Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev

India

Full name Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj
Born January 6, 1959, Chandigarh
Current age 48 years 53 days
Major teams India, Haryana, Northamptonshire, Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium

Statsguru

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	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4	5	10
Tests	131	27740	12867	434	9/83	11/146	29.64	2.78	63.91	17	23	2
ODIs	225	11202	6945	253	5/43	5/43	27.45	3.71	44.27	3	1	0
First-class	275	48853	22626	835	9/83		27.09	2.77	58.50		39	3
List A	309	14947	9161	335	5/43	5/43	27.34	3.67	44.61	3	2	0

Career statistics
Test debut	Pakistan v India at Faisalabad - Oct 16-21, 1978
Last Test	New Zealand v India at Hamilton - Mar 19-23, 1994
ODI debut	Pakistan v India at Quetta - Oct 1, 1978
Last ODI	India v West Indies at Faridabad - Oct 17, 1994
First-class span	1975/76 - 1993/94
List A span	1977/78 - 1994/95

Notes

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1983

Profil

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.