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ABOUT Only one man in the entire history of Test cricket has reached the exemplary hei ghts

of 4000 runs and 400 wickets, the Quadruple Double , and sits alone atop the a ll-rounder s Mount Everest. That one man is none other than Kapil Dev, India s most prolific all-rounder Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapi l Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played cricket. Kapil Dev was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer o f the Century in 2002 for captaining India to their maiden and only Cricket Worl d Cup in 1983 and holding the record for the most Test match wickets between 199 4 and 1999. Kapil Dev also was India s national cricket coach for 10 months betwee n October 1999 and August 2000. Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outsw inger, and was India s main strike bowler throughout most of his career. He also d eveloped a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s which he used very effectivel y against tail-enders. As a batsman he was a natural striker of the ball who cou ld hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped In dia in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. His nickname was The Haryana Hurricane he used to represent the Haryana cricket team. How valuable was Kapil as an all-rounder to the Indian cricket team? Well, he graced the Indian cricket both as a high-class batsman and a genuine st rike bowler. In the entire history of Test cricket only one all-rounder has foun d a place in both the lists of all-time top 10 wicket takers and top 10 run scor ers for his country, and that s Kapil Dev. His contribution to Indian cricket is so immense that it was but natural that Wi sden would pick him as the Indian cricketer of the century. He was indeed India s one-man army in the truest sense in his heydays. But statistics can never do justice to the charisma, the panache, and the sheer brilliance of Kapil Dev. He was not a creature of statistics, though he holds ma ny Indian and World records. What really made Kapil Dev unique was his uncomplic ated approach to the game whether batting, bowling, fielding or captaining. The secret was that he blended this approach with immense determination, pride and c ourage. This combination endeared him to the cricket-mad Indian crowds and made him the first true superstar of Indian cricket.

BATING At his best, Kapil was one of the world s most destructive batsmen. During the Test match series against Pakistan in 1982-83, he demolished Abdul Qa dir s leg spin, which the English and Australian batsmen had great difficulty in r eading earlier in the same year. He was also fearless in attacking the world s best fast-bowlers. During a World Cu p match against the West Indies in 1983, he drove Michael Holding straight over his head for a six, a shot that would have been considered unimaginable by most against a bowler of Holding s pace. In a match on route to the World Cup final of 1983, Kapil smashed a captain s knoc k of 175 not out against Zimbabwe helping India recover from an extremely poor s tart. India had collapsed to 9/4 when Kapil came in to bat, and were reduced fur ther to 17/5. His 175 not out turned the game completely in India s favour and was at the time the highest-ever individual score in ODI cricket. It was also the f irst ODI century by an Indian. Surprisingly, it was also Kapil s only ODI hundred. Another memorable incident relates to a Test match against England in 1990. When India needed 24 runs to save the follow-on with only one wicket remaining, Kapi l met that target by hitting four consecutive sixes off Eddie Hemmings. This pro ved to be the right decision, as in the next over itself, the number 11 batsman Narendra Hirwani was dismissed with no further addition to the score. A further example of his competitive spirit was during a match against West Indi

es at Sharjah in November 1986, when he tried to cajole Viv Richards into bowlin g the last over of the match with India needing 36 runs to win. Unsurprisingly, Richards did not give in to his request. Kapil s batting talent and competitive spirit were evident until as late as 1992, when during a Test match against South Africa, he counter-attacked Allan Donald and the rest of the South African pace attack on his way to his final Test centu ry, an outstanding 129 out of a total of 215. The next highest score was only 17 and none of the top six batsmen got into double figures.

BOWLING By the end of 1983, Kapil 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 ev er. However, following knee surgery in 1984, his bowling declined as he lost some of his majestic jump at the crease. He continued to be effective, if not devastating, for another ten years and beca me the second bowler ever to take 400 wickets in Test cricket in 1991-92 when he took Mark Taylor s wicket in a home series versus Australia.

