Kirti Azad dismissed the viral 1983 World Cup hotel register post as fake and confirmed that Kapil Dev’s signature shown in the image was forged.
On June 25, 1983, Indian cricket was transformed forever. What started as a team of underdogs ended with a nation holding its first World Cup trophy. Forty-two years later, the memories of that magical day still inspire a moment when belief beat the odds and legends were born.
June 25, 1983—a date when the Asian Giant was awake and the King was dethroned. It was then the biggest upset in cricket when Michael Holding departed and the mighty West Indies halted for 140 against India's 183—India won the World Cup—1983 World Cup.
Whenever the historic triumph of the 1983 Cricket World Cup is evoked or recollected, it is often Kapil Devi’s image holding the trophy that immediately springs to mind. Regrettably, the remarkable contributions of other Indian cricketers in that victorious campaign tend to be overshadowed. Among them, the unsung hero of the tournament was Mohinder Amarnath. […]
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