Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj
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Born : 6 January 1959 :
Birthplace : Chandigarh, India
Kapil Dev is an Indian former cricketer
He was a fast medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle order batsman. He led India to win its first Cricket World Cup title in 1983. He was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002.
National side :
India (1978–1994)
Test debut (cap 141) :
16 October 1978 v Pakistan
Last Test :
19 March 1994 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 25) :
1 October 1978 v Pakistan
Last ODI :
17 October 1994 v West Indies
Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup and in the process became first Indian captain to win the Cricket World Cup, and is still the youngest captain (at the age of 24) to win the World Cup for any team
He retired in 1994, at the time holding the world record for the highest number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000.
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At the time, he was also India's highest wicket-taker in both major forms of cricket, Tests and ODIs. He is the first player to take 200 ODI wickets. He is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored more than 5000 runs in Tests, making him one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket. Dev's all-round performance has been praised by cricketers such as Sunil Gavaskar who regard him as one of the greatest all-rounders to play the game.
He was the coach of the Indian national team between September 1999 and September 2000. On 11 March 2010, Dev was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Kapil Dev has So Kind personality, and the words can not describe his Cricket Legacy.
SOME MOMENTS OF KAPIL DEV IN CRICKET
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