Kapil Dev

Full Name: Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj
Born: 6 January 1959, Chandigarh
Major Teams: Haryana, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire, India.

Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium

Test Debut: India v Pakistan at Faisalabad, 1st Test, 1978/79
Last Test: India v New Zealand at Hamilton, Only Test, 1993/94

ODI Debut: India v Pakistan at Quetta, 1st ODI, 1978/79
Last ODI: India v West Indies at Faridabad, 1st ODI, 1994/95

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1983

Career Statistics:

TESTS

 (career)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding  131  184  15  5248  163   31.05   8  27   64   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ

Bowling            4623.2 1060 12867  434  29.64  9-83   23   2  63.9  2.78

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS

 (career)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding  225  198  39  3783  175*  23.79  95.07   1  14   71   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ

Bowling            1867    235  6945  253  27.45  5-43    3   1  44.2  3.71

FIRST-CLASS

 (career: 1975/76 - 1993/94)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding  275  384  39 11356  193   32.91  18  56  192   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ

Bowling             48853 22626  835  27.09  9-83   39   3  58.5  2.77

LIST A LIMITED OVERS

 (career: 1977/78 - 1994/95)

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St

Batting & Fielding  310  270  47  5481  175*  24.57   2  23   99   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ

Bowling             14947  9161  335  27.34  5-43    3   2  44.6  3.67

Profile:

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. His greatest feats were to lead India almost jauntily, and by his allround 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