When India lost the warm-up games before the tournament, how did the team feel?
Very bad. We lost all the warm-up games. People never gave us a chance. It all started changing when we won the first match. We played match by match. And we gained in confidence after each win. Once you start believing in yourself, then things start happening for you. You and Roger Binny were a very good bowling pair. Roger has always been a very good player. Both of us enjoyed bowling a lot. Roger also got a lot of wickets on that tour. So did I. But all things considered, I must insist that the 1983 victory was a total team effort. There were many heroes in that team who did very well. It would not be fair to pinpoint Roger and me only. Your partnership with Mohinder Amarnath also contributed greatly to India’s victory. When you are playing as a team, someone may contribute more than someone else. But it’s a team effort. Everyone chips in. Mohinder did very well in the World Cup, it’s true. So did we all. He enjoyed good rapport with people. India had so many all-rounders then. We a
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