MUMBAI: As the biggest clash in cricket is all set to grip cricket enthusiasts in India, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat, for the first time on Indian Television brings a special series on the World Cup winning champions since 1975. Watch these champions as they relive their journeys to winning cricket‘s biggest prize on ‘Idea Champions of the World‘. This special series is starting from 15th January on CNN-IBN at 8:00PM, on IBN7 at 6:30PM and from 16th January on IBN-Lokmat at 1:30PM every weekend.
The ‘Idea Champions of the World‘ series features some of the greatest cricketing icons:
Episode 1 - Sir Vivian Richards (Winning Player of 1975 & 1979)
Episode 2 - Kapil Dev (Winning Captain of 1983),
Episode 3 - Allan Border (Winning Captain of 1987),
Episode 4 - Imran Khan (Winning Captain of 1992),
Episode 5 - Arjuna Ranatunga (Winning Captain of 1996),
Episode 6 - Steve Waugh (Captain of 1999),
Episode 7 - Ricky Ponting (Winning Captain of 2003 & 2007)
Talking about the programming, Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-In-Chief, CNN-IBN, IBN7 & IBN-Lokmat said, "It is great to have the World Cup return to the sub continent after 15 years and we would like to make it an unforgettable experience for all our viewers.With this special series we take our viewers down memory lane with the greatest World Cup winning legends reliving their World Cup glory moments."