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{{Short description|Former Indian cricketer}}
{{About||the Indian volleyball player|K. J. Kapil Dev}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Kapil Dev
| caption = Dev in 2013
| image = Kapil Dev at Equation sports auction.jpg
| fullname = Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1959|1|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chandigarh]], [[East Punjab|Punjab]], [[India]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right arm [[Fast bowling|fast-medium]]<!--fast-medium in the source cited below-->
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| nickname = The Haryana Hurricane,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidesport.co/kapil-dev-health-update-haryana-hurricane-flashes-double-thumbs-up-to-say-i-am-doing-well/|title=Kapil Dev Health Update : Haryana Hurricane flashes double thumbs up to say ‘I am doing well’|work=[[Inside Sports]]|date=24 October 2020|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref> Kapil Paaji<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/get-well-soon-paaji-cricket-fraternity-wishes-kapil-dev-speedy-recovery/articleshow/78828181.cms|title=Get well soon paaji': Cricket fraternity wishes Kapil Dev speedy recovery|work =[[Times of India]]|date=23 October 2020|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref>
| international = true
| country = India
| internationalspan = 1978–1994
| testdebutdate = 16 October
| testdebutyear = 1978
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan
| testcap = 142
| lasttestdate = 19 March
| lasttestyear = 1994
| lasttestagainst = New Zealand
| odidebutdate = 1 October
| odidebutyear = 1978
| odidebutagainst = Pakistan
| odicap = 25
| lastodidate = 17 October
| lastodiyear = 1994
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| club1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1975–1992}}
| club2 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
| year2 = 1981–1983
| club3 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year3 = 1984–1985
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches1 = 131
| matches2 = 225
| matches3 = 275
| matches4 = 309
| runs1 = 5,248
| runs2 = 3,783
| runs3 = 11,356
| runs4 = 5,461
| bat avg1 = 31.05
| bat avg2 = 23.79
| bat avg3 = 32.91
| bat avg4 = 24.59
| 100s/50s1 = 8/27
| 100s/50s2 = 1/14
| 100s/50s3 = 18/56
| 100s/50s4 = 2/23
| top score1 = 163
| top score2 = 175[[not out|*]]
| top score3 = 193
| top score4 = 175[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 27,740
| deliveries2 = 11,202
| deliveries3 = 48,853
| deliveries4 = 14,947
| wickets1 = 434
| wickets2 = 253
| wickets3 = 835
| wickets4 = 335
| bowl avg1 = 29.64
| bowl avg2 = 27.45
| bowl avg3 = 27.09
| bowl avg4 = 27.34
| fivefor1 = 23
| fivefor2 = 1
| fivefor3 = 39
| fivefor4 = 2
| tenfor1 = 2
| tenfor2 = 0
| tenfor3 = 3
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling1 = 9/83
| best bowling2 = 5/43
| best bowling3 = 9/83
| best bowling4 = 5/43
| catches/stumpings1 = 64/–
| catches/stumpings2 = 71/–
| catches/stumpings3 = 192/–
| catches/stumpings4 = 99/–
| source = http://m.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30028.html ESPN Cricinfo
| date = 24 January
| year = 2008
}}
'''Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Kapil Dev |url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Kapil+Dev |website=[[Collins English Dictionary]] |publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers]] |date=2014}}</ref> (born 6 January 1959) is a former [[Indian cricket team|Indian cricketer]]. He was a fast medium bowler and a hard hitting middle order batsman. Widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to play the game, he is also regarded as one of the greatest captains of all time. He led India to win its first Cricket World Cup title in 1983. He was named by [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] as the ''Indian Cricketer of the Century'' in 2002.


'''Kapil Dev''' is a former Indian cricket player. He was an all rounder, a right hand batsman and right arm fast bowler. He [[captain]]ed the [[India cricket team|Indian cricket team]] when it won the [[1983 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/IND_WI_WC83_ODI-FINAL_25JUN1983.html | title=1983 World Cup Finals Scorecard – India V/s West Indies | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | accessdate=17 March 2007}}</ref>
Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=On this day: India win the 1983 World Cup|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/749173|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.icc-cricket.com|language=en}}</ref> and in the process became first indian Captain to win Cricket World Cup. He was the coach of the [[India national cricket team|Indian national team]] between September 1999 and September 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-01-30|title=Kapil Dev resigns as India’s coach in 2000|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/kapil-dev-was-appointed-as-the-coach-of-the-indian-team-during-sachin-tendulkars-captaincy-in-september-1999-499471|access-date=2021-04-20|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US}}</ref> He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the greatest number of wickets taken in [[Test cricket]], a record subsequently broken by [[Courtney Walsh]] in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=rediff.com: Walsh breaks Kapil's record|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/mar/27walsh.htm|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.rediff.com}}</ref> At the time, he was also India's highest wicket-taker in both major forms of cricket, Tests and [[One Day International|ODIs]]. He is the first player to take 200 ODI wickets.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1wY_kaiqc</ref> He is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored more than 5000 runs in Tests,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/kapil-dev-the-master-of-all-crafts-slideshow/wisdomicketer-of-the-century-photo-171922835|title=The Master of All Crafts|work=Yahoo Cricket India|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017233043/https://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/kapil-dev-the-master-of-all-crafts-slideshow/wisden-cricketer-of-the-century-photo-171922835.html|archive-date=17 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> making him one of the greatest [[all-rounder]]s in the history of cricket.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greatest Cricket All-Rounders of All Time|url=https://www.stadiumtalk.com/s/greatest-cricket-all-rounders-991716cbc15c45da|access-date=2021-04-20|website=www.stadiumtalk.com|language=en}}</ref> On 11 March 2010, Dev was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref name="HallofFame">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/451248.html?CMP=chrome|title=Kapil Dev inducted into Hall of Fame|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref>


Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj was born on 6 January 1959 in [[Chandigarh]], [[Haryana]], [[India]]. As a technical bowler, he was known as the "Haryana hurricane". He got a joint man of the match with the Australian cricketer [[Dean Jones]].
==Early life==
Dev was born as Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, in a [[Hindu|Hindu Khatri]] family to Ram Lal Nikhanj, a teak merchant and to his mother ,Rajkumari in [[Chandigarh]] on 6 January 1959. His family moved to [[Fazilka]] after the [[Partition of India|Partition]] before eventually moving to [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-08-20|title=Kapil Dev’s opens up on his Pakistan connection|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/kapil-devs-opens-up-on-his-pakistan-connection-174525|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-08-20|title=Indian cricket’s tough guy Kapil opens up to reveal emotional side|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1126451|access-date=2021-03-25|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-08-20|title=How Kapil Dev was welcome in his native village in Pakistan 36 years ago|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/how-kapil-dev-was-welcome-in-his-native-village-in-pakistan-12669.html|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref> Dev was a student at D.A.V. School.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Chandigarh Stories|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020725/cth1.htm|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=I am still learning, for life never stops educating you, says Kapil Dev|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/i-am-still-learning-for-life-never-stops-educating-you-says-kapil-dev/cid/1680989|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref>


==Statistics==
==Domestic career==
Kapil Dev was the captain who led the Indian team to its first World Cup win in 1983. He got 434 wickets and scored 5248 runs with 8 centuries and 27 fifties in test cricket. He got 253 wickets and 3783 runs in ODIs. He is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored more than 5,000 runs in Tests.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30028.html|title=Kapil Dev|website=Cricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/331177.html|title=Loss and longing in Bombay|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|date=1 May 2002|accessdate=7 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990-91/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_HRYNA_RJI-FINAL_03-07MAY1991.html|title=Scorecard – Ranji Trophy, 1990/91, Final, Bombay v Haryana|date=7 May 1991|accessdate=7 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://statserver.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/GROUP-B/AUS_IND_WC83_ODI11_13JUN1983.html | title=Scorecard – India V/s Australia, 11th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | accessdate=17 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Articles/6/6392.html | title=Kapil's 'Devils' steal Lloyd's thunder | accessdate=17 March 2007 | archive-date=4 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804135402/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Articles/6/6392.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Haryana===
Dev made an impressive debut for [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] in November 1975 against [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] with a 6 wicket haul, restricting Punjab to just 63 runs and helping Haryana to victory. He finished the season with 121 wickets in 30 matches.
 
In the [[1976–77 Indian cricket season|1976–77 season]] opener against [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]], he had a match haul of 8/36 in the win. While his contribution for the rest of that season was ordinary, Haryana qualified for the pre-quarterfinals. Dev achieved his then best innings haul of 8/20 in just 9 overs in the second innings to skittle [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] for 58 runs in under 19 overs. Haryana lost to [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] in the quarter-finals.
 
He began his [[1977–78 Indian cricket season|1977–78 season]] claiming 8/38 in the first innings against [[Services cricket team|Services]]. With 3 wickets in the second innings, he took his maiden 10-wicket haul in [[first-class cricket]], a feat he would later achieve twice in [[Test cricket]]. With 23 wickets in 4 matches, he was selected for the [[Irani Trophy]], [[Duleep Trophy]] and Wills Trophy matches.
 
In the [[1978–79 Indian cricket season|1978–79 season]], Haryana had a repeat encounter with Bengal in the pre-quarterfinal match after a lackluster season from Dev (12 wickets from 4 matches). He scored 2 half-centuries in the group stage matches. In the pre-quarterfinal match, he took a 5-wicket haul in the first innings. Poor batting by Haryana in the second innings let Bengal avenge their loss from 2 seasons back by scoring the required 161 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets. Dev stood out in the [[Irani Trophy]] match, scoring 62 runs and coming in at number 8. He took 5 catches in the game where [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] was defeated by the Rest of India XI. Dev arrived in the national spotlight with a standout performance in the finals of the [[Duleep Trophy]], taking a first-innings haul of 7/65 in 24 overs. He was included in the [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]] squad for [[Deodhar Trophy]] and Wills Trophy for the first time. He played his first Test match in the season against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]].
 
In the [[1979–80 Indian cricket season|1979–80 season]], Dev showed his batting talent with a maiden century against [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] when he scored his career-best 193. In the pre-quarterfinal match, where he captained Haryana for the first time against [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]], he took a five-wicket haul in the second innings to advance to quarterfinals, where they lost to Karnataka. With Dev cementing his place in the Indian national squad, his appearances in domestic matches dwindled.{{Citation needed|reason=your explanation here|date=May 2013}}
 
====1990–91 Ranji champions====
In the [[1990–91 Indian cricket season|1990–91 Ranji season]], [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] rode into the semi-finals on the back of the bowling performance of [[Chetan Sharma]] and the batting performance of [[Amarjit Kaypee]]. Dev took centre stage in the semi-final against [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]], where he led his team to a Mammoth score of 605 runs by scoring 141 as well as taking 5 wickets.
 
The finals of the 1991 season will be remembered for the number of international cricketers who participated, including Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, [[Ajay Jadeja]] and [[Vijay Yadav (cricketer)|Vijay Yadav]] turning up for Haryana and Bombay cricket team represented by [[Sanjay Manjrekar]], [[Vinod Kambli]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], [[Chandrakant Pandit]], [[Salil Ankola]] and [[Abey Kuruvilla]]. Deepak Sharma (199), Ajay Jadeja (94) and Chetan Sharma (98) helped Haryana to a score of 522 while Yogendra Bhandari (5 wickets) and Dev (3 wickets) restricted Bombay to 410 runs in the first innings. A crucial 41 from Dev and top scorer Banerjee (60) took Haryana to 242 runs, setting Bombay a target of 355 runs. After the initial wickets, Vengsarkar (139) and Tendulkar (96) fought back for the Bombay team. After Tendulkar's dismissal, Haryana took the final 6 wickets for 102 runs and Vengsarkar and Bombay were stranded 3 runs short of the target. Dev won his maiden and only Ranji Trophy championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/331177.html|title=Loss and longing in Bombay|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|date=1 May 2002|access-date=7 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990-91/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_HRYNA_RJI-FINAL_03-07MAY1991.html|title=Scorecard – Ranji Trophy, 1990/91, Final, Bombay v Haryana|date=7 May 1991|access-date=7 April 2008}}</ref>
 
