Kapil Dev, at total Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, (born January 6, 1959, Chandigarh, India), Indian cricketer and also the best speed bowler in his nation's history. He's the only cricketer to have scored over 5,000 runs and obtained over 400 wickets in Test (international game ) cricket.

Dev made his debut first-class cricket playing because of his nation, Haryana. Though his tally of wickets more than three games in a losing attempt wasn't the most spectacular of debuts, Dev played with good energy, owning an impressive outswinger delivery along with an aggressiveness that Indian cricket hadn't seen in a very long time. Actually, Dev has been India's first real quick bowler, and then he moved on to direct the nation's bowling attack to the following two decades. Roku Error Code 018

He finished his Test career with a listing 434 wickets at 131 Evaluation matches (an album which was broken up in 2000 from Jamaica's Courtney Walsh), such as 23 five-wicket matches. In one-day internationals, he required 253 wickets over 225 games.

At a 1978--79 Test series from the West Indies, he took seven wickets in the fourth Test but additionally scored 126 runs in the fifth Evaluation to help India win the collection. His attacking match, peppered frequently with enormous bounds (strikes that cross the border of the area ), helped him evaluate 5,248 runs in 131 Tests (such as eight centuries [100 runs in one innings]) and 3,783 runs in 225 one-day internationals (with one century).

As a pioneer, he downplayed plan and directed by example. This was seen at the 1983 Prudential Cup, when he nearly single-handedly helped India conquer Zimbabwe using a 175 not out (his 175 runs were a livelihood ). But, inconsistent performances contributed to his being relieved of the captaincy shortly after the success. He was dropped out of both sides briefly in 1984.

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