Twitterati schools Kabir Khan for saying India never won a single World Cup match before 1983

Kabir Khan is one of the most talented filmmakers but recently he made a goof-up in an interview regarding cricket facts. It was in an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Kabir Khan said India had never won a single match in the World Cup before 1983.

He said, “Till ‘83, India had never won a single match in the history of the World Cup. And the World cup had been on since 1975. Also, West Indies had not lost a single match in the history of the World Cup till then. The first match of the World Cup in 83 was India vs West Indies where they actually defeated the West Indies, which was the biggest upset.”

But the fact is that India won a match during the 1975 World Cup, against East Africa. East Africa 120 in 55.3 overs lost to India 123 for no loss in 29.5 overs by 10 wickets.

As the video interview was shared on Twitter by the portal, cricket fans started trolling Kabir Khan on Twitter.

Have a look at some of the trolls here.

I was so excited about this film. But if they haven’t done Wikipedia level research then it really reduces their credibility and my excitement. #83TheFilm https://t.co/fPuDs9PEMK

— Siddhant Singh (@siddhanntsingh) January 13, 2020

Ridiculous statement by @kabirkhankk
For the fact..India DEFEATED WEST INDIES in the same world cup BEFORE FINAL.
West Indies LOST ONLY 2 matches in that world cup.
Both against India.
The OTHER match in World CUP 1983 where India DEFEATED WI before defeating WI again in final. pic.twitter.com/B0wIAaSzfp

— Lock Omoplata (@LockOmoplata) January 13, 2020

Not entirely true! India had won against East Africa in 1975 World Cup… by 10 wickets! Farokh Engineer was Man of the Match. Do correct it if you’ve put it in the film! @kabirkhankk https://t.co/BLwGbyejtT

— Navneet Mundhra (@navneet_mundhra) January 13, 2020

Or ye aadmi #83 WC pe film bana rha hain??
Toh dosto aap film se kya kya umeed kar sakte hain…movie ek dum true story pe bani hogi??…agar aapko action scenes bhi dikh jaaye to jhuth mat samjhna usko?? pic.twitter.com/5ggM4sShpa

— ?Allrounder #Hit-Man #ABD (@Feku06580507) January 13, 2020

What rubbish? India had won a match against East Africa in 1975 world cup. Here is score card of the match.https://t.co/1pYvSNkPjA

— Vishal ?? (@vishalkmumbai) January 13, 2020

’83’ is the upcoming movie that has Ranveer Singh in the lead role. The movie revolves around the 1983 Indian Cricket Team’s victory at the World Cup.

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