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Full name Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj
Born January 6, 1959, Chandigarh
Current age 49 years 278 days
Major teams India,Haryana,Northamptonshire,Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
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
First-class
275
384
39
11356
193
32.91
18
56
192
0
List A
309
270
48
5461
175*
24.59
2
23
99
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
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
First-class
275
48853
22626
835
9/83
27.09
2.77
58.5
39
3
List A
309
14947
9161
335
5/43
5/43
27.34
3.67
44.6
3
2
0
Career statistics
Test debut
Pakistan v India at Faisalabad, Oct 16-21, 1978 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v India at Hamilton, Mar 19-23, 1994 scorecard
India v West Indies at Faridabad, Oct 17, 1994 scorecard
ODI statistics
First-class span
1975/76 - 1993/94
List A span
1977/78 - 1994/95
Profile
Wisden overview
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 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.
Kapil had a rather ordinary stint as India's coach for ten 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 as one of 16 finalists for the Indian Cricketer of the Century award. 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