====County stint====
Kapil Dev represented the county [[Northamptonshire]] for the seasons 1981, 1982 and 1983 and later played for [[Worcestershire]] between 1984 and 1985 seasons. Kapil played a total of 40 first-class matches in his county stint and made 2,312 runs across 64 innings with four centuries and 14 half-centuries. Out of his 835 overall first-class wickets, 103 of those wickets came during his stint with those two county teams.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saini |first1=Aakash |title=Which Two Counties Did Kapil Dev Play For Throughout His Career? 1983 WC Winner's Records |url=https://www.republicworld.com/sports-news/cricket-news/which-two-counties-did-kapil-dev-play-for-throughout-career-cricket.html |access-date=11 July 2020 |publisher=[[Republic World]] |date=30 June 2020}}</ref>
 
==International career==
[[File:KapilDevBowling.png|thumb|300px|A graph showing Kapil Dev's test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.]]
 
===Early years (1978–1982)===
Dev made his [[Test cricket]] debut in [[Faisalabad]], Pakistan on 16 October 1978. Although his match figures were unimpressive, the numbers did not convey any measure of his contribution. He startled the [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistani]] batsmen with his pace and bouncers that struck their helmets on more than one occasion.<ref name=ESPNTop25>{{cite book |author=Geoff Armstrong|title=ESPN Legends of Cricket |year=2002 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location= Crows Nest, New South Wales|isbn=1-86508-836-6}}</ref> Dev captured his maiden wicket of [[Sadiq Mohammad]] with his trademark outswinger.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PAK_T1_16-21OCT1978.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil's Debut Match | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> He showcased his [[all-rounder]] talent when he scored India's fastest Test half-century off 33 balls and 2 sixes in each of the innings during the 3rd [[Test cricket|Test match]] at [[National Stadium, Karachi]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PAK_T3_14-19NOV1978.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's Maiden 50 | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> although India lost the match and the series 2–0. In the ensuing series against a visiting [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] team, he scored his maiden Test century (126) at [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] in just 124 balls<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T5_24-29JAN1979.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's Maiden Century | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> and had a steady bowling performance (17 wickets at 33.00). Ominous signs of Dev's liking for [[England cricket team|England]] showed up in the ensuring series, his first outside the sub-continent. He picked up his first 5-wicket haul and all of England's wickets, although it came at a huge cost (48 overs and 146 runs conceded) as England scored a mammoth 633 and won the match comfortably.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979/IND_IN_ENG/IND_ENG_T1_12-16JUL1979.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's Maiden 5 Wicket Haul| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev finished the series with 16 wickets though his batting haul of 45 runs (Average: 7.5) was unimpressive. His debut in [[One Day International|ODI Cricket]] happened in the earlier tour of Pakistan where his individual performance was ordinary and it stayed the same as both Dev and [[Indian cricket team|India]] had a poor campaign at the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]].
 
Dev established himself as India's premier fast bowler when he took two 5-wicket hauls and ended the home series against [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] with 28 wickets (Average: 22.32) and also 212 runs that included a half-century.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_IND_1979-80_TEST_AVS.html | title=Kapil Dev Statistics – Australia in India 1979/1980 Season| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> He gained fame in the 6-Test home series against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] in the 1979–80 season when he led India to 2 victories against the visitors – once with the bat (69) at [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Bombay]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/PAK_IN_IND/PAK_IND_T3_16-20DEC1979.html | title=Scorecard  – Pakistan in India 1979/1980 Season| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> and the second time with bat and ball (10-wicket haul in match – 4/90 in the first innings and 7/56 in the second innings, 84 in 98 balls with his bat) at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chepauk, Madras (Now Chennai)]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/PAK_IN_IND/PAK_IND_T5_15-20JAN1980.html | title=Kapil Dev's maiden 10-Wicket in Match Haul | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev rates his all-round performance in this match as his career best and his second innings figure of 7/56 was his best to-date.<ref name=ESPNTop25/> During the series, he also became the youngest Test player to achieve the all-round double of 100 Wickets and 1000 Runs and in 25 matches (although [[Ian Botham]] took just 21 matches to achieve the same feat) and finished the series with 32 wickets (Ave: 17.68) and 278 runs that included 2 fifties.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://statserver.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/PAK_IN_IND | title=Tour Home Page – Pakistan in India 1979/80 Season | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref>
 
[[File:Kapil Dev graph.png|left|thumb|350px|Dev's career performance graph.]]
[[Indian cricket team|India's]] tour of [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in 1980–81 had the looks of the familiar Indian series as India were 1–0 down and were defending a meagre 143 runs and Dev virtually ruled out with a groin injury. When Australia finished the fourth day at 18/3, Dev willed himself to play the final day with pain-killing injections and removed the dangerous Australia middle order. Dev won the match for India with the innings bowling performance of 16.4–4–28–5, a bowling performance that figures in his five best bowling performance.<ref name=ESPNTop25/> During the Australian tour, he scored his first fifty in ODIs against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] at [[Brisbane Cricket Ground|Brisbane]]. Somehow India's Test cricket sensation was unable to adjust to ODI cricket and had a career start of 278 runs (Average: 17.38) and 17 wickets after 16 ODI matches.
 
