Kapil Dev
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Full Name
Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj
Born
January 06, 1959, Chandigarh
Age
64y 339d
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Fast medium
Playing Role
Bowling Allrounder
Kapil Dev was the greatest pace bowler India has produced, and their greatest fast-bowling allrounder. If he had played at any other time - not when Imran Khan, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee were contemporaries - he would surely have been recognised as the best allrounder in the world. In any case he did enough to be voted India's Cricketer of the Century during 2002, ahead of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar. His greatest feats were to lead India almost jauntily, and by his all-round example, to the 1983 World Cup, and to take the world-record aggregate of Test wickets from Hadlee. It was the stamina of the marathon runner that took him finally to 431 wickets and only a yard beyond. He might not have been quite the bowling equal of Imran, Hadlee or Botham at his best, and his strike rate was less than four wickets per Test, but he was still outstanding in his accuracy and ability to swing the ball, usually away from right-handers. And he could hit a ball even more brilliantly than he bowled it, with uncomplicated flair.
Kapil had a rather ordinary stint as India's coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000. Att the height of the match-fixing allegation by Manoj Prabhakar - a charge that was subsequently dismissed - Kapil resigned as coach. Hurt by the betting controversy, he announced that he was leaving the game. However, he returned from a significantly quiet period when Wisden named him their Indian Cricketer of the Century. He won, and then returned to cricket as a bowling consultant and served as chairman of National Cricket Academy for two years. In May 2007, Kapil joined the breakaway Indian Cricket League, which led to his removal from the NCA.
Scyld Berry June 2008
Kapil Dev Career Stats
Bowling
Format | Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10w |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 131 | 227 | 27740 | 12867 | 434 | 9/83 | 11/146 | 29.64 | 2.78 | 63.9 | 17 | 23 | 2 |
ODIs | 225 | 221 | 11202 | 6945 | 253 | 5/43 | 5/43 | 27.45 | 3.71 | 44.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
FC | 275 | - | 48853 | 22626 | 835 | 9/83 | - | 27.09 | 2.77 | 58.5 | - | 39 | 3 |
List A | 310 | - | 14947 | 9161 | 335 | 5/43 | 5/43 | 27.34 | 3.67 | 44.6 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Batting & Fielding
Format | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 6s | Ct | St |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 131 | 184 | 15 | 5248 | 163 | 31.05 | - | - | 8 | 27 | 61 | 64 | 0 |
ODIs | 225 | 198 | 39 | 3783 | 175* | 23.79 | 3979 | 95.07 | 1 | 14 | - | 71 | 0 |
FC | 275 | 384 | 39 | 11356 | 193 | 32.91 | - | - | 18 | 56 | - | 192 | 0 |
List A | 310 | 270 | 47 | 5481 | 175* | 24.57 | - | - | 2 | 23 | - | 99 | 0 |
Records of Kapil Dev
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Debut/Last Matches of Kapil Dev
Test Matches
ODI Matches
FC Matches
List A Matches
Recent Matches of Kapil Dev
Match | Bat | Bowl | Date | Ground | Format |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Celebrasians vs Lashings XI | 27 | 0/15 | 28-Jun-2007 | Uxbridge | OTHEROD |
ROW XI vs India | 57* | 0/37 | 24-Mar-1995 | Cuttack | OTHEROD |
India vs West Indies | 12 | 0/37 | 17-Oct-1994 | Faridabad | ODI # 931 |
India vs Sri Lanka | -- | 1/17 | 17-Sep-1994 | Colombo (SSC) | ODI # 927 |
India vs Australia | 4 | 1/44 | 09-Sep-1994 | Colombo (RPS) | ODI # 924 |