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{{Infobox limited overs final<br />
| title = 1985 World Championship of Cricket Final<br />
| image = File:2017 AFL Grand Final panorama during national anthem.jpg<br />
| caption = Melbourne Cricket Ground<br />
| event = [[World Championship of Cricket]]<br />
| team1 = [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]<br />
| team1flag = {{flagicon|Pakistan|size=40px}}<br />
| team1score = 176/9<br />
| team1overs = 50 overs<br />
| team2 = [[India national cricket team|India]]<br />
| team2flag = {{flagicon|India|size=40px}}<br />
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| details = India won by 8 wickets<br />
| team2score = 177/2 <br />
| team2overs = 47.1 overs<br />
| man_of_the_match = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] (Ind)<br />
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]<br />
| date = 10 March 1985<br />
| stadium = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]<br />
| city = [[Melbourne]]<br />
| man_of_the_match1a = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]]<br />
| man_of_the_tournment1b = [[Ravi Shastri]] <br />
}}<br />
The '''1985 World Championship of Cricket final''' was a [[One Day International]] (ODI) match played on 10 March 1985 between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]].<ref name=Final>{{cite news |title=Final (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket at Melbourne |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65731/india-vs-pakistan-final-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 |access-date=19 March 2020 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Popularly known as ''[[World Championship of Cricket]]'', this ODI tournament was held from 17 February to 10 March 1985 in Australia and it marked the culmination of the only World Championship of Cricket with India defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets.<ref>{{cite news |title=Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket 1985 |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8533/season/1985/benson-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket |access-date=19 March 2020 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br />
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==Road to the Final==<br />
[[India national cricket team|India]] reached the final by defeating [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] by seven wickets.<ref>{{cite news |title=1st SF (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65728/india-vs-new-zealand-1st-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 |access-date=19 March 2020 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br />
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After the group stages, the expected outcome was that the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]] finalists India and West Indies would meet again in the final of the World Championship. India held up their end of the bargain by beating New Zealand in the first semi final, however [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] produced the one major upset of the tournament to beat West Indies by seven wickets.<ref>{{cite news |title=2nd SF (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65729/pakistan-vs-west-indies-2nd-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 |access-date=19 March 2020 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br />
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==Details==<br />
Heading into the match, Pakistan had to play [[Azeem Hafeez]] instead of [[Wasim Akram]], from their semi-final victory over West Indies while India made one change with [[Chetan Sharma]] replacing [[Roger Binny]] from their victory over New Zealand. Pakistan skipper [[Javed Miandad]] won the toss and elected to bat. [[Kapil Dev]] had Pakistan reeling at 29/3 as he dismissed Mudassar Nazar, Mohsin Khan and Qasim Umar. Soon Rameez Raja was dismissed by Sharma cheaply, but Captain Javed Miandad and [[Imran Khan]] steadied Pakistan with 68 runs partnership after both had been controversially given not out by umpire Raymond Isherwood, having edged deliveries to the wicketkeeper. Ironically for India, Imran was yet to open his account. Finally the partnership was broken as Imran was run out for 35. Later Saleem Malik and Javed Miandad, both got dismissed by [[L Sivaramakrishnan]] with the same score reading 131.<br />
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At one stage, Pakistan were 145/9 in 42 overs, but Wasim Raja, the last official batsman for Pakistan remained unbeaten on 21 as he pushed the score with the help of tailender Azeem Hafeez. At the end of the stipulated 50 overs, Pakistan made only 176 for 9, a below par score in a final. For India, Kapil Dev claimed three wickets, While Sharma, Madan Lal and Mohinder Amarnath had economical spell of under 3 runs per over. 19-year-old leg spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan had been a revelation during the tournament and produced another superb spell in the final claiming 3 wickets. It was the first time, in the tournament, that India had failed to bowl out the opposition. India bagged 49 out of a maximum possible 50 wickets in the tournament.<br />
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Indian openers Ravi Shastri and Krishnamachari Srikkanth, each had wonderful tournament and chasing the target of 177 to win, their century opening stand did most of the work for their strong batting line-up. Finally Srikkanth was dismissed for 67 by Imran. Azharuddin had a 39 runs partnership with Shastri before being dismissed for 25. Ravi Shastri and Vengsarkar remained unbeaten on 63 and 18 respectively as Indian chased down 177 in 47.1 overs. None of the Pakistan bowlers threatened Indian batsmen, even though Imran Khan, Azeem Hafeez, Tahir Naqqash and Mudassar Nazar had economical spells. For their consistency, at the end of the match, Srikkanth won the Player of the Match award, while Shastri was named the player of the tournament, or as it was known, the Champion of Champions.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Waingankar |first1=Makarand |title=Ravi Shastri: This 'Champion of Champions' saw light at the end of the tunnel |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/new-zealand-in-india-2016/top-stories/Ravi-Shastri-This-Champion-of-Champions-saw-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/articleshow/21495773.cms |access-date=19 March 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=31 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Vishwanath |first1=G |title=On this day: Ravi Shastri crowned 'Champion of Champions' |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/from-our-archives/ravi-shastri-the-dawn-of-glory/article23033106.ece |access-date=19 March 2020 |publisher=[[The Sportstar]] |date=10 March 2018}}</ref> He was awarded his prize of an Audi 100 motor car, valued at A$35,000 and immediately drove it around the MCG with his entire team sitting either in or on the car<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rebello |first1=Maleeva |title=When cricketer Ravi Shastri won an Audi way back in 1985 |url=https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/passenger-vehicle/cars/when-cricketer-ravi-shastri-won-an-audi-way-back-in-1985/58487967 |access-date=19 March 2020 |publisher=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Winning an ICC tournament a bloody obsession, going to chase it with my team: Ravi Shastri |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/ravi-shastri-winning-icc-tournament-world-cup-inspiration-1628307-2019-12-14 |access-date=19 March 2020 |publisher=[[India Today]] |date=14 December 2019}}</ref> The attendance of 35,296 in the match was the highest in Australia at a match in which the home side was not involved<br />
