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IndiaFull name Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj

Born January 6, 1959, Chandigarh

Current age 51 years 254 days

Major teams India, Haryana, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium


In a nutshell Kapil Dev was India's greatest fast bowler, their greatest fast-bowling allrounder, and led the team to their finest triumph: the 1983 World Cup title. More

Batting and fielding averages Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 6s Ct St
Tests 131 184 15 5248 163 31.05 8 27 61 64 0
ODIs 225 198 39 3783 175* 23.79 3979 95.07 1 14 71 0
First-class 275 384 39 11356 193 32.91 18 56 192 0
List A 310 270 47 5481 175* 24.57 2 23 99 0
Bowling averages Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI BBM Ave Econ SR 4w 5w 10
Tests 131 227 27740 12867 434 9/83 11/146 29.64 2.78 63.9 17 23 2
ODIs 225 221 11202 6945 253 5/43 5/43 27.45 3.71 44.2 3 1 0
First-class 275 48853 22626 835 9/83 27.09 2.77 58.5 39 3
List A 310 14947 9161 335 5/43 5/43 27.34 3.67 44.6 3 2 0
Career statistics Test debut Pakistan v India at Faisalabad, Oct 16-21, 1978 scorecard
Last Test New Zealand v India at Hamilton, Mar 19-23, 1994 scorecard
Test statistics - Statsguru Test analysis - Player analysis menu/filter Test match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Bowling match list Best innings bowling Best match bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
ODI debut Pakistan v India at Quetta, Oct 1, 1978 scorecard
Last ODI India v West Indies at Faridabad, Oct 17, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics - Statsguru ODI analysis - Player analysis menu/filter ODI match list --------------------------------- Batting career summary Batting innings list High scores Batting series averages --------------------------------- Bowling career summary Bowling innings list Best innings bowling Bowling series averages --------------------------------- Fielding career summary Fielding innings list Most catches in an innings Fielding series statistics
First-class span 1975/76 - 1993/94
List A span 1977/78 - 1994/95
Profile
Kapil Dev was the greatest pace bowler India has produced, and their greatest fast-bowling allrounder. If he had played at any other time - not when Imran Khan, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee were contemporaries - he would surely have been recognised as the best allrounder in the world. In any case he did enough to be voted India's Cricketer of the Century during 2002, ahead of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. His greatest feats were to lead India almost jauntily, and by his all-round example, to the 1983 World Cup, and to take the world-record aggregate of Test wickets from Hadlee. It was the stamina of the marathon runner that took him finally to 431 wickets and only a yard beyond. He might not have been quite the bowling equal of Imran, Hadlee or Botham at his best, and his strike rate was less than four wickets per Test, but he was still outstanding in his accuracy and ability to swing the ball, usually away from right-handers. And he could hit a ball even more brilliantly than he bowled it, with uncomplicated flair.

Kapil had a rather ordinary stint as India's coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000. Att the height of the match-fixing allegation by Manoj Prabhakar - a charge that was subsequently dismissed - Kapil resigned as coach. Hurt by the betting controversy, he announced that he was leaving the game. However, he returned from a significantly quiet period when Wisden named him their Indian Cricketer of the Century. He won, and then returned to cricket as a bowling consultant and served as chairman of National Cricket Academy for two years. In May 2007, Kapil joined the breakaway Indian Cricket League, which led to his removal from the NCA.
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Kapil overcame huge odds to become one of the leading fast bowlers of his era. And he was at his best against the best team of his time

TimelineNovember 15, 1975
Sign of things to come
On his Ranji debut, in Rohtak, takes 6 for 39 and 2 for 78 and scores 26 not out in an innings victory over Punjab.

December 2, 1977
Rohtak reprise
Takes 8 for 38 and 3 for 33 against Services, his maiden first-class 10-wicket haul, and is selected for the Irani Trophy.

