Cricket stirs a lot of emotions among it’s fans. It has become a symbol of patriotism for us Indians specially after India won it’s first cricket world cup in 1983. 1983 world cup established India as a new superpower in the world of cricket. Kapil Dev with his fellow team members made history by defeating two times defending champions West Indies in the final.
This unforgettable victory paved the way for many corporate sponsors to invest in this sports. Media covered this incident with great enthusiasm and transformed cricket into an unofficial national sport. Many Indians started to see cricket as a potential career option.
After this massive win in 1983, India had to wait for next 28 years to win the title back in 2011. India won by six wickets and became the third team in the history of world cricket to win the world cup more than once.
Looking at the current scenario it has been more than a decade since Mahendra Singh Dhoni led the Indian men’s cricket team and won an ICC world cup title. India’s triumph on Apr. 2 ,2011 at Wankhede stadium forever remain special for Indian cricket fans
However despite all of India’s success since 2011, the Indian cricket team couldn’t bring the trophy home last time. However this time cricket fans across all over India have high hopes as 2023 ICC men’s cricket world cup is scheduled to be hosted in India from 5 Oct. to 19 Nov. 2023 at Narendra modi stadium. They have high expectations from the Indian cricket team and don’t want to get disappointed this time.