Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Nikhanj (Pronunciation: [kəpil deːʋ] born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricketer. One of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle-order batsman. Dev is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored more than 5,000 runs in Test.

Kapil Dev
Dev in 2013
Personal details
Born
Kapil Dev Nikhanj

(1959-01-06) 6 January 1959
Chandigarh, India
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
SpouseRomi Bhatia (m. 1980)
Children1
Nickname(s)The Haryana Hurricane, Kapil Paaji, Kaps
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Army
Years of service2008–present
Rank Lieutenant colonel
Unit Territorial Army
Awards
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight arm fast-medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 141)16 October 1978 v Pakistan
Last Test19 March 1994 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 25)1 October 1978 v Pakistan
Last ODI17 October 1994 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975–1992Haryana
1981–1983Northamptonshire
1984–1985Worcestershire
Head coaching information
YearsTeam
1999-2000India
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 131 225 275 309
Runs scored 5,248 3,783 11,356 5,461
Batting average 31.05 23.79 32.91 24.59
100s/50s 8/27 1/14 18/56 2/23
Top score 163 175* 193 175*
Balls bowled 27,740 11,202 48,853 14,947
Wickets 434 253 835 335
Bowling average 29.64 27.45 27.09 27.34
5 wickets in innings 23 1 39 2
10 wickets in match 2 0 3 0
Best bowling 9/83 5/43 9/83 5/43
Catches/stumpings 64/– 71/– 192/– 99/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner1983 England and Wales
World Championship of Cricket
Winner1985 Australia
ACC Asia Cup
Winner1988 Bangladesh
Winner1990-91 India
Austral-Asia Cup
Runner-up1986 United Arab Emirates
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 24 January 2008

Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, becoming the first Indian captain to win the Cricket World Cup. He is still the youngest captain (at the age of 24) to win the World Cup for any team. He retired in 1994, as the first player to take 200 ODI wickets, and holding the world record for the highest number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. Kapil Dev held the record for the highest individual score (175*) scored by a batsman batting at number 5 or lower in ODIs until 2023, when it was superseded by Glenn Maxwell.

After retiring, he coached the Indian national team between September 1999 and September 2000.

In 1982, Dev was awarded the Padma Shri, and in 1991 the Padma Bhushan. In 2002, he was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century. On 11 March 2010, Dev was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. In 2013, he received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred by BCCI on a former player.

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