October-November, 1978
Debuts against arch-rivals
On ODI debut scores a 12-ball 13 and takes 1 for 27 as India beat Pakistan by four runs in Quetta. Fifteen days later, plays his first Test, in Faisalabad, and returns match figures of 1 for 96 in a turgid draw. In the Karachi Test of the same series, scores a 33-ball half-century, then the fastest for India.
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January 27, 1979
Century before a five-for
Starts the third day of the Delhi Test against West Indies on 94, and hits Norbert Phillip for a six to reach his first Test century. Takes 3 for 59 in enforcing the follow-on, but there isn't enough time to force a result.

July 12-16, 1979
A lone hand
Gets his first Test five-wicket haul, with zero support from the bowlers around him. It comes in England's innings of 633 for 5 declared. at Edgbaston, and India lose by an innings and 83 runs.

February 3, 1980
Four wickets, 40 runs per Test
Taslim Arif becomes his 100th Test wicket, and in the same Kolkata Test against Pakistan, his 25th, Kapil goes past 1000 runs. At 21 years 28 days, is the youngest to complete the 1000-run-100-wicket double.
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February 11, 1981
Brave heart, big deeds
At the start of the final day of the Melbourne Test, Australia need 119 to win with seven wickets in hand. Ignoring a groin injury, takes five wickets for 28 runs to bowl Australia out for 83.

September 12, 1982
Leading from the front
In his first ODI as captain, against Sri Lanka in Amritsar, scores 49 in 31 balls, and his bowling figures read 8-6-9-1. India win by 78 runs.

December 23,1982
If it's Karachi, it must be a fast fifty
Breaks his own record of fastest half-century for an Indian, reaching the mark in 30 balls during his boy-on-burning-deck 73 off 53 balls. His 5 for 102 is overshadowed by Imran Khan's 8 for 60 as India go down by an innings and 86 runs.
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March 11-16, 1983
Four wickets, 40 runs per Test intact
In his 50th Test, in Trinidad, Andy Roberts becomes his 200th Test victim. Builds on his 2000-run aggregate with a second-innings century in 95 balls. At 24 years 68 days, is the youngest to achieve this double too.

March 29, 1983
Berbice beginning
On his way to a 38-ball 72, in Berbice, rattles off the then fastest ODI fifty for an Indian. India's 282 for 5 is the then highest total against West Indies. Follows it up with figures of 10-0-33-2 to set India's first ODI win over West Indies, a precursor to a more famous win to come later in the year.

June 1983
His and Indian cricket's finest month
Takes 5 for 43 against Australia at Trent Bridge to record the first five-for by an Indian in ODIs. Against Zimbabwe in Tunbridge Wells, comes in at 9 for 4 and scores an unbeaten 175, the first ODI century by an Indian, keeping India alive in the tournament. Becomes the first person other than Clive Lloyd to lift the World Cup after India upset West Indies in the final. Makes 15 in a low-scoring match, returns figures of 11-4-21-1, and takes a stunning catch, running backwards, to remove Viv Richards.
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November 12-16, 1983
One short
Takes 9 for 83 in West Indies' second innings in Ahmedabad. Is never close to getting a perfect 10, though: Balwinder Sandhu had taken the first wicket, Desmond Haynes. India's batting fails in the second innings in a 138-run defeat.

December 7, 1983
A thousand runs
Becomes the first Indian to cross the 1000-run landmark in ODIs.

December 1984-January 1985
Big man v big man
Two great Indian cricketers collide. Having already lost his captaincy to Sunil Gavaskar, is dropped for playing a loose shot - going for his second six in six balls - in the Delhi Test against England. The first time he is dropped in 67 Tests. Comes back a Test later and plays another 65 Tests on the trot.
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September 18, 1985
India's best
With Amal Silva's wicket in the Kandy Test, goes past Bishan Bedi's tally of 266 Test wickets - then the best for an Indian.

February 2, 1986
Hundred in ODIs
With a destructive late spell of three wickets in six balls, helps beat New Zealand in a Benson & Hedges Series match, and also becomes the first Indian to take 100 ODI wickets. Already has 1607 runs to his name.

