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Kapil Dev

India · 1978–1994

Captained India's 1983 World Cup win against every expectation.

434
Test wickets: 5,248
Test runs: 131
Tests played: 1
World Cups won

Career

Kapil Dev was India's first genuinely fast bowler of world class and a ferocious lower-order hitter. His unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe, made from 17 for 5, rescued the 1983 campaign that ended with India beating West Indies at Lord's and transforming the sport's economics.

Honours

World Cup–winning captain, 1983
First player to take 400 wickets and score 5,000 runs in Tests
Unbeaten 175 against Zimbabwe from 17 for 5
Indian Cricketer of the Century, 2002

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