You are absolutely right ! This match was an inconsequential one, the next against Autralia was the decider. But we Indians romanticise everything. So, when Kapil played that heroic knock of 175 n.o. from being down 17 for 5, we had to glorify it by making it (and incorrectly so) a do or die match, which it was not. That said, Gavaskar is right in saying that was the best one day innnings ever played, though due to the BBC crew strike we do not have a footage of that.