A dismal [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] tour later,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1980-81/IND_IN_NZ/ | title=Tour Home Page – India in New Zealand 1980/81 Season | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev was ready for the 1981–82 home series against [[England cricket team|England]] where his five-wicket haul won the first test at [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Bombay]]. He scored 318 runs (Average: 53, 1 century, 1 fifty) and took 22 wickets (2 5-wicket hauls) and walked away with the [[Man of the Series]] honours.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981-82/ENG_IN_IND/ENG_IN_IND_1981-82_TEST_AVS.html | title=Kapil Dev Statistics – England in India 1981/1982 Season| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> England saw more of Dev in the ensuing series at home against the [[Indian cricket team]] in the 1982 season when he opened with a 5-wicket haul and 130 runs in a losing cause at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://statserver.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/IND_IN_ENG/IND_ENG_T1_10-15JUN1982.html | title=MOM Performance (Scorecard) – India in England 1982 Season | publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> He finished the 3-match series with 292 runs (Ave: 73, 3 fifties) and 10 Wickets and bagged the Man of the Series again.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/IND_IN_ENG/IND_IN_ENG_1982_TEST_AVS.html | title=Kapil Dev Statistics – India in England 1982 Season| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref>
 
Facing [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] for the first time, Dev helped himself to a five-wicket haul to kick start the 1982–83 season. In the following tour to [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]], Dev and [[Mohinder Amarnath]] were the only bright spots in a series dominated by rival [[all-rounder]] [[Imran Khan]] (40 wickets and 1 century).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982-83/IND_IN_PAK/IND_IN_PAK_1982-83_TEST_AVS.html | title=Statistics – India in Pakistan 1982/83 Season| publisher=[[Cricinfo]]| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev took a 5/102 haul in the second Test at [[National Stadium, Karachi]], 7/220 in the third Test at [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] and 8/85 at [[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]] while he received little support from other team members. After this disastrous tour, Dev was made the [[captain (cricket)|captain]] of the [[Indian cricket team]] in place of [[Sunil Gavaskar]].
 
===Captain: 1983 World Cup Champions (1982–1984)===
Dev debuted as India's captain in the 1982–83 season against [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] (before the [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]] tour) when Gavaskar was rested. His first assignment as regular captain was the tour of [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], where the biggest accomplishment was a lone ODI victory. Dev (72) and Gavaskar (90) led India to a huge score – 282/5 in 47 overs and Dev's 2 wickets aided India to restrict West Indies for 255 and a victory<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982-83/IND_IN_WI/IND_WI_ODI2_29MAR1983.html | title=Scorecard – India in West Indies 2nd ODI 1982/83 Season | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> that Indian cricketers claim gave them the confidence to face the West Indies team in [[1983 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2519/25190260.htm |title=Captaincy is about motivating the players |author=Kris Srikkanth |author-link=Kris Srikkanth |date=May 2002 |publisher=[[Sportstar]] |access-date=17 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212546/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2519/25190260.htm |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> Overall, Dev had a good series in West Indies as he scored a century to save the second test match<ref>{{cite web | url=http://statserver.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982-83/IND_IN_WI/IND_WI_T2_11-16MAR1983.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev Saves a Test Match | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> as well as picking up 17 wickets (Average: 24.94).
 
====1983 World Cup performance====
Dev entered the World Cup with an ordinary individual record – 32 Matches, 608 Runs (Average: 21), 34 wickets. India's solitary victory in the previous two World Cups was against [[East African cricket team|East Africa]] in [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]]. Riding on [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] (89 Runs), [[Roger Binny]] and [[Ravi Shastri]] (3 wickets each), India inflicted the West Indies' first-ever defeat in the World Cup.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/GROUP-B/IND_WI_WC83_ODI4_09-10JUN1983.html | title=Scorecard – India V/s West Indies, 4th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> Following a victory against [[Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe]], India lost the next two matches – Australia (despite Dev's best career figures of 5/43)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://statserver.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/GROUP-B/AUS_IND_WC83_ODI11_13JUN1983.html | title=Scorecard – India V/s Australia, 11th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> and West Indies. India now needed victories against Australia and Zimbabwe to advance to the semifinals.
 
India faced Zimbabwe at [[Nevill Ground]], [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] on 18 June 1983. After falling behind, Dev, batting with the lower order batsmen, stabilised the side with help from [[Roger Binny]] (22 runs) and [[Madan Lal]]. Dev scored his century off 100 balls. Together with Kirmani (22 runs), Dev put on an unbeaten 126 runs for the 9th wicket – a world record that stood unbroken for 27 years (10,000 days),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283552.html|title=Records – One-Day Internationals – Partnership records – Highest partnership for the ninth wicket – ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> and finished not out with 175 runs off 138 balls, an innings that included 16 boundaries and 6 sixes. The innings figures in the Top 10 ODI Batting Performances<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/feb/15bat10.htm | title=Scorecard – India V/s Australia, 11th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> at No. 4. India won the match by 31 runs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280614.html | title=Scorecard – India V/s Zimbabwe, 18th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> It's said that after this match, Dev booked a Mercedes for himself as a reward.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/By-Gods-Decree-Autobiography-Kapil/dp/B002MZKWJU | title=By God's Decree: The Autobiography of Kapil Dev| publisher=[[Kapil Dev With Vinay Verma]]}}</ref>
 
In the semifinals India faced the [[England cricket team|English cricket team]]. Dev helped curtail the lower order after England lost regular wickets to Binny and Amarnath. He took 3 wickets as India limited England to 213 and the middle order of Amarnath (46 runs), [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] (61) and [[Sandeep Patil]] (51*) ensured victory<ref>{{cite web | url=http://statserver.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/ENG_IND_WC83_ODI-SEMI1_22JUN1983.html | title=1983 World Cup Semi Finals Scorecard – India V/s England | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> and entry into the finals to take on the [[West Indies cricket team]] who were looking for a hat-trick of World Cup titles. West Indies restricted India for 183 runs, with only [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] (38 runs) providing some scoring relief. Despite losing [[Gordon Greenidge]], West Indies steadied their innings to 57/2 on the back of quick scoring by [[Viv Richards]]. Richards played one too many aggressive shots when he skied a pull shot from [[Madan Lal]] that Dev caught at deep square leg after running backwards for over 20 yards. The catch is attributed as the turning point in the [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 WC Final]] and is regarded as one of the finest in ODI Cricket. West Indies collapsed from 50/1 to 76/6 and finally were bowled out for 140 with Dev picking up the wicket of [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/IND_WI_WC83_ODI-FINAL_25JUN1983.html | title=1983 World Cup Finals Scorecard – India V/s West Indies | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> The win was India's maiden World Cup<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/sport/columns/200703/s1865291.htm?cricket | title=Kapil's 'Devils' steal Lloyd's thunder | accessdate=17 March 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and he led with 303 runs (Average: 60.6), 12 wickets (Average: 20.41) and 7 catches in 8 matches.
 
