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Kapil Dev Nikhanj was born in Chandigarh, on 6 January 1959, [14] into a Punjabi Hindu family of Ram Lal Nikhanj, a teak merchant and his wife, Rajkumari. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] His family moved to Fazilka after the partition before eventually moving to Chandigarh .
Iqbal is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language coming-of-age sports drama film directed and co-written by Nagesh Kukunoor. [2] Produced by Subhash Ghai, under "Mukta Searchlight Films," the story follows a cricket-obsessed deaf and mute boy from a remote Indian village as he aims to overcome difficulties to become a cricketer and fulfill his dream of playing for the Indian national cricket team.
As of 2012, Kapil Dev also holds the record for being the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored over 5,000 runs in Tests. [9] [10] [11] [N 2] Kapil Dev made his Test and ODI debuts against Pakistan, both in 1978. [5] His first five-wicket haul came a year later against England during the first Test of India's tour. [12]
Asif Iqbal (267) Most wickets; Kapil Dev (32) Dilip Doshi (18) Karsan Ghavri (15) Sikander Bakht (25) Imran Khan (19) Iqbal Qasim (9) ← .
Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat. Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) made his Test debut.; Shoaib Mohammad (Pak) scored his first century in Tests. [2]Imran Khan and Wasim Akram's partnership of 112 runs in Pakistan's first innings was the country's record for the eighth wicket against India.
Kapil Dev (Ind) made his Test debut. Javed Miandad (Pak) passed 1,000 runs in Tests. [13] Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad's first innings partnership of 255 runs for the fourth wicket was the highest for any wicket by either team against each other. [12] 19 October was a rest day.
India won the toss and decided to field; Rain prevented play on dayes four and five. [1]T. A. Sekhar (Ind) made his Test debut.; 26 January was a rest day.; Gundappa Viswanath (Ind) beat the record held by Garfield Sobers for most consecutive tests played (86).
Muttiah Muralitharan has captured the highest number of five-wicket hauls in Test cricket. In cricket, a five-wicket haul—also known as a five–for or fifer [1] —refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings.