It was this great day of 1983 World Cup, where Kapil Dev’s 175 not out masterminds The Great Indian Escape
At 9 for 4, Kapil Dev went out. It quickly became 17 for 5, then 78 for 7. The innings that followed had few parallels. On June 18, 1983, The picturesque backdrop of Tunbridge Wells cricket pitch witnessed amazing fireworks as Kapil Dev snatched a miraculous triumph from the jaws of defeat. His century came off 72 balls, and he eventually raced to 175 in little over three hours of exciting batting, facing 138 balls and striking six sixes and sixteen boundaries. Despite the shorter boundary, where most of his fours bounced off the fence, the majority of his sixes were hit over the long field.
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