Kapil Dev

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Kapil Dev is a legendary Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of the sport and the captain who led India to its first Cricket World Cup title in 1983.

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instanceOf cricketer
human
awardReceived Padma Bhushan
Padma Shri
Wisden Cricketer of the Year NERFINISHED
battingPosition lower middle-order
battingStyle right-handed batsman
bowlingStyle right-arm fast-medium
captained India national cricket team NERFINISHED
child Amiya Dev NERFINISHED
coached India national cricket team NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1959-01-06
debutFormat One Day International cricket NERFINISHED
Test cricket
domesticTeam Haryana NERFINISHED
familyName Nikhanj NERFINISHED
fullName Kapil Dev Nikhanj NERFINISHED
givenName Kapil NERFINISHED
honor ICC Cricket Hall of Fame inductee
knownFor aggressive batting
captaining India to 1983 World Cup win
fast bowling
languageSpoken English
Hindi
ledToTitle 1983 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED
nationality Indian
occupation businessman
cricket coach
cricket commentator
odiDebutYear 1978
odiMatchesPlayed 225
odiRunsScored 3783
odiWicketsTaken 253
placeOfBirth Chandigarh, India NERFINISHED
playedFor India national cricket team NERFINISHED
North Zone cricket team NERFINISHED
recordHeld most Test wickets at time of retirement
religion Hinduism
role all-rounder
sport cricket
spouse Romi Bhatia NERFINISHED
surpassedBy Courtney Walsh NERFINISHED
team Haryana cricket team NERFINISHED
testDebutYear 1978
testMatchesPlayed 131
testRunsScored 5248
testWicketsTaken 434
worldCupWonAsCaptain 1983 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED

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