India’s 1983 World Cup replica fetches whopping Rs 82.5 lakhs– A replica of India’s first-ever World Cup won by Kapil Dev & Co in 1983 has fetched a record 110,000 dollars (Rs 82.51 lakhs). Ehsan Moravej won the bid by offering the lump sum amount. The trophy was made up of silver woven with diamond and other costly elements. India had won the World Cup after defeating world champions West Indies by 43 runs in the final. Kapil Dev & Co had lifted the silverware on the balcony of Mecca of Cricket—Lord’s, London.
India’s 1983 World Cup replica fetches whopping Rs 82.5 lakhs, Muttiah Muralitharan’s last Test ball sold for Rs 30 lakhs
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Besides replica, Jerseys including autographs of winning team players were also sold for Rs 5,000 dollars each. CricFliz NFTs— the world’s first-ever Augmented Reality Cricket NFT platform– conducted the auction.
The 1983 Cricket World Cup holds a special part of India’s history as they were underdogs in the only third edition of the tournament but went on to achieve the impossible. Kapil Dev, Roger Binny and Madan Lal were among the architects behind India’s first world cup triumph. The impact of the tournament is everlasting as India had to wait for 28 years to win their second World Cup trophy.
The fanfare is to an extent that the film industry is also coming up with a special biography to depict one of the important chapters in India’s history. A film based on India’s triumph featuring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in the lead role is slated to hit the theatres soon.
Members of India’s 1983 World Cup: Kapil Dev ©, Sunil Gavaskar, K Srikkanth, Madan Lal, Mohinder Amarnath, Balwinder Sindhu, Vidya Srikkanth, Syed Kirmani, Sandeep Patil, Dilip Vengserkar, Ravi Shastri, Kirti Azad, Yashpal Sharma, Roger Bunny, Sunil Valson, and Farokh Engineer.
Muttiah Muralitharan’s last Test ball sold for Rs 30 lakhs
Meanwhile, Muttiah Muralitharan—highest Test wicket-taker—last Test match ball was sold for record 40,000 dollars (Rs 30 lakhs), bought by Daham Arangalla. The Sri Lanka legend has taken 800 wickets in the longest format, Shane Warne is placed second with 708 wickets to his name.
India’s 1983 World Cup replica fetches whopping Rs 82.5 lakhs, Muttiah Muralitharan’s last Test ball sold for Rs 30 lakhs
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