India’s first victory at Lord’s made them world champions. It also served as a triumph over imperialism
By Anjali Doshi for The Nightwatchman, of the Sport Network
I can recall that day only in flashes. A Sony Trinitron colour TV encased in a hefty wooden box, my dad’s walrus-moustached friend Mukulesh in a bush shirt, his demure saree-clad wife Shobha, our new home in Bombay still reeking of fresh paint, my mosaic-tiled bedroom, the sound of cricket commentary, the smell of fried cumin wafting in from the kitchen, the clinking of glasses, my parents squealing in delight, firecrackers going off that Sunday evening.
“Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were,” said Marcel Proust. Did that day happen the way I remember it or have I created those memories through the course of several retellings? I’m not sure, but my parents can confirm most details. I was four. It was 25 June 1983 – the day India won the World Cup at Lord’s.
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