===Post-World Cup===
After the World Cup, India hosted the [[West Indies cricket team]] and lost the [[West Indies cricket team in India in 1983-84|Test series]] 3–0 and the ODI Series 5–0. Dev achieved his best test bowling performance in a loss at [[Motera Stadium|Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad]] with a return of 9/83.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://statserver.cricket.org/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T3_12-16NOV1983.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's best bowling performance | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> His bowling performance in the test and ODI series was let down by his poor batting performance. The selectors ended Dev's reign by reappointing Gavaskar as captain in early 1984.
 
===Return to captaincy===
Dev was reappointed captain in March 1985 and guided India on a Test series win over England in 1986. This period saw one of his most famous matches, the [[Tied Test#Second tied Test, 1986|second Tied Test]], in which he was named joint-[[man of the match]] with Australian batsman [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]].
 
He was retained as captain for the [[1987 Cricket World Cup]]. In their first match, Australia scored 268 against India. However, after the close of innings, Dev agreed with the umpires that the score should be increased to 270 as one boundary during the innings had been mistakenly signalled as a four and not a six. In their reply, India scored 269 falling short of Australia's score by one run. In the [[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]], it was reported that ''"Kapil Dev's sportsmanship proved the deciding factor in a close-run match"''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/current/story/290303.html | title=Ask Steven: Twin hundreds on debut, and the youngest West Indians | date=16 April 2007 | access-date=17 April 2007 | publisher=Cricinfo}}</ref> India went on to reach the semi-final of the 1987 World Cup, where they lost to England. Dev faced the blame for India's defeat as he holed out to deep mid-wicket triggering a collapse that led to the unexpected loss. He did not captain India again, although he was the Vice-captain for India's tour to Pakistan in 1989.
 
The captaincy period was on the whole a difficult one for him as it was mired with reports of differences with Gavaskar, as well as his own inconsistent form as a bowler. However, both men later insisted that these reports were exaggerated.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-21465473.cms | title=Caught!: Duel in the sun |work=The Times of India |location=India | date=8 September 2002 | access-date=6 December 2006}}</ref> Dev's performance as Captain was better than as a player.
 
===Skills===
Dev was a right-arm [[pace bowling|pace bowler]] noted for his graceful action and potent [[outswinger]], and was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. He developed a fine [[inswinger|inswinging]] [[yorker]] during the 1980s, which he used very effectively against [[tail-ender]]s. 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. Nicknamed ''The Haryana Hurricane'', he represented the [[Haryana cricket team]] in domestic cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2003/jun/27spec1.htm|title=Celebrating 1983 WC – Haryana express|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref>
 
===Bowling style===
Dev was a fast bowler. However, a fluent run-up and a gather that was perfectly side-on at the time of delivery meant that the outswinger came naturally to him. Usually bowled at a length and direction that always troubled right-handers, his delivery was the bane of most of his victims as he sought to beat the bat on the outside edge, either caught on the off-side cordon or indeed LBW and bowled in case the ball missed the edge. The side-on action meant that, for the first few years, this was the only delivery he could bowl. The deliveries that held their lines or came into the right-hander came through natural variations off the pitch. However, as he gained maturity, the action became less side-on and he developed an inswinger too. He noted in the mid-1980s that the only delivery he could not bowl at will was the leg-cutter.
 
By the end of 1983, Dev already had about 250 Test wickets in just five years and looked well on his way to becoming one of the most prolific wicket-takers ever. However, his bowling declined following knee surgery in 1984, as he lost some of his jump at the crease. Despite this setback, he never missed playing a single test or one-day game on fitness grounds. Though he lost some of his bite, he remained an effective bowler for another ten years and became the second bowler ever to take 400 [[wicket]]s in Test cricket in 1991–92 when he took [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]]'s wicket in a series versus Australia in Australia. In that Australian tour he took 25 wickets.
 
===Final years===
Dev continued as India's lead pace bowler under a succession of captains in the early 1990s. He was involved in a notable incident during the Lord's Test Match of 1990, when he hit off-spinner [[Eddie Hemmings (cricketer)|Eddie Hemmings]] for four sixes in succession to take India past the follow-on target.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusw4po3YLE |title=Kapil's 4 sixes |publisher=YouTube |access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref> This match featured the highest test score by an Englishman against India,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63534.html |title=1st Test: England v India at Lord's, Jul 26–31, 1990 &#124; Cricket Scorecard &#124; ESPN Cricinfo |publisher=Cricinfo.com |access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref> 333 by [[Graham Gooch]]. Dev was cited by umpire [[Dickie Bird]] as being one of the greatest all-rounders of all-time.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/982998.stm |work=BBC News  | title=Dickie Bird: Your questions answered | date=21 October 2000}}</ref>
 
He became a valuable batsman in the ODI version of the game, as a pinch-hitter used to accelerate the run-scoring rate, usually in the final ten overs, and was relied upon to stabilise the innings in the event of a collapse. He played in the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]], his last, under the captaincy of [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] and topped the batting strike rate with 125.80 runs per 100 balls.<ref>{{cite news |title=Benson & Hedges World Cup Cricket 1992: Facts, figures, and statistics |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/benson-hedges-world-cup-cricket-1992-facts-figures-and-statistics-247132 |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=[[CricketCountry.com]] |date=9 February 2015}}</ref> He led the bowling attack with younger talents like [[Javagal Srinath]] and [[Manoj Prabhakar]], who would eventually succeed him as India's leading pace bowlers. He retired in 1994, after breaking [[Richard Hadlee]]'s then standing record for the most Test wickets taken.
 
