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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 ...
Kapil Dev 6 January 1959 (Age 24) Right hand Right arm fast-medium: Haryana: Mohinder Amarnath 24 September 1950 (Age 33) Right hand Right arm medium: Delhi: Kirti Azad: 2 January 1959 (Age 24) Right-hand Right-arm off-spinner Delhi: Roger Binny: 19 July 1955 (Age 28) Right-hand Right-arm fast-medium Karnataka: Sunil Gavaskar: 10 July 1949 (Age 34)
Kapil Dev: The England cricket team toured India from 11 November 1981 to 4 February 1982 and played 6 Test matches. India won the Test series 1–0. Test matches
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.
After Kapil Dev retired, Srinath led the Indian fast-bowling attack for over nine years. He remains India's second-highest One Day International wicket-taker with 315, second to Anil Kumble. In the four World Cup's he played in: 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003, he took 44 wickets [ 3 ] and was the joint highest wicket-taker for India in World Cups ...
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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.
Dev was named the player of the series, having scored 292 runs at an average of 73 and a wicket tally of 10. Also as a part of the tour, India played ten other first-class games, winning one and drawing nine, and three limited overs games, winning and losing one each.