Former Indian team cricketer Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev Birthday: Cinema, politics and cricket are very famous in India. There is a different enthusiasm among Indians regarding cricket. Cricket is considered a religion in India. But there was a time also. When cricket was not at its peak and hockey had dominated the hearts and minds of Indian fans, but then in 1978, Kapil Dev arrived in international cricket and he completely changed the face of Indian cricket. It was under his captaincy that the Indian team created history by winning the title of ODI World Cup 1983. He laid the foundation of cricket on which later players like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Mahendra Singh Dhoni built the palace of cricket. Today in our report we will know about one of India’s greatest captains, Kapil Dev.
Was counted among the best all-rounders
Kapil Dev was born on 6 January 1959 in Chandigarh. Today he is celebrating his 67th birthday. Kapil was famous for his killer bowling and explosive batting. He is counted among the best all-rounders in the world, who, when in rhythm, was adept at defeating the best opposition teams in the world. He had accuracy in bowling and the ability to swing the ball. Apart from bowling, he had no equal in batting also.
Made debut for Indian team in 1978
Kapil Dev made his ODI debut for the Indian team in the year 1978 and in the same year he made his Test debut for the Indian team. After this, he soon made a permanent place in Team India with his strong performance. He took 434 wickets in 131 Test matches and 253 wickets in 225 ODIs for Team India. When he played his last match in Test cricket in 1994. Then he was the bowler who took the highest number of Test wickets for the Indian team.
West Indies were defeated in the final
In the final of the ODI World Cup 1983, the Indian team had defeated the then strong West Indies. Because under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd, the West Indies team had been winning the World Cup for the last two times and defeating them was like chewing iron. But under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, Team India surprised the whole world by defeating West Indies by 43 runs.
In the ODI World Cup 1983, Kapil Dev played a brilliant inning of 175 runs against Zimbabwe. During this period he hit 16 fours and 6 sixes. His innings is still considered one of the best innings of ODI cricket. The special thing is that no video of this innings is available today. He was the highest run scorer for the Indian team in the ODI World Cup 1983. Then he had scored 303 runs. He had taken 12 wickets from bowling.
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