1983 Cricket World Cup

Prudential Cup '83

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Dates	9 June – 25 June 1983
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Double round robin and Knockout
Host(s)	England  Wales
Champions	India (1st title)
Runners-up	West Indies
Participants	8
Matches	27
Attendance	231,081 (8,559 per match)
Most runs	David Gower (334)
Most wickets	Roger Binny (18)
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The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. England, India, Pakistan and West Indies qualified for the semi-finals. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

The matches consisted of 60 overs per innings and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day. There was also a biopic made on the 1983 ICC Prudential World Cup namely, 83 with Ranveer Singh starring as Kapil Dev.