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Kapil Dev: Former Indian cricket team captain Kapil Dev turned 66 on January 6. In the world of cricket, Kapil Dev is counted among the world’s greatest all-rounders. India won the 1983 World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil. Kapil made many records during his international career. There are some records which are difficult to break even today. Till now no cricketer has been able to break his record. So let us know about these unique records of Kapil Deva….
1. The record of best bowling in a Test innings as a captain is in the name of Kapil Dev. Kapil Dev took 9 wickets for 83 runs in the second innings against West Indies in Ahmedabad in November 1983. This record of Kapil still remains intact.
2. Kapil Dev is the highest wicket taker for India in Test cricket. Kapil Dev has 434 wickets in his name.
3. Kapil Dev is the bowler who has taken the most Test wickets in a year for India. Kapil Dev took a total of 75 Test wickets in 1983.
4. Kapil Dev is the only Indian player who has taken more than 250 runs and more than 30 wickets in a Test series. Kapil took 32 wickets and scored 278 runs in the Test series during the 1979–80 tour of Pakistan.
5. He is the only Indian player to score more than 5000 runs in Tests. And during this period he also took more than 400 wickets.
Has Kapil Dev not bowled a single no-ball in his career?
Many people believe that Kapil Dev has not bowled a single no ball in his international career. Let us tell you here that this claim is wrong. In the third match of the Singer World Series played in 1994, Kapil Dev bowled a no-ball against Australia. 2 no balls were bowled in that match. Apart from Kapil, India’s Manoj Prabhakar also bowled a no ball. Apart from this, Kapil Dev played his first test match in 1978 against Pakistan in Faisalabad. The first over of that test match was bowled by Kapil Dev. Where Kapil Dev bowled a no ball in his very first over. Both these examples prove that Kapil Dev had bowled no-balls in his international career.
Kapil Dev’s cricket career
Kapil Dev played 131 matches in his 16-year Test career. In which he scored 5248 runs at an average of 31.05 and took 434 wickets and scored 8 centuries and 27 half-centuries. He also took 5 wickets in 23 innings and 10 wickets in a match twice. Kapil Dev played a total of 225 ODI matches for India. In which he scored a total of 3783 runs at a strike rate of 95.07 and an average of 23.79. Kapil Dev has one century and 14 half-centuries to his name in ODI cricket. In which he also took 253 wickets at an average of 27.45.