===List of centuries by opponent===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!!! Team !! Test !! ODI !! Total
|-
| 1 || {{cr|WIN}} || 3 || 0 || '''3'''
|-
| 2 || {{cr|ENG}} || 2 || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 3 || {{cr|AUS}} || 1 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| 4 || {{cr|SRI}} || 1 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| 5 || {{cr|RSA|1928}} || 1 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| 6 || {{cr|ZIM}} || 0 || 1 || '''1'''
 
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total''' || '''8''' || '''1''' || '''9'''
|}
 
==Post retirement==
 
===National Player===
{{main article|Kapil Dev as Indian National Cricket Coach}}
 
Kapil Dev was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team in 1999, succeeding [[Anshuman Gaekwad]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/83972.html | title=Kapil Dev is named coach ahead of Srikkanth | publisher=Cricinfo.com | date=22 September 1999 | access-date=6 December 2006}}</ref> In his term, India won just one test match (at home against New Zealand) and had two major series losses in Australia (3–0) and at home against South Africa (2–0) and in general was considered a disappointment.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/94296.html | title=A cricketing great who deserved a better end | publisher=Cricinfo.com | date=13 September 2000 | access-date=6 December 2006}}</ref> At the height of the match fixing allegation by [[Manoj Prabhakar]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/may/04bindra.htm | title=It is Kapil | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=4 May 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> – a charge that was dismissed later,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/01full29.htm | title=CBI Match-Fixing Investigation Report: Analysis on Kapil Dev | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=1 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> Dev resigned from his position as national coach. Stung by the betting controversy, he announced his farewell stating that "I bid adieu to the game that gave me so much and then took a great deal of it away on the mere hearsay of a third party".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/sep/12kapil1.htm | title=Kapil Dev:Farewell Indian Cricket | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=12 September 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> After a brief interval, he was succeeded as coach by former [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] batsman [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]], who became India's first foreign coach.
 
===Return===
After a period of silence away from the public eye, Dev returned to cricket when [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] announced him as one of the sixteen finalists for the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century award in July 2002. Dev pipped longtime teammate Gavaskar and crowd favourite Tendulkar to win the award and claimed the moment as "my finest hour".<ref name="WisdenICoC">{{cite news|date=8 March 2002|title=This is my finest hour: Kapil Dev|work=[[The Sportstar]] Vol. 25 No. 31|url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2531/25310120.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514214418/http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2531/25310120.htm|archive-date=14 May 2006}}</ref>
 
Dev slowly returned to cricket as a bowling consultant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/125248.html|title=Kapil to assist at camp|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|date=31 August 2003|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> and was the bowling coach in the preparatory camp prior to India's tour of Pakistan in March 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/139624.html|title=Kapil named bowling coach for Pakistan tour camp|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|date=1 March 2004|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> In October 2006, Dev was nominated as the chairman of [[National Cricket Academy]] for a 2-year period.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 September 2006| publisher=Cricinfo.com| title=2006/08 Selection Committee Announcement| url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/260675.html|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref>
 
In 2005, he acted in a brief role in the Cult Movie ''[[Iqbal (film)|Iqbal]]'' written by [[Vipul K Rawal]] where he played himself. Initially the director was not keen on approaching him; however, writer Vipul K Rawal put his foot down as the role was written with him in mind.
 
In May 2007, Dev joined the upstart [[Indian Cricket League]] (ICL) floated by [[Zee TV]] as the chairman of executive board, defending his decision as complimenting BCCI's structure rather than opposing it – "We are not looking to create a rival team but helping the Indian board to find more talent".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/294055.html|title=Zee Sports denies signing of stars|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|date=14 May 2007|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> In June 2007, BCCI responded by revoking the pension for all players who had joined ICL, including Dev.<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCI scraps pensions of players joining rival league|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/299334.html|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|date=23 June 2007|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> On 21 August 2007, Dev was removed from the chairmanship of the [[National Cricket Academy]], a day after he addressed a formal press conference of the new [[Indian Cricket League]].<ref>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/kapil-sacked-as-nca-chairman/articleshow/2298128.cms</ref>
 
On 25 July 2012 Dev resigned from ICL and continued to support BCCI, thereby paving way to get back into the BCCI fold.<ref name="Wisden India">{{cite web | url= http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/kapil-dev-resigns-from-icl-returns-to-bcci/16172 | title= Kapil resigns from ICL | publisher= Wisden India | access-date= 25 July 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130314201217/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/kapil-dev-resigns-from-icl-returns-to-bcci/16172 | archive-date= 14 March 2013 | url-status= dead}}</ref>
 
===Joining Territorial Army===
On 24 September 2008 Dev joined the [[Indian Territorial Army]] and was commissioned as a [[Lieutenant Colonel]] by General [[Deepak Kapoor]], [[Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army|Chief of the Army Staff]]. He joined as an honorary officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2008/sep/24kapil.htm |title=Kapil Dev joins Territorial Army |publisher=Rediff.com |date=31 December 2004 |access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=front_page&file_name=story6.txt&counter_img=6 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005020618/http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?main_variable=front_page&file_name=story6.txt&counter_img=6 |date=5 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kapil Dev now a Lieutenant Colonel |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066599 |title=Kapil Dev now a Lieutenant Colonel |publisher=NDTV.com |date=24 September 2008 |access-date=20 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028224645/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080066599 |archive-date=28 October 2008 }}</ref>
 
=== Chancellor of Haryana's Sports University ===
He was appointed as first chancellor of the Sports University of Haryana in 2019.<ref>https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/kapil-dev-named-chancellor-of-haryanas-sports-university-2309195.html</ref> The university is situated in India's [[Haryana]] state which he represented in domestic cricket.
 
