When was kapil dev born

Later, he picked up well in the series against Australia. He gave his career-best performance in the home series against Pakistan in He eventually became the Youngest Player to achieve an all-around double of Runs and Wickets in Tests.

In the home series against England, he gave an incredible performance and was named Man of the Series. Further, when India visited England, he continued to contribute to the team and won the Man of the Series honour again.

In the World Cup Campaign, his pivotal performance against Zimbabwe will be ever remembered. He scored an unbeaten with a record 9th wicket partnership with Kirmani that stood for about 27 years. His catch of Viv Richards by running over 20 yards backward at the deep square leg in the World Cup final is seen as one of the finest catches in ODI Cricket and was the turning point in the match.

He retired from international cricket in the year , and during that time he held the record for the highest number of wickets taken in Test Cricket. Kapil Dev standing extreme left with his brothers. He married Romi Bhatia , an entrepreneur, in and the couple has a daughter, Amiya Dev born in He made his domestic cricket debut for Haryana against Punjab. In his debut match, he took 6 wickets and restricted Punjab to just 63 runs.

During domestic season, he took his first wicket haul. Although his performance was unimpressive, he startled the Pakistani batsman with his pace and bouncers. In the third Test Match of the same tour, he scored the fastest Test half-century off just 33 balls. When Pakistan toured India in , he became famous with his performance. He helped India win two test matches; scoring 69 runs in Wankhede Mumbai and in the fifth test match, he took his first wicket haul.

During the series, Dev became the youngest cricketer having taken test wickets and runs in 25 matches. When India toured Australia in , Dev was injured due to the groin injury before the third test match.

India won that match and drew series at Before the World Cup , India toured England where Dev performed extremely well; scoring a century runs and a five-wicket haul in a losing cause. He finished 3 match series with runs and a wicket haul and won the Man of the series award. However, during the whole tour, India could secure only one victory in ODI. Personal Information. Man of the Match. Career Information. Ramlal Nikhanj Kapil Dev News. Ramlal Nikhanj Kapil Dev Photos.

Legends relive World Cup memories! Sunny, Sidhu and Dada have fun at The Oval! In a series, at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, he scored his maiden Test century in balls against West Indies and took 17 wickets at 33 runs.

In another series, he took 5-wicket against England, but England won the match. He finished the series with 16 wickets scoring 45 runs.

He made his ODI cricket debut in Pakistan tour. His performance didn't improve and team India's performance was not impressive at Cricket World Cup. In the home series, Dev took 5 wickets against Australia. In the series, he took 28 wickets and scored runs, including a half-century.

This series established him as India's premier fast bowler. He set a record while playing the series to become the youngest Test player to achieve the all-round double of Wickets and Runs and in 25 matches.

In , during Australia tour, despite injuries, Dev played on the final day and India won the match. After a gloomy New Zealand tour, Dev played home series against England and India won the first test with his 5 wickets haul at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay and won Man of the Series. In , at Lord's, in a series against England, he bagged Man of the Series despite the fact that India lost the match.

He scored runs and took 10 wickets. During his West Indies tour, Gavaskar 90 and Dev 72 led India to set a huge score of against 2 wickets in just 47 overs. Indian won the match against West Indies. This led to West Indies first ever defeat in World Cup. India won against Zimbabwe and lost the next two matches to Australia and West Indies.