Kapil Dev was the captain for 1987 world cup. & Also to add he was also a captain of World cup wining team in 1983 for First time in Indian history.
Srinivas Venkataraghavan was the captain of the 1975 world cup Indian squad. Other members of the team were:Syed AliMohinder AmarnathBishan BediFarokh EngineerAnshuman GaekwadSunil GavaskarMadan LalGundappa Vishwanathetc
Chetan Sharma was the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in One-Day International cricket match. He achieved the feat in the Reliance World Cup 1987. He clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith, and Ewen Chatfield of New Zealand off consecutive balls.
Out of This World - 1987 The Anniversary 1-13 was released on: USA: 23 January 1988
Man Against the World was created in 1987.
In World Cup matches only Chetan Sharma has taken a hattrick against New Zealand in 1987.
John Goddard - cricketer - died in 1987.
Harmeet Singh - cricketer - was born in 1987.
Leon Johnson - cricketer - was born in 1987.
Patrick Dixon - cricketer - died in 1987.
Jack Martin - cricketer - died in 1987.
John Blackburn - cricketer - died in 1987.
Laurie Evans - cricketer - was born in 1987.
Jonathan Carter - cricketer - was born in 1987.
Robert Barnes - cricketer - died in 1987.
Craig Alexander - cricketer - was born in 1987.
Jack Mercer - cricketer - died in 1987.