==Personal life==
He married Romi Bhatia in 1980 and had a daughter, Amiya Dev, on 16 January 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020804/spectrum/main1.htm|title=Kapil Dev Nikhanj – His Profile|work=The Tribune|location=India|access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref>
 
In 1993, Dev took up golf.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/09/05/stories/2004090505651700.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210215234/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/09/05/stories/2004090505651700.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 February 2007 | title=Kapil Dev leads India to title | work=The Hindu | location=India | date=5 September 2004 | access-date=6 December 2006 }}</ref> Dev 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 pledged his organs during an event organized by Delhi Urological Society on 31 January 2014 at the Airport Authority of India, Officers Club, New Delhi.<ref>http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/220350-kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-to-donate-organs {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234647/http://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/news/220350-kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-to-donate-organs|date=3 March 2016}} Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi pledge to donate organs</ref><ref>http://topnews.in/sports/kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-donate-organs-243176 Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi pledge to donate organs</ref><ref>http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-to-donate-organs {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715030108/http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-to-donate-organs|date=15 July 2014}} Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi pledge to donate organs</ref>
 
On 23 October 2020, Dev suffered a [[heart attack]] and was hospitalized. He underwent an emergency coronary [[angioplasty]] at a hospital in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 October 2020|title=Kapil Dev: Cricket legend suffers heart scare, undergoes angioplasty|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/cricket-legend-kapil-dev-suffers-heart-attack-undergoes-angioplasty/articleshow/78825842.cms|access-date=2020-10-23|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
 
== Books ==
He has written four books – three autobiographical and one book on [[Sikhism]]. Autobiographical works include — ''By God's Decree''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19860115-book-review-by-gods-decree-by-kapil-dev-with-vinay-verma-800488-1986-01-15|title=Book review: By God's Decree by Kapil Dev with Vinay Verma|date=15 January 1986|work=India Today|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> which came out in 1985, ''Cricket My Style''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19860115-book-review-by-gods-decree-by-kapil-dev-with-vinay-verma-800488-1986-01-15|title=Book review: Kapil Dev's 'Cricket My Style'|date=31 December 1986|work=India Today|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> in 1987, and ''Straight from the Heart'' in 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/01/06/stories/2004010608011600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128013152/http://hinduonnet.com/2004/01/06/stories/2004010608011600.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=28 November 2007 | title=Kapil Dev's autobiography released | work=The Hindu | location=India | date=6 January 2004 | access-date=6 December 2006 }}</ref> His latest book titled ''We, The Sikhs'' was released in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/the-book-is-to-understand-the-sacrifices-of-the-sikh-community/story-X7pPSx4zP0BQwA9ldFg8BI.html|title=The book is to understand the sacrifices of the Sikh community|date=13 June 2019|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/books-it-talks-about-power-of-universalism-and-liberalism-kapil-dev-on-his-book-we-the-sikhs/332399|title='It Talks About Power of Universalism And Liberalism': Kapil Dev on His Book 'We The Sikhs'|date=17 June 2019|work=Outlook|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref>
 
==Business interests==
Dev invested in various business, including:
* 5% stake in Zicom Electronics (2005)<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/01/11/stories/2005011102101300.htm| title=Kapil Dev picks 5% in Zicom| publisher=[[The Hindu Business Line]]| date=11 January 2005| access-date=24 March 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930232022/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/01/11/stories/2005011102101300.htm| archive-date=30 September 2007| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Captain's Eleven'' (2006) restaurants in [[Chandigarh]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/061209/48/6a5wb.html | title=Kapil Dev charms everybody at his new restaurant |publisher=Yahoo| date=11 December 2006 | access-date=24 March 2007}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and [[Patna]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://patnaxpress.com/news/january/kapil-eleven-in-patna.html |title=Kapil Eleven in Patna |publisher=The Patna Xpress |date=4 January 2008 |access-date=24 April 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315221006/http://patnaxpress.com/news/january/kapil-eleven-in-patna.html |archive-date=15 March 2011 }}</ref>
* Kaptain's Retreat Hotel (1983; renovated and reopened in 2002)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/051023/139/60pb0.html |title='Kaptain's Retreat' is Kapil's hotel cum museum |publisher=Yahoo |date=23 October 2005 |access-date=24 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060102063540/http://in.news.yahoo.com/051023/139/60pb0.html |archive-date=2 January 2006 }}</ref> in [[Chandigarh]]
* Dev Musco Lighting Pvt Limited in partnership with [[Musco Lighting]] to install floodlights in sports venues in India.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kapil_barasat.html |title=KAPIL DEV: VISITING THE BARASAT STADIUM |publisher=Kolkatafootball.com |date=31 January 2007 |access-date=10 April 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302001924/http://www.kolkatafootball.com/kapil_barasat.html |archive-date= 2 March 2007 }}</ref> Floodlight projects include [[PCA Stadium]], [[GCA Stadium]], [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Barabati Stadium]], [[Sector 16 Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musco.com/reps/in/india.html | title=Musco Representatives in India| access-date=10 April 2007}}</ref>
* SAMCO Ventures,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-05-07/news/61902603_1_kapil-dev-broking-itl|title=Equities fever catches Kapil Dev; invests in SAMCO’s ITL|website=timesofindia-economictimes|access-date=2016-04-22}}</ref> holding company for SAMCO Securities in 2015.
 