AWARDS Kapil Dev was the greatest pace bowler India has produced, and their greatest fa st-bowling allrounder. If he had played at any other time not when Imran Khan, I an Botham and Richard Hadlee were contemporaries he would surely have been recog nised 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 Ind ia almost jauntily, and by his allround example, to the 1983 World Cup, and to t ake the world-record aggregate of Test wickets from Hadlee. It was the stamina o f the marathon runner that took him finally to 431 wickets and only a yard beyon d. 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 st ill 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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Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj[1] (Hindi: ???? ???) ( pronunciation (help info)) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh Punjab, India), better known as Kapil Dev, is a forme r Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cric ket World Cup. Named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002,[2 ] Kapil Dev was also India's national cricket coach for 10 months between Octobe r 1999 and August 2000. Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outsw inger, and was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. He also develo ped a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s, which he used very effectively ag ainst tail-enders. 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 H aryana Hurricane, he represented the Haryana cricket team in domestic cricket.[3 ] He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets ta ken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also India's highest wicket taker in both major forms of cricke t, Tests and ODIs). He is the only player in the history of cricket to have take n more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in Tests, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game. On 8 March 2010, Kapil De v was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame[4]

Domestic career Kapil Dev made an impressive debut for Haryana in November 1975 against Punjab w ith a 6 wicket haul, restricting Punjab to just 63 runs and helping Haryana to v ictory. Kapil finished the season with 12 wickets in 3 matches. In the 1976 77 season opener against Jammu & Kashmir, he had a match haul of 8/36 to win the match for his team. While his contributions for the rest of the seaso n was ordinary, Haryana qualified for the pre quarterfinals. Kapil Dev achieved his then best innings haul of 7/20 in just 9 overs in the second innings to skit tle Bengal for 58 runs in under 19 overs. Although Haryana lost to Bombay in the quarter finals, his form made the nation sit up and take notice. Kapil began his 1977 78 season claiming 8/38 in the first innings against Services . With 3 wickets in the second innings, he took his maiden 10-wicket haul in fir st-class cricket, a feat he would later achieve twice in Test cricket. With 23 w ickets in 4 matches, he was selected for the Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Wil ls Trophy matches. For the 1978 79 season, Haryana had a repeat encounter with Bengal in the pre-quar terfinal match after a lackluster bowling season from Kapil Dev (12 wickets from 4 matches), riding on the performance of the season's leading wicket-taker Raji nder Kaul. Kapil Dev however scored 2 half-centuries in the group stage matches. In the pre-quarterfinal match, he rose to the occasion by taking a 5-wicket hau l in the first innings. Poor batting by Haryana in the second innings meant Beng al could avenge their loss from 2 seasons back by scoring the required 161 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets. Kapil Dev stood out in the Irani Trophy match sc oring 62 runs coming in at number 8. He also took 5 catches in the game where Ka rnataka was defeated by the Rest of India XI. Kapil Dev arrived in the national spotlight with a trademark standout performance in the finals of the Duleep Trop hy taking a first innings haul of 7/65 in 24 overs. Kapil was included in the No rth Zone squad for Deodhar Trophy and Wills Trophy for the first time. He played his first Test match in the season against Pakistan In the 1979 80 season, Kapil showed his batting talent with a maiden century again st Delhi when he scored his career best 193. In the pre-quarterfinal match, wher e he captained Haryana for the first time against Uttar Pradesh, he took a five

wicket haul in the second innings to advance to quarter finals where they lost t o Karnataka. With Kapil cementing his place in the Indian national squad, his ap pearances in domestic matches dwindled.

Haryana:- 1990 91 Ranji champions In the 1990 91 Ranji season, Haryana rode into the semi-finals on the back of the bowling performance of Chetan Sharma and the batting performance of Amarjit Kayp ee. Kapil took centre stage in the semi-final against Bengal, where he led his t eam 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 were part of the match with Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Ajay Jadej a and 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) a nd Chetan Sharma (98) helped Haryana to a score of 522 while Yogendra Bhandari ( 5 wickets) and Kapil Dev (3 wickets) restricted Bombay to 410 runs in the first innings. A crucial 41 from Kapil and top scorer Banerjee (60) took Haryana to 24 2 runs, setting Bombay a target of 355 runs. After the initial wickets, Vengsark ar (139) and Tendulkar (96) fought back for the Bombay team. After Tendulkar's d ismissal, Haryana took the final 6 wickets for 102 runs and Vengsarkar and Bomba y were stranded 3 runs short of the target. Kapil won his maiden and only Ranji Trophy championship.[5

