1985 World Championship of Cricket final

April 2022 1985 World Championship of Cricket Final File:2017 AFL Grand Final panorama during national anthem.jpg Melbourne Cricket Ground World Championship of Cricket Pakistan Pakistan 40px 176/9 50 overs India India 40px India won by 8 wickets 177/2 47.1 overs Krishnamachari Srikkanth (Ind) One Day International 10 March 1985 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Krishnamachari Srikkanth Ravi Shastri The 1985 World Championship of Cricket final was a One Day International (ODI) match played on 10 March 1985 between India and Pakistan at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne.Final (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket at Melbourne https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65731/india-vs-pakistan-final-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 19 March 2020 ESPNcricinfo Popularly known as World Championship of Cricket, this ODI tournament was held from 17 February to 10 March 1985 in Australia and it marked the culmination of the only World Championship of Cricket with India defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets.Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1985 https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8533/season/1985/benson-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket 19 March 2020 ESPNcricinfo Road to the Final India reached the final by defeating New Zealand by seven wickets.1st SF (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65728/india-vs-new-zealand-1st-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 19 March 2020 ESPNcricinfo After the group stages, the expected outcome was that the 1983 Cricket World Cup finalists India and West Indies would meet again in the final of the World Championship. India held up their end of the bargain by beating New Zealand in the first semi final, however Pakistan produced the one major upset of the tournament to beat West Indies by seven wickets.2nd SF (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65729/pakistan-vs-west-indies-2nd-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 19 March 2020 ESPNcricinfo Details Heading into the match, Pakistan had to play Azeem Hafeez instead of Wasim Akram, from their semi-final victory over West Indies while India made one change with Chetan Sharma replacing Roger Binny from their victory over New Zealand. Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad won the toss and elected to bat. Kapil Dev had Pakistan reeling at 29/3 as he dismissed Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan and Qasim Umar. Soon Rameez Raja was dismissed by Sharma cheaply, but Captain Javed Miandad and Imran Khan steadied Pakistan with 68 runs partnership after both had been controversially given not out by umpire Raymond Isherwood, having edged deliveries to the wicketkeeper. Ironically for India, Imran was yet to open his account. Finally the partnership was broken as Imran was run out for 35. Later Saleem Malik and Javed Miandad, both got dismissed by L Sivaramakrishnan with the same score reading 131. At one stage, Pakistan were 145/9 in 42 overs, but Wasim Raja, the last official batsman for Pakistan remained unbeaten on 21 as he pushed the score with the help of tailender Azeem Hafeez. At the end of the stipulated 50 overs, Pakistan made only 176 for 9, a below par score in a final. For India, Kapil Dev claimed three wickets, While Sharma, Madan Lal and Mohinder Amarnath had economical spell of under 3 runs per over. 19-year-old leg spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan had been a revelation during the tournament and produced another superb spell in the final claiming 3 wickets. It was the first time, in the tournament, that India had failed to bowl out the opposition. India bagged 49 out of a maximum possible 50 wickets in the tournament. Indian openers Ravi Shastri and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, each had wonderful tournament and chasing the target of 177 to win, their century opening stand did most of the work for their strong batting line-up. Finally