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==Scorecard==<br />
<ref name=Final/><br />
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title=[[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] batting}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Mudassar Nazar]]|status=c Vishwanath b Kapil Dev|runs=14|balls=39|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=35.89}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Mohsin Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]]|status=c Azharuddin b Kapil Dev|runs=5|balls=17|4s=4|6s=0|strike_rate=29.41}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Rameez Raja]]|status=c Srikkanth b Sharma|runs=4|balls=12|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=33.33}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Qasim Umar]]|status= b Kapil Dev|runs=0|balls=1|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Javed Miandad]] *|status=st Vishwanath b Sivaramakrishnan|runs=48|balls=92|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=52.17}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Imran Khan]]|status=run out|runs=35|balls=67|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=52.23}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Saleem Malik]]|status=c Sharma b Sivaramakrishnan|runs=14|balls=14|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=100.00}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Wasim Raja]]|status=not out|runs=21|balls=26|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=80.76}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Tahir Naqqash]]|status=c Vishwanath b Shastri|runs=10|balls=8|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=125.00}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Anil Dalpat]]{{dagger}}|status=c Shastri b Sivaramakrishnan|runs=0|balls=2|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Azeem Hafeez]]|status=not out|runs=7|balls=28|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=25.00}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 7) (lb 8) (nb 2) (w 1)|runs=18|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(9 wickets; 50 overs)|runs='''176'''|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}<br />
{{Cricket match box end}}<br />
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Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Mohsin Khan), 2-29 (Mudassar Nazar), 3-29 (Qasim Umar), 4-33 (Ramiz Raja), 5-101 (Imran Khan), 6-131 (Saleem Malik), 7-131 (Javed Miandad), 8-142 (Tahir Naqqash), 9-145 (Anil Dalpat)<br />
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{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=[[India national cricket team|India]] bowling}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Kapil Dev|overs=9|maiden=1|runs=23|wickets=3|econ=2.55}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Chetan Sharma|overs=7|maiden=1|runs=17|wickets=1|econ=2.42}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Madan Lal|overs=6|maiden=1|runs=15|wickets=0|econ=2.50}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=M Amarnath|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=27|wickets=0|econ=3.00}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Ravi Shastri|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=44|wickets=1|econ=4.40}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=L Sivaramakrishnan|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=35|wickets=3|econ=3.88}}<br />
{{Cricket match box end}}<br />
<br /><br />
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title=[[India national cricket team|India]] batting}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Ravi Shastri]]|status=not out|runs=63|balls=148|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=42.56 |5–242}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[K Srikkanth]]|status= c Wasim Raja b Imran Khan|runs=67|balls=77|4s=6|6s=2|strike_rate=87.01 |fow=1–117}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[M Azharuddin]]|status=b Tahir Naqqash|runs=25|balls=26|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=96.15 |2–216}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[DB Vengsarkar]]|status=not out|runs=18|balls=32|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=56.25 |3–216}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[SM Gavaskar]] *|status= did not bat|runs=0|balls=0|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=00.00 |4–229}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Mohinder Amarnath]]|status= did not bat|runs=0|balls=0|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=00.00 |4–229}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Kapil Dev]]|status= did not bat|runs=0|balls=0|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=00.00 |4–229}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Madan Lal]]|status= did not bat|runs=0|balls=0|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=00.00 |4–229}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Chetan Sharma]]|status= did not bat|runs=0|balls=0|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=00.00 |4–229}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Sadanand Viswanath]]{{dagger}}|status= did not bat|runs=0|balls=0|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=00.00 |4–229}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[L Sivaramakrishnan]]|status= did not bat|runs=0|balls=0|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=00.00 |4–229}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(lb 2, w 2)|runs=4|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}<br />
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(2 wickets; 47.1 overs)|runs='''177'''|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}<br />
{{Cricket match box end}}<br />
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Fall of wickets: 1-103 (Kris Srikkanth), 2-142 (Mohammad Azharuddin)<br />
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{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title=[[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] bowling}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Imran Khan|overs=10|maiden=3|runs=28|wickets=1|econ=2.80}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Azeem Hafeez|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=29|wickets=0|econ=2.29}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Tahir Naqqash|overs=10|maiden=2|runs=35|wickets=1|econ=3.50}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Wasim Raja|overs=7.1|maiden=0|runs=42|wickets=0|econ=5.86}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Mudassar Nazar|overs=8|maiden=0|runs=26|wickets=0|econ=3.25}}<br />
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=Saleem Malik|overs=2|maiden=0|runs=15|wickets=0|econ=7.50}}<br />
{{Cricket match box end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8533/season/1985/benson-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket ESPNcricinfo – World Championship of Cricket, 1985]<br />
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