Captain: 1983 World Cup Champions (1982 1984) Kapil Dev debuted as India's captain in the 1982 83 season against Sri Lanka (befo re the Pakistan tour) when Gavaskar was rested. His first assignment as regular captain was the tour of West Indies, where the biggest accomplishment was a lone ODI victory. Kapil (72) and Gavaskar (90) led India to a huge score 282/5 in 47 overs and Kapil's 2 wickets aided India to restrict West Indies for 255 and a v ictory[21] that Indian cricketers claim gave them the confidence to face the Wes t Indies team in 1983 Cricket World Cup.[22] Overall, Kapil Dev had a good serie s in West Indies as he scored a century to save the second test match[23] as wel l as picking up 17 wickets (Average: 24.94)

1983 World Cup Performance Kapil entered the World Cup with an ordinary individual record 32 Matches, 608 R uns (Average: 21), 34 wickets. India's solitary victory in the previous two Worl d Cups was against East Africa in 1975. Riding on Yashpal Sharma (89 Runs), Roge r Binny and Ravi Shastri (3 wickets each), India inflicted the West Indies' firs t-ever defeat in the World Cup.[24] Following a victory against Zimbabwe, India lost the next two matches Australia (despite Kapil Dev's best career figures of 5/43)[25] and West Indies. India now needed victories against Australia and Zimb abwe to advance to semi-finals. India faced Zimbabwe at Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells on 18 June 1983 und er overcast conditions. India won the toss and elected to bat. Disaster struck a s the top order started a procession back to the dressing room as Gavaskar (0), Kris Srikkanth (0), Mohinder Amarnath (5) and Sandeep Patil (1) leaving India at a precarious 9/4 that turned to 17/5 when Yashpal Sharma (9) was dismissed. Bat ting with the lower order batsmen, Kapil Dev stabilised the side with a 60-run p artnership with Roger Binny (22 runs) and a 62-run partnership with Madan Lal. W hen Syed Kirmani walked in at 140/8, Kapil Dev had scored his half-century and w ent on to score his century off 100 balls. Together with Kirmani (22 runs), Kapi l put on an unbeaten 126 runs for the 9th wicket a world record that stood unbro ken for 27 years (10000 days),[26] and finished not out with 175 runs off 138 ba lls, an innings that included 16 boundaries and 6 sixes. The innings figures in the Top 10 ODI Batting Performances compiled by Wisden in February 2002[27] at N o. 4. India won the match by 31 runs.[28] After a win against Australia, India e ntered the semi-finals. In the semi-finals India faced the English cricket team. Kapil helped curtail th e lower-order after England lost regular wickets to Roger Binny and Mohinder Ama rnath. He took 3 wickets as India limited England to 213 and the middle order of Mohinder Amarnath (46 runs), Yashpal Sharma (61), Sandeep Patil (51*) ensured v ictory[29] and entry into the finals to take on the mighty West Indies cricket t eam who were looking for a hat-trick of World Cup titles. West Indies restricted India for 183 runs, with only Kris Srikkanth (38 runs) providing some scoring r elief. Despite losing Gordon Greenidge, West Indies steadied their innings to 57 /2 on the back of quick scoring by Viv Richards and looked comfortable. Richards played one too many aggressive shots when he skied a pull shot from Madan Lal t hat Kapil caught at deep square leg after running for over 20 yards. The catch i s attributed as the turning point in the 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 Kapil picking up the wicket of Andy Roberts.[30] Ka pil Dev had upset Clive Lloyd's West Indies to win Indias's maiden World Cup[31] and he led from the front with 303 runs (Average: 60.6), 12 wickets (Average: 2 0.41) and 7 catches in 8 matches a truly all-round performance. Bowling style By the end of 1983, Kapil 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 ev er. However, his bowling declined following knee surgery in 1984, as he lost som e of his majestic jump at the crease. Despite this setback, he never missed play ing a single test or one-day game on fitness grounds (save for his disciplinary ouster in the 3rd test at Calcutta during the 1984/85 series against England). H e continued to be effective, if not devastating, for another ten years and becam e the second bowler ever to take 400 wickets in Test cricket in 1991 92 when he to ok Mark Taylor's wicket in a series versus Australia in Australia. In that Austr alian tour he took 25 wickets.

