective fields and won laurels for our motherland.
India has a rich sporting history which began way back in the year 1900 when we participated in the Olympic Games for the first time. Over the years, the country has recorded many major achievements in Sports which put us in the reckoning in various sporting events of the world.
On this National Sports Day, let’s take a look at the top five major achievements of India in the sporting arena:
Cricket World Cup win in 1983 –
1983 World Cup: (Image Source: Twitter)
The Indian team came into the tournament as a weak link whom everyone expected to get knocked out in the first stage. However, the team led by Kapil Dev did the unthinkable when they beat the hosts England in the semi-final of the tournament. India were up against the mighty West Indies in the finals, who had won the previous two editions of the world cup.
India batted first and got dismissed for a partly 183 as West Indies already began celebrating their third consecutive World Cup win. However, the ‘Kapil’s Devils’ took the entire world by storm as they skittled Clive Lloyd’s two-time champion team for 140 and won the match by 43 runs. India were crowned the world champions and built the foundation of becoming a strong cricketing powerhouse in the future.
