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Kapil Dev Nikhanj (pronunciation: [kəpil deːʋ] born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricketer. He is regarded as 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 ...
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]
Kapil Dev came in when India were 4/9, and soon after they were 5/17. He scored 75 in the last 11 overs. [2] Kapil Dev became the first player for India to score an ODI hundred. [2] Kapil Dev scored the then-highest individual ODI score at the ICC Cricket World Cup.
Amiya Dev, Kapil Dev's daughter joined as an assistant director to Kabir Khan. [68] R. Badree, who acted in Khan's web-series The Forgotten Army, assigned to play the role of Sunil Valson. [69] In mid-April 2019, Adinath Kothare was assigned to play Dilip Vengsarkar, [70] and Jatin Sarna was signed in to play Yashpal Sharma. [71]
The BCCI refused to recognise the ICL as a cricket league, and criticised Kiran More and Kapil Dev for joining the ICL. [42] Kapil Dev's association with ICL was seen by the establishment as a conflict of interest as he was also the chairman of National Cricket Academy, a BCCI owned cricket facility. [43] On 21 August 2007, Kapil Dev was sacked ...
West Indies won by 138 runs. Career best performance by Kapil Dev. 9 wickets for 83 runs in a single innings. Test debut by Sidhu. Gursharan Singh who substituted for Roger Binny took four catches, becoming the first substitute to do so. 24 Nov – 29 Nov: 4th Test, Wankhede Stadium, Bombay: Match ended in a draw. Test debut by Richie Richardson.
At this stage India was two wickets for 16 runs. Sandeep Patil and Kapil Dev put on 62 runs in 52 balls for the third-wicket. While attempting to take two runs to long off, Patil and Kapil Dev ended up on the same end, and Patil was run out for 46 in 33 balls. Kapil edged de Mel to the wicket keeper for 30 in 37 balls. [19]
Kapil Dev and Kris Srikkanth were awarded as joint players of the series. After the Test series India also competed in a tri nation [1] ODI tournament. [2] with Australia and New Zealand they won 5 of their 10-round robin matches. In the best of three final with Australia they lost 2–0.