==Records==
{{See also|List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev}}
 
===Captaincy record===
 
====Test matches====
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team;view=opposition|title=Team records – Test matches – Cricinfo Statsguru – ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|-
! Opposition !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! Draw
|-
| {{cr|AUS}} || 6 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5
|-
| {{cr|ENG}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{cr|PAK}} || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 7
|-
| {{cr|SRI}} || 6 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3
|-
| {{cr|WIN}} || 11 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 6
|-
| '''Total''' || '''34''' || '''4''' || '''7''' || '''1''' || '''22'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team|title=Team records – Test matches – Cricinfo Statsguru – ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
|}
 
====One Day Internationals====
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team;view=opposition|title=Team records – One-Day Internationals – Cricinfo Statsguru – ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|-
! Opposition !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! NR
|-
| {{cr|AUS}} || 19 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{cr|ENG}} || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|NZL}} || 8 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|PAK}} || 13 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|SRI}} || 13 || 10 || 2 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{cr|WIN}} || 12 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|ZIM}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| '''Total''' || '''74''' || '''39''' || '''33''' || '''0''' || '''2'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team|title=Team records – One-Day Internationals – Cricinfo Statsguru – ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
|}
 
===Test cricket===
* In early 1994, he became the [[List of Test cricket records#Most career wickets|highest Test wicket-taker in the world]], breaking the record held by Sir [[Richard Hadlee]]. Dev's record was broken by [[Courtney Walsh]] in 1999.
* Only player to have achieved the all-rounder's double of 4,000 Test runs and 400 Test wickets
* Most innings in a career (184) without being [[run out]]<ref name="Walmsley">{{cite book|last=Walmsley|first=Keith|title=Mosts Without in Test Cricket|year=2003|publisher=Keith Walmsley Publishing Pty Ltd|location=Reading, England |isbn=0947540067|pages=457}}.</ref>
* Youngest test cricketer to take 100 (21 years, 25 days), 200 (24 years, days) and 300 wickets(27 years, 2 days)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/638762.html|title=Ask Steven|work=Cricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
* Best bowling figures in an innings of a test match as captain (9/83) and in fact, he is the only captain to take a 9 wicket haul in a test innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283939.html|title=Best bowling in a test innings as captain|work=cricinfo}}</ref>
* Best bowling in a test innings in a losing cause(9/83)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283928.html|title=Best bowling in a test innings in a losing cause captain|work=cricinfo}}</ref>
 
===ODI cricket===
* Highest wicket-taker in ODI cricket (1978-1994) with a career tally of 253 wickets
* Peak rating (631) is the highest ever achieved (22 March 1985) after a World Series final against Pakistan in Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lgiccrankings.com/odi/all-rounder/rankings.php|title=LG ICC ODI All-rounder Rankings|publisher=[[LG]] [[International Cricket Council|ICC]]|access-date=13 February 2007}}</ref>
* Highest ODI score when batting at number 6 position or lower as well in World Cup history(175*)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284242.html|title=Highest ODI scores when batting at each positions|work=cricinfo}}</ref>
* Most number of balls in an ODI innings when batting at number six position in ODI history(138, tied with [[Neil McCallum (cricketer)|Neil McCallum]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax2=6;batting_positionmin2=6;batting_positionval2=batting_position;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=balls_faced;template=results;type=batting;view=match|title=Batting records {{!}} One-Day Internationals {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=2017-08-15}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
*''[[C.I.D. (India TV series)|C.I.D.]]'' (Season 1) Episode- Howzzat?  (Episode 289,290) as Himself
 
* ''[[Iqbal (film)|Iqbal]]'' (2005) as Himself
 
==Achievements==
 
===Awards===
* 1979–80 – [[Arjuna Award]]
* 1982 – [[Padma Shri]]
* 1983 – [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]]<ref name=WCoY>{{cite news | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154470.html | title=Kapil Dev-CRICKETER OF THE YEAR-1983| publisher=[[Wisden Almanack]]| access-date=24 March 2007}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015}}</ref>
* 2002 – [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] Indian Cricketer of the Century<ref name=WisdenICoC/>
* 2010 – [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]]<ref name=HallofFame/>
* 2013 – The 25 Greatest Global Living Legends in India by NDTV<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/ndtv-25-latest/if-you-don-t-dream-you-ll-never-reach-anywhere-kapil-dev-458761?curl=1388510122|title=If you don't dream, you'll never reach anywhere: Kapil Dev|author=Deepshikha Ghosh|date=14 December 2013|work=NDTV.com|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
* 2013 –  CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award(announced)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/kapil-dev-to-be-honoured-with-ck-nayudu-lifetime-award-1294539.html|title=Kapil Dev to be honoured with CK Nayudu Lifetime Award – Firstpost|date=19 December 2013|access-date=13 September 2016}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Honour
!Honouring body
|-
|2008
|'''[[Lieutenant Colonel]]'''
|[[Indian Territorial Army]]
|}
 
==In popular culture==
Dev made cameo appearances in the films ''[[Dillagi... Yeh Dillagi]]'', [[Iqbal (movie)|''Iqbal'']], ''[[Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii|Chain Khuli ki Main Khuli]]'' and ''[[Mujhse Shaadi Karogi]]'' among others.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 September 2005|title=Saluting the human spirit|publisher=[[The Hindu Business Line]]|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/09/16/stories/2005091600140300.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=24 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806034736/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/09/16/stories/2005091600140300.htm|archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref> He has also released a song "One India My India" with [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=In pictures: Kapil Dev and Shailendra Singh launch new song, One India My India|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/galleries/celebrity/2019/may/14/in-pictures-kapil-dev-and-shailendra-singh-launch-new-song-one-india-my-india-555.html|access-date=2020-08-07|website=www.indulgexpress.com}}</ref>
 
The 2016 Indian film ''[[Azhar (film)|Azhar]]'', directed by Tony D'Souza, revolves around [[South Africa cricket match fixing|Match fixing scandals in late 90s and 2000]]. In the film Dev's character was played by [[Varun Badola]].<ref>{{Cite web|title="I bet Ranveer can’t get Kapil Dev’s bowling action as perfectly as me": Varun Badola - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/i-bet-ranveer-cant-get-kapil-devs-bowling-action-as-perfectly-as-me-varun-badola/articleshow/73327943.cms|access-date=2021-03-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> Indian filmmaker [[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]] is directing a biopic film, titled [[83 (film)|''83'']], about India's first world cup win in 1983. The film features [[Ranveer Singh]] as Dev and is produced by [[Anurag Kashyap]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news18.com/news/movies/ranveer-singh-to-play-kapil-dev-in-kabir-khan-film-on-india-1983-world-cup-victory-1527253.html|title=Ranveer Singh to Play Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan's Next On 1983 World Cup|work=News18|access-date=2017-09-26}}</ref>


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