India's National Cricket Coach Main article: Kapil Dev as Indian National Cricket Coach Kapil was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team in 1999, succeedin g Anshuman Gaekwad.[38] In his term, India won just one test match (at home agai nst New Zealand) and had two major series losses in Australia (3 0) and at home ag ainst South Africa (2 0) and in general considered a disappointment.[39] At the he ight of the match fixing allegation by Manoj Prabhakar[40] a charge that was dis missed later,[41] Kapil resigned from his position as national coach. Stung by t he betting controversy, he announced his farewell stating that "I bid adieu to t he game that gave me so much and then took a great deal of it away on the mere h earsay of a third party".[42] After a brief interval, he was succeeded as coach by former New Zealand batsman John Wright, who became India's first foreign coac h.

Return to Cricket After a period of silence away from the public eye, Kapil returned to cricket wh en Wisden announced him as one of the sixteen finalists for the Wisden Indian Cr icketer of the Century award in July 2002. Kapil pipped long time team-mate Gava skar and crowd favourite Tendulkar to win the award and claimed the moment as "m y finest hour".[2] Kapil slowly returned to cricket as a bowling consultant[43] and was the bowling coach in the preparatory camp prior to India's tour of Pakistan in March 2004.[ 44] In October 2006, Kapil Dev was nominated as the chairman of National Cricket Academy for a 2 year period.[45] In 2005, he acted in a brief role in the Cult Movie Iqbal written by Vipul K Raw al where he played himself. Initially the director was not keen on approaching h im, however the writer Vipul K Rawal put his foot down as the role was written e specially keeping him in mind. In May 2007, Kapil joined the upstart Indian Cricket League (ICL) floated by Zee TV (which the IPL copied) as the chairman of executive board, defending his dec ision as complimenting BCCI's structure rather than opposing it "We are not look ing to create a rival team but helping the Indian board to find more talent".[46 ] In June 2007, BCCI responded by revoking the pension for all players who have joined ICL, including Kapil.[47] on 21 August 2007, Kapil was removed from the c hairmanship of the National Cricket Academy, a day after he addressed a formal p ress conference of the new Indian Cricket League

Charity Work Kapil Dev along with other philanthropists started an NGO named KHUSHII(Kinship for Humanitarian Social and Holistic Intervention) in 2005 and heads it as Chair man at present. KHUSHII runs three schools for the less privileged in Delhi and provides education, mid-day meals and clothing to them. In the past, KHUSHII has

worked in Neemrana district covering 97 villages and running programmes like fa mily planning, health camps etc.and also started the first Telemedicine hospital there. Khushii has widened its intervention activities. Working towards its vis ion of transforming lives globally, Khushii has launched- World Action Forum an um brella charitable body which supports competent NGOs to further mutually benefic ial outreach programs under controlled quality management and complete transpare ncy. It would be a body that collectively works towards global rehabilitation. A ll the organisations joining WAF will be able to learn and jointly raise funds c reating a body rich in expertise and finance to enable and sustain our endeavor towards welfare of the less privileged round the globe.Kapil Dev is actively inv olved in supporting the needy through his NGO KHUSHII with its office in New Del hi.

Joining Territorial Army On 24 September 2008 Kapil Dev joined the Indian Territorial Army and was commis sioned as a Lieutenant Colonel by General Deepak Kapoor, Chief of the Army Staff . He joined as an honorary officer.[48][49]

Business Interests In 2005, Kapil picked up 5% stake in Zicom Electronics[54] Kapil owns the Kapil's Eleven (2006) restaurants in Chandigarh[55] and Patna.[56 ] He also owns the Kaptain's Retreat Hotel (1983; renovated and reopened in 2002 )[57] in Chandigarh. Kapil established a company Dev Musco Lighting Pvt Limited in partnership with M usco Lighting to install floodlights in major stadiums and sports venues in Indi a.[58] Floodlight projects include PCA Stadium, GCA Stadium, Brabourne Stadium, Barabati Stadium, Sector 16 Stadium.[59] Kapil has made cameo appearances in the films Iqbal, Chain Khuli ki Main Khuli a nd Mujhse Shadi Karogi[60]

Test cricket Kapil Dev's career performance graph. In early 1994, he became the highest Test wicket-taker in the world, breaking th e record held by Sir Richard Hadlee. Kapil's record was broken by Courtney Walsh in 1999. Kapil is the only player to have achieved the all-rounder's double of 4,000 Test runs and 400 Test wickets.

