My name is Kapil Dev
Former Indian Cricketer
Kapil Dev was the first indian cricket team captain who won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. That was the glory day for the Indian in Cricket History.
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Kapil Dev Ram Lal Nikhanj is a former Indian cricketer. He was a fast bowler and a right hand middle order batsman. Regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in indian cricket team, he is also regarded as one of the greatest captains in the history of cricket.
Only one man in the entire history of Test cricket has reached the exemplary heights of 5000 runs and 400 wickets, the "Quadruple Double", and sits alone atop the all-rounder's Mount Everest. That one man is none other than Kapil Dev, India’s most prolific all-rounder.
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Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played cricket. Kapil Dev was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002 for captaining India to their maiden and only Cricket World Cup in 1983 and holding the record for the most Test match wickets between 1994 and 1999. Kapil Dev also was India's national cricket coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.
Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's main strike bowler throughout most of his career. He also developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s which he used very effectively against tail-enders. As a batsman he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. His nickname was The Haryana Hurricane - he used to represent the Haryana cricket team.
Kpil Dev played 131 test matches, He played in 184 innings and scored 5248 runs, in which 163 is highest.
He scored 8 Centuries and 27 Half Centuries.
Kapil Dev played 225ODI Matches. In 225 matches he played in 198 innings and scored 3783, in which 175 is highest scored
Kapil Dev scored 1 Century and 14 Half Centuries.
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj was born on 6th January 1959 in Chandigarh, Punjab.
Kapil Dev was born to Ram Lal Nikhanj, a building and timber contractor and his wife Raj Kumari. His parents had migrated from Rawalpindi, Punjab during the partition of India.
He was a student at D.A.V. School and joined Desh Prem Azad in 1971.
On his first-class debut for Haryana in November 1975, Kapil took a six-wicket haul and restricted Punjab for 63 runs. Kapil finished his debut first-class season (1975-76) with 121 wickets in 30 matches.
On his first-class debut for Haryana in November 1975, Kapil took a six-wicket haul and restricted Punjab for 63 runs. Kapil finished his debut first-class season (1975-76) with 121 wickets in 30 matches.
Kapil Dev played his first Test match against Pakistan in Faisalabad on October 16, 1978. However, it wasn’t a great one as he could take only one wicket in the drawn match. His only victim was Sadiq Mohammad. However, the Pakistan batsmen were startled with his pace and bounce. He had struck them with bouncers that struck their helmets on many occasion in that match.
He was never run out in his in 184 Test innings long career.
Kapil Dev was the youngest Test player to achieve the all-round double of 100 wickets and 1,000 runs.
On February 8, 1994, he took the wicket of the Sri Lanka’s Harshan Tillekeratne, to go past Hadlee’s world record haul of 431 wickets and retired with 434 wickets. He held the world record for eight years. It was then broken by West Indies fast bowler, Courtney Walsh in the year, 2000. In 1988, Kapil overtook Joel Garner to become the highest wicket-taker in ODI cricket. His final career tally of 253 wickets remained a record until it was broken by Wasim Akram in 1994.
303 runs, 12 wickets and 7 catches in 8 matches - this was Kapil Dev’s statistics in the 1983 World Cup. His extraordinary knock of 175 runs against Zimbabwe saved India from being ousted from the quarter-finals. India went on to lift the cup when they defeated the mighty West Indian team in the final match. It was one of the biggest moments of glory in Indian cricket and brought a major turnaround for the sport in the country.
He was an aggressive batsman who had a penchant for hitting sixes frequently. He was involved in a notable incident during the Lord’s Test match of 1990 when he hit off-spinner Eddie Hemmings for four sixes in succession to take India past the follow-on target.
Kapil Dev never missed a Test because of injury or fitness reasons in a career that spanned 131 Tests spread over 16 years.
He joined the Indian Territorial Army as an honorary Lieutenant Colonel on September 24, 2008.
Kapil Dev was voted as India's Cricketer of the Century during 2002, ahead of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.
After retirement from cricket in 1994, Kapil Dev took up golf. He was the only Asian founding member of Laureus Foundation in 2000. Ian Botham and Viv Richards were the other two cricketers on the founding member council of 40. Steve Waugh was added to the Academy members in 2006 when it was expanded from 40 to 42.
He was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team in 1999, succeeding Anshuman Gaekwad. He had a rather ordinary stint as India’s coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000. He was also dragged into the match-fixing controversy by Manoj Prabhakar. But, these charges were subsequently dismissed. However, Kapil resigned as coach following this controversy.
Kapil Dev is married to Romi Bhatia. He was introduced to her by a common friend in 1979 and proposed to her in 1980. The couple married in 1980 and had a daughter, Amiya Dev, on 16 January 1996.
He has written three autobiographical works. By ‘God’s Decree’ came out in 1985 and ‘Cricket my style’ in 1987. He released his most recent autobiography, titled ‘Straight from the Heart’ in 2004.
Kapil Dev launched Dot Asia domains in India in 2008 and this domain www.kapildev.asia was permanently allotted to him by the Dot Asia registry. The website was created by Creativizt Communications, the agency that managed the entire Dot Asia launch. The agency still hosts and maintains the website in the honour of the great cricketer.
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