The seven-week long World Cup in the West Indies courted sharp criticism from the Marylebone Cricket Club, which said that the quadrennial event should be played within a month's time. Offering several recommendations for better conduct of the show-piece event, MCC World Cricket Committee,

It was a great challenge for the Indian batsman to take the one day games seriously during the early days and the attitude of the team changed in the early '80s during the Australia tour while taking part in a triangular tournament, former captain Sunil Gavaskar said today. "When