January 7, 1987
The double of trebles
In his 83rd Test, in Cuttack, makes Rumesh Ratnayake his 300th Test wicket, and becomes only the second player after Ian Botham to have achieved the double of 3000 runs and 300 wickets.
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November 15, 1989
Fastest to 100
At 30 years 313 days, becomes the youngest then to his 100th Test.

July 30, 1990
Four times six
Hits Eddie Hemmings for four consecutive sixes to avoid the follow-on at Lord's, the first time four sixes are hit in four balls in Tests.

January 4, 1991
The second trick
Becomes the second Indian to claim an ODI hat-trick, removing Roshan Mahanama, Rumesh Ratnayake and Sanath Jayasuriya in the final of the Asia Cup, at Eden Gardens.
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October 22, 1991
Double hundred
With Winston Benjamin's wicket in a Wills Trophy match in Sharjah, becomes the first man to take 200 ODI wickets.

December 9, 1992
Back off
Runs out Peter Kirsten in an ODI for backing up too far before he has bowled. Had warned Kirsten three times before on the tour, but that doesn't prevent an ugly controversy.

February 8, 1994
King of the world
With Hashan Tillakaratne's wicket in Ahmedabad, becomes the most successful bowler in Tests, passing Richard Hadlee's tally of 431 wickets. Plays only one more Test.
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October 17, 1994
Back to Haryana
Last day in international cricket, an ODI in Haryana's industrial capital, Faridabad. Goes wicketless for 37 runs in his five overs against West Indies, and scores 12 in a comprehensive defeat. Ends up with 253 ODI wickets, more than anybody else then, just like in Tests.

October 1999-August 2000
Ordinary second innings
Under Kapil the coach, India struggle to beat New Zealand at home, and lose series to Australia away and South Africa at home. During the stint he is also accused of being involved in match-fixing.

May 11, 2000
Don't cry for me
Breaks down in a TV interview when responding to match-fixing allegations. Later cuts all ties with cricket.
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July 23, 2002
A grand comeback
Comes back from a period of quiet when Wisden names him the Indian Cricketer of the 20th Century. Returns to the official fold as a bowling consultant and serves as chairman of the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore for two years.

May 2007
Moves parallel
Joins the ICL, a parallel Twenty20 league, challenging the BCCI's monopoly in cricket in India. The ICL can't sustain itself, and all but folds up operations two years later.
Read All »« Prev Showing 10 of 10 Next »Best Performances4 for 90, 7 for 56 and 84 v Pakistan, Chennai, 1979-80
Signs of a new era. All spin greats are gone, Kapil is leading an attack that has Karsan Ghavri, Roger Binny and Dilip Doshi besides him. And lead he does, taking tour top-order wickets on the first day, reducing Pakistan to 272 in the first innings. Then, coming in at 279 for 6, blasts his way to a 98-ball 84 to virtually bat Pakistan out. Almost single-handedly, taking seven wickets in 23.4 overs, Kapil bowls Pakistan out again, setting up the match and the series win.

5 for 28 v Australia, Melbourne, 1980-81
Right from the first morning when Australia have India at 43 for 3, they lead the match. A controversial lbw against Sunil Gavaskar later, India's attempt at the comeback into the match is thwarted and India are left to defend 142 in the final innings. All India's main bowlers, Kapil, Shivlal Yadav and Dilip Doshi, are injured. Karsan Ghavri takes two wickets on the fourth evening, giving the management enough reason to coax the injured Kapil out on the fifth morning. In an unbroken spell of 16.4 overs of accurate pace bowling, Kapil uses the up-and-down pitch to bowl Australia out for 83. It is the first time India manage to draw a series in Australia.