Awards 1979 80 Arjuna Award 1982 Padma Shri 1983 Wisden Cricketer of the Year[74] 1991 Padma Bhushan 2002 Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century[2]

2010

ICC Cricket Hall of Fame[4]

Test Match Awards Man of Series Awards # Series Season Series Performance 1 England in India 1981 82 318 Runs (6 Matches, 8 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 243.1 40 835 22 (2x5WI); 3 Catch es 2 India in England 1982 292 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 3x50); 133 21 439 10 (1x5WI) 3 West Indies in India 1983 84 184 Runs (6 Matches, 11 Innings); 203. 43 537 29 (2x5WI, 1x10WM); 4 Catches 4 India in Australia 1985 86 135 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 1x50); 118 31 276 12 (1x5WI); 5 Catches Man of the Match Awards S No Opponent Venue Season Match Performance 1 England Wankhede, Mumbai 1981 82 1st Innings: 38 (8x4); 22 10 29 1 2nd Innings: 46 (5x4); 13.2 0 70 5 2 England Lord's, London 1982 83 1st Innings: 41 (4x4); 43 8 125 5 2nd Innings: 89 (13x4, 3x6); 10 1 43 3 3 Pakistan Gadafi, Lahore 1982 83 1st Innings: 30.5 7 85 8 4 Australia Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 1985 86 1st Innings: 38 (8x4); 38 6 106 8 2nd Innings: 3 1 3 0 5 England Lord's, London 1986 1st Innings: 1 Run; 31 8 67 1; 1 Catch 2nd Innings: 23*(4x4, 1x6); 22 7 52 5 6* Australia Chepauk, Chennai 1986 87 1st Innings: 119 (21x4);18 5 52 0; 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 1 Run; 1 0 5 0 7 Sri Lanka Barabati, Cuttack 1986 87 1st Innings: 60 Runs; 26 3 69 4; 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 16 4 36 1 8 Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi 1989/90 1st Innings: 55 (8x4); 24 5 69 4 2nd Innings: 36 15 82 3 * Joint MoM Award with Dean Jones in the tied Test Match [edit] ODI Match Awards Man of the Series Awards # Series (Opponents) Season Series Performance

Texaco Trophy (India in England ODI Series) 1982 2 Innings, 1x50); 20 3 60 0 2[75] Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, New Zealand) 1985 86 202 Runs (9 Innings); 20/391; 7 Catches Man of the Match Awards S No Opponent Venue Season Match Performance 1 New Zealand Woolloongabba, Brisbane 1980 81 75 (51b, 9x4, 3x6); 10 0 37 1; 1 Catch 2 West Indies Albion Sports Complex, Berbice, Guyana 1982 83 72 (38b, 7x4, 3x6); 10 0 33 2; 2 Catches 3 Zimbabwe Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells 1983 175* (138b, 16x4, 6x6); 11 1 32 1; 2 Catches 4 England VCA Ground, Nagpur 1984 85 54 (41b, 3x4, 4x6); 10 1 42 1 5 New Zealand Woolloongabba, Brisbane 1985 86 54* (53b, 5x4); 10 1 28 1 6 England Sharjah 1986 87 64 (54b, 5x4, 1x6); 8 1 30 1 7 New Zealand Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 1987 88 72* (58b, 4x4, 1x6); 10 1 54 0 8 Zimbabwe Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad 1987 88 41* (25b, 2x4, 3x6), 10 2 44 2 9 West Indies Sharjah 1989 90 41 (50b, 2x4, 1x6); 7.4 1 19 2 10 New Zealand Basin Reserve, Wellington 1989 90 46 (38b, 4x4, 1x6); 9.5 1 45 2 11 South Africa Kingsmead, Durban 1992 93 30 (37b, 5x4); 10 4 23 3

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