Indian
Captain and all-rounder Kapil Dev turned 63 today. Kapil Dev is one of the
legend cricketers of the country that make their country proud from their
contribution in the field. Kapil Dev was the captain of the Indian Cricket team and
won the World Cup in 1983 for the first time for the country. On his big day
let's celebrate his birthday by revisiting his journey of becoming an
inspiration for the youth:
Kapil
Dev was born on 6 January 1959 in Chandigarh.
Kapil
made his cricket debut from Haryana in November 1975 against Punjab. He made
his team win in his first match. In that season he took 121 wickets in 30
matches.
Kapil
Dev made his test cricket debut in Faisalabad, Pakistan on 16 October 1978.
Dev
became the Captain of team India in 1883. Dev's
contribution in the match gave confidence to the Indian team to face West
Indies. Dev Captained the Indian Cricket team that won the First World Cup for
the country in 1983.
After the
1983 World Cup Victory, Kapil became the First Indian captain to become win the
Cricket World Cup. He is the youngest captain who did this so far. He was
only 24 years old when he did this.
Kapil Dev
also holds the world record of the highest number of wickets taken in Test matches.
He is the first player to take 200 ODI wickets.
Kapil is
the only player in Cricket history who has taken more than 400 wickets and
scored 5000+ runs in Test matches. Kapil played 131 Test matches in his career.
Kapil
Dev also holds the record of the fastest half-century by any Indian batsman in
Tests.
Kapil Dev
played 356 International matches, scoring 9,031 International runs and 687
wickets.