38, 46 and 5 for 70 v England, Mumbai, 1981-82
Survival, and not scoring, occupies the minds of most batsmen on this uneven Wankhede pitch for the first Test of the series. Kapil's 50-ball 38, though, gets India a 13-run first-innings lead, an advantage that England minimise by reducing India to 90 for 5 in the second innings. Kapil fails to see what the fuss is all about and smites 46 off 50 balls, setting England 241 to win. With the ball, he finishes off what he started, taking out Graham Gooch, Chris Tavaré, David Gower, Ian Botham, and also ends the 25-run last-wicket stand, getting Bob Willis.
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8 for 85 v Pakistan, Lahore, 1982-83
The series has been lost, this match ends in a draw because of thunderstorms, but the ones watching Kapil's eight-for rate it as one of his finest spells of bowling. Working up good pace, his line and length impeccable, he gets such pronounced swing as to be virtually unplayable. The late swing accounts for Moshin Khan and Majid Khan at the top of the innings, and he also takes the last three wickets in five balls to bring about a quick end. Between those spells, he perseveres for the wickets of Zaheer Abbas, Imran Khan and Wasim Bari.

72 and 2 for 33 v West Indies, Berbice, 1982-83
The vintage Twenty20 innings perhaps before the conceivers of Twenty20 had even started following cricket. At this obscure venue in Guyana, Kapil promotes himself to come in at 152 for 2. When he leaves, having faced 38 deliveries, India have reached 246, on their way to the then highest ODI total against West Indies. He lashes seven fours and three sixes in his 72 at an unheard-of strike-rate of 189.47. For good measure, Kapil bowls 10 overs for 33 runs and two wickets to seal the win that tells India West Indies can be beaten. Less than three months later, that knowledge comes handy in the World Cup final.

175 v Zimbabwe, Tunbridge Wells, 1983
Despite having surprised West Indies in an earlier match, India's qualification for the semi-final is under doubt after Zimbabwe have reduced India to 17 for 5 in this return match. With Roger Binny, Madan Lal and Syed Kirmani for company, Kapil plays perhaps the most important innings in India's ODI history - 175 in 138 balls, out of the 257 runs scored while he is at the wicket. It's not just hitting, which is clean and savage in getting 16 fours and six sixes. The match is being played at the edge of the square, and Kapil exploits the longer boundary to take threes and the shorter one to hit big. The BBC, though, is on strike and the match is not televised. One spectator records the innings on his camera, and is later paid well by Kapil for parting with it.
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9 for 83 v West Indies, Ahmedabad, 1983-84
After the World Cup win, India face West Indies' backlash at home, failing to win anything in a six-Test and five-ODI tour. In Ahmedabad, though, Kapil provides his team brief reason for cheer, becoming only the 11th bowler in history to take more than eight wickets in a Test innings. After India fall behind by 40 runs in the first innings, Kapil bowls 30.3 unchanged overs for all wickets except Desmond Haynes', still struggling to keep West Indies to an attainable total.

119 v Australia, Chennai, 1986-87
In the tied Test, comes arguably Kapil's finest batting effort in Tests. After Australia declare at 574 for 7, thanks largely to Dean Jones' heroic 210, Kapil walks in at 206 for 5, which soon becomes 245 for 7. Kapil gets into a typical counterattack, his strokeplay brilliant and remarkably doubt free for an adverse situation, reaching his hundred in 119 deliveries. Eighty-four of his runs come in boundaries, 44 of his second 50 in 11 hits. Not only has the follow-on been averted, Australia are left needing a brave declaration if they intend to win. The brave declaration comes, India too play ball, and after five days of intense cricket the teams can't be separated.

129 v South Africa, Port Elizabeth, 1992-93
It's a lost cause if ever there is one. After Allan Donald's fiery pace bowling and Hansie Cronje's determined century, India have lost six wickets and haven't even got through half the first-innings deficit. With an injured right hand, Kapil puts up an exhibition of driving classical and thrilling, a breathtaking counterattack that finds a separate identity around events much bigger - Donald's 12-wicket haul and South Africa's first win since readmission. Of the 188 runs that are scored while he is at the wicket, Kapil scores 129 in 180 balls - less than half of what Cronje faces in scoring 135.
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Kapil Dev with with the British prime minister David Cameron

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Kapil Dev inspects a history of Indian hawkers in Victoria

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Former Indian captain Kapil Dev speaks at a function in Victoria

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Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1983
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