Kapil Dev is the one of great cricket player. Do you know him?
By KrishnaVeera
@KrishnaVeera (4133)
India
March 24, 2007 11:44am CST
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.
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@perugu (5279)
• India
24 Mar 07
HI,Friend,yes ..i feel still he is the only player who played for country.Not like others for their self records and also he came from no background.When we were in college that world cup was conducted and i still remember the 171 runs made by kapil in semi finals.
@KrishnaVeera (4133)
• India
24 Mar 07
Wow dear perugu you have a great memory, accually y day srilanka and india match i lost 4000 rupes. really bad position of our indian team. what is your age at the time of wrold cup 183?
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@KrishnaVeera (4133)
• India
24 Mar 07
wow thats so nice to hear your at the age of 20 mean you know very well of our worlcup. so cute and your on eof happy person am just 2 years old at the time.
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
30 Nov 12
I familiar with the Kapil Dev. He is the most senior cricket player and made record also. Now he do the work as commentator on match. Nice person in real life.
@parmanu (784)
• India
4 Apr 07
Kapil Dev was a great batsman and a great bowler.
Kapil Dev was born on 6 January 1959. Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He was all-rounders. His achievements were captaining India to their first and only World Cup title in 1983. He took many wickets between 1994 and 1999. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the year 1991.
Kapil Dev was a right-arm pace bowler and great outswinger. He also developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s.
@parmanu (784)
• India
4 Apr 07
Kapil Dev is a great batsman and great bowler.
Kapil Dev was born on 6 January 1959. Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He was also a all-rounders. His famous achievements were captaining India to their first and only World Cup title in 1983. He had the record for the most Test match wickets, between 1994 and 1999. He was presented the Padma Bhushan in the year 1991.
Kapil Dev was a right-arm pace bowler and great outswinger.
@cdparazo (5765)
• Philippines
25 Mar 07
I am sorry my friend that I don't know anything about cricket or it's players. I know that cricket is the most popular game in India and that even stores closed whenever there are important cricket games just to watch said game. I also came to know that it is a national pride of Indians. All I could say in this matter is happy cricket playing!
@romel_ece (1290)
• Philippines
26 Mar 07
This is the first time I heard over his name.Maybe because I am not a fan of cricket.Sometimes I watch over in the ESPN this sports but even a single player I'm not familiar with.Still I enjoy watching this game.But I enjoyed most watching NBA Basketball.
@parmanu (784)
• India
2 Apr 07
Kapil Dev is all rounder. He won the World Cup in 1983. He took 453 wickets and highest run is 173 against Zimbawbe.
Kapil Dev Nikhanj landed on the international cricket scene with a bang in 1978. He is the great Indian pace bowler of the era, when, our country needed wicket-takers.
Kapil Dev was born in 1959 in Haryana. He belonged to a timber merchant family. At the age of 14, by chance his name was included in cricket team as a substitute. That was first step in his cricket carrier and he climbed further till he reached on the top. Seeing his appetite to win, Sir Richard Hadlee of New Zealand sent a message to Kapil. It is magnificent achievement, attributable to your own talents and skills, your determination to strive for excellence has been rewarded.
Kapil Dev is one of the seven bowlers of the world, who has taken 300 wickets in test cricket. He has two great achievements of his life. First to make India World Champion in one day cricket match and second to defeat England by 2-0 in, Test series in England only. He remained captain of Indian Cricket team for his remarkable game. He has been the most popular all rounder of Indian Cricket, claiming 100 wickets in shortest possible time.
He has written his autobiography, titled .By God's Decree. He was a coach of Indian Cricket team for some time after retiring from professional Cricket.
