00:00It was a case of over-excitement stopped play.
00:04The world champions had hoped to wind down with a few gentle-overs
00:07in a benefit match for a former Indian bowler.
00:10But the exuberant fans, still celebrating India's greatest ever achievement in one-day cricket,
00:15refused to leave the pitch after the tea interval, and the charity match had to be abandoned.
00:20Children and adults alike crowded around their new national heroes
00:24in the hope of a brief conversation, or better still, an autograph.
00:29Indian captain Kapil Dev was mobbed as he ventured out onto the pitch.
00:33Unlike the supporters, he didn't expect India to beat the West Indies.
00:54But while the Indians are ecstatic at their victory,
00:57they are angry that a short time ago they were being dismissed as outsiders.
01:00When we beat England by six wickets, which should have been eight,
01:03you said it was due to bad batting.
01:06And now, now we've beaten the West Indies.
01:09We beat the West Indies.
01:11And what did Mike Braley have to say?
01:13He said, I wish the West Indies batted like this in 1979,
01:16implying that it wasn't the Indian fielding, but poor West Indian batting.
01:21What must we do to get credit?
01:26The celebrations don't end here.
01:28The champions are going back to India on Thursday.
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