Srikkanth was dismissed for 67 by Imran. Azharuddin had a 39 runs partnership with Shastri before being dismissed for 25. Ravi Shastri and Vengsarkar remained unbeaten on 63 and 18 respectively as Indian chased down 177 in 47.1 overs. None of the Pakistan bowlers threatened Indian batsmen, even though Imran Khan, Azeem Hafeez, Tahir Naqqash and Mudassar Nazar had economical spells. For their consistency, at the end of the match, Srikkanth won the Player of the Match award, while Shastri was named the player of the tournament, or as it was known, the Champion of Champions.Waingankar Makarand Ravi Shastri: This 'Champion of Champions' saw light at the end of the tunnel https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/top-stories/Ravi-Shastri-This-Champion-of-Champions-saw-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/articleshow/21495773.cms 19 March 2020 The Times of India 31 July 2013Vishwanath G On this day: Ravi Shastri crowned 'Champion of Champions' https://sportstar.thehindu.com/from-our-archives/ravi-shastri-the-dawn-of-glory/article23033106.ece 19 March 2020 The Sportstar 10 March 2018 He was awarded his prize of an Audi 100 motor car, valued at A$35,000 and immediately drove it around the MCG with his entire team sitting either in or on the carRebello Maleeva When cricketer Ravi Shastri won an Audi way back in 1985 https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/passenger-vehicle/cars/when-cricketer-ravi-shastri-won-an-audi-way-back-in-1985/58487967 19 March 2020 The Economic TimesWinning an ICC tournament a bloody obsession, going to chase it with my team: Ravi Shastri https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ravi-shastri-winning-icc-tournament-world-cup-inspiration-1628307-2019-12-14 19 March 2020 India Today 14 December 2019 The attendance of 35,296 in the match was the highest in Australia at a match in which the home side was not involved Scorecard Pakistan batting Mudassar Nazar c Vishwanath b Kapil Dev 14 39 0 0 35.89 Mohsin Khan c Azharuddin b Kapil Dev 5 17 4 0 29.41 Rameez Raja c Srikkanth b Sharma 4 12 0 0 33.33 Qasim Umar b Kapil Dev 0 1 0 0 0.00 Javed Miandad * st Vishwanath b Sivaramakrishnan 48 92 2 0 52.17 Imran Khan run out 35 67 2 0 52.23 Saleem Malik c Sharma b Sivaramakrishnan 14 14 0 0 100.00 Wasim Raja not out 21 26 1 0 80.76 Tahir Naqqash c Vishwanath b Shastri 10 8 1 0 125.00 Anil Dalpat c Shastri b Sivaramakrishnan 0 2 0 0 0.00 Azeem Hafeez not out 7 28 0 0 25.00 Extras (b 7) (lb 8) (nb 2) (w 1) 18 Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 176 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Mohsin Khan), 2-29 (Mudassar Nazar), 3-29 (Qasim Umar), 4-33 (Ramiz Raja), 5-101 (Imran Khan), 6-131 (Saleem Malik), 7-131 (Javed Miandad), 8-142 (Tahir Naqqash), 9-145 (Anil Dalpat) India bowling Kapil Dev 9 1 23 3 2.55 Chetan Sharma 7 1 17 1 2.42 Madan Lal 6 1 15 0 2.50 M Amarnath 9 0 27 0 3.00 Ravi Shastri 10 0 44 1 4.40 L Sivaramakrishnan 9 0 35 3 3.88 India batting Ravi Shastri not out 63 148 3 0 42.56 5–242 K Srikkanth c Wasim Raja b Imran Khan 67 77 6 2 87.01 1–117 M Azharuddin b Tahir Naqqash 25 26 3 0 96.15 2–216 DB Vengsarkar not out 18 32 0 0 56.25 3–216 SM Gavaskar * did not bat 0 0 0 0 00.00 4–229 Mohinder Amarnath did not bat 0 0 0 0 00.00 4–229 Kapil Dev did not bat 0 0 0 0 00.00 4–229 Madan Lal did not bat 0 0 0 0 00.00 4–229 Chetan Sharma did not bat 0 0 0 0 00.00 4–229 Sadanand Viswanath did not bat 0 0 0 0 00.00 4–229 L Sivaramakrishnan did not bat 0 0 0 0 00.00 4–229 Extras (lb 2, w 2) 4 Total (2 wickets; 47.1 overs) 177 Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-142 (Mohammad Azharuddin) Pakistan bowling Imran Khan 10 3 28 1 2.80 Azeem Hafeez 10 1 29 0 2.29 Tahir Naqqash 10 2 35 1 3.50 Wasim Raja 7.1 0 42 0 5.86 Mudassar Nazar 8 0 26 0 3.25 Saleem Malik 2 0 15 0 7.50 References External links ESPNcricinfo – World Championship of Cricket, 1985 Category:India–Pakistan cricket rivalry Category:1985 in cricket Category:1985 in Pakistani cricket Category:1985 in Indian cricket Category:International cricket competitions from 1980–81 to 1985 Category:Limited overs cricket matches