India's 1,000th ODI: 10 matches to remember

On Sunday at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium, India will become the first country to play 1,000 one-day Internationals, when they take on West Indies. Here, sports journalist and author Gulu Ezekiel looks back at 10 of the best.

29 March 1983: India 282-5 (47 overs: Gavaskar 90, Kapil Dev 72) beat West Indies 255-9 (47 overs: Richards 64, Dujon 53*) by 27 runs. Man of the match: Kapil Dev.

The Albion Sports Complex at Berbice, Guyana, is where it all began.

Home to West Indian legend Rohan Kanhai and a sizable population of 'East Indians' (immigrants from India), India pulled off what Kanhai himself described as a «nearly unbelievable achievement».

India had been well beaten in the first ODI at Port of Spain three weeks earlier and were 1-0 behind in the Test series as well after two matches. There was no indication a mighty upset was on the cards.

But with opener Sunil Gavaskar leading the way with 90 and captain Kapil Dev crashing 72, India ran up a formidable total of 282-5.

Despite three half-centuries, West Indies were always behind the rate, making it the first time India had beaten the twice world champions.

18 June 1983: India 266-8 (60 overs: Kapil Dev 175*) beat Zimbabwe 235 (57 overs: Curran 73) by 31 runs. Man of the match: Kapil Dev.

India began their 1983 World Cup campaign with a bang, dealing defending champions West Indies their first defeat at Old Trafford in a repeat of Berbice.

Two days after their opening match, India also defeated Zimbabwe, themselves shock winners over Australia on the opening day, but then were beaten in turn by Australia.

With each team playing each other twice, India had to beat Zimbabwe and improve their net run-rate to make the next match against Australia a virtual semi-final.