Born almost a year after the Indian cricket team lifted the 1983 World Cup, Ireland allrounder Kevin O'Brien said it was Kapil Dev whom he had always looked up to as a budding cricketer.

As the 1983 World Cup win completes 28 years on June 25, we take you down the memory lane to revisit the defining moments of the final.

Former India coach, Madan Lal, is upset that the 1983 World Cup-winning squad was not invited by the BCCI to watch the title clash of this edition at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai last Saturday.

One of the sports channels was showing a half hour special on the 1983 triumph. I was enlightening Tejaswini, my seven and a half year old daughter, on that day in London when India won the World Cup.

Enjoy playing in front of home fans instead of getting bogged down by their expectations and success would follow - this is the advice that 1983 World Cup winning team member and chairman of selectors Kris Srikkanth has for the Indian cricket team ahead of the mega event starting February 19.