Kapil Dev Biodata

Awards

1979–80 – Arjuna Award

1982 – Padma Shri

1983 – Wisden Cricketer of the Year

1991 – Padma Bhushan

2002 – Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century

2010 – ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Test Match Awards

Man of Series Awards

England in India 1981–82

India in England 1982

West Indies in India 1983–84

India in Australia 1985–86

Man of the Match Awards

Opposite England at Wankhede, Mumbai in 1981–82

Opposite England at Lord's, London in 1982–83

Opposite Pakistan at Gadafi, Lahore in 1982–83

Opposite Australia at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide in 1985–86

opposite England at Lord's, London in 1986

Opposite Australia at Chepauk, Chennai in 1986–87

Opposite Sri Lanka at Barabati, Cuttack in 1986–87

Opposite Pakistan at National Stadium, Karachi in 1989/90

ODI Match Awards

Man of the Series Awards

Texaco Trophy (India in England ODI Series) in 1982

Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, New Zealand) in 1985–86

Man of the Match Awards

Opposite New Zealand at Woolloongabba, Brisbane in 1980–81

Opposite West Indies at Albion Sports Complex, Berbice, Guyana in 1982–83

Opposite Zimbabwe at Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells in 1983

Opposite England at VCA Ground, Nagpurin 1984–85

Opposite New Zealand at Woolloongabba, Brisbane in 1985–86

Opposite England at Sharjah in 1986–87

Opposite New Zealand at Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in 1987–88

Opposite Zimbabwe at Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad in 1987–88

Opposite West Indies at Sharjah in 1989–90

Opposite New Zealand at Basin Reserve, Wellington in 1989–90

Opposite South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban in 1992–93

Early career

Kapil Dev made debut for Haryana in November 1975 against Punjab with a 6 wicket haul, restricting Punjab to just 63 runs and helping Haryana to victory. Kapil finished the season with 12 wickets in 3 matches. In the year 1979–80 season, Kapil showed his batting talent with a maiden century against Delhi when he scored his career best 193. In the pre-quarterfinal match, where he captained Haryana for the first time against Uttar Pradesh, he took a five wicket haul in the second innings to advance to quarter finals where they lost to Karnataka.

In 1991 he will be remembered for the number of international cricketers who were part of the match with Kapil Dev, 'Chetan Sharma', 'Ajay Jadeja' and 'Vijay Yadav' turning up for Haryana and Mumbai cricket team represented by 'Sanjay Manjrekar', 'Vinod Kambli', 'Sachin Tendulkar', 'Dilip Vengsarkar', 'Chandrakant Pandit', 'Salil Ankola' and 'Abey Kuruvilla'. Kapil made his Test cricket debut in Faisalabad, Pakistan on 16 October 1978. Although his match figures were unimpressive, the numbers did not convey any measure of Kapil's contribution in the match. With his speed and bounce, he brought glee to the Indian players as the Pakistani batsmen were startled with bouncers that struck their helmets on more than one occasion. Kapil Dev also captured his maiden wicket of Sadiq Mohammad with his trademark out swinger. Kapil Dev established himself as India's premier fast bowler

Captaincy

Kapil Dev debuted as India's captain in the 1982–83 season against Sri Lanka when Gavaskar was rested. His first assignment as regular captain was the tour of West Indies. Kapil Dev had a good series in West Indies as he scored a century to save the second test match as well as picking up 17 wickets

Kapil was reappointed captain in March 1985, and guided India on a Test series win over England on their tour in 1986. This period saw one of the most famous matches played during his reign, the second Tied Test, in which he was named joint-man of the match with Australian batsman Dean Jones. Kapil was retained as captain for the 1987 Cricket World Cup. In their first match, Australia scored 268 against India. However, after the close of innings, Kapil Dev agreed with the umpires that the score should be increased to 270 as one boundary during the innings had been mistakenly signalled as a four and not a six. The captaincy period was on the whole a difficult one for him as it was mired with reports of differences with Gavaskar, as well as his own inconsistent form as a bowler. However, both men have since insisted that these reports were exaggerated

Later Career

Kapil continued as India's lead pace bowler under a succession of captains in the early 1990s. He was involved in a notable incident during the Lord's Test Match of 1990, when he hit off-spinner Eddie Hemmings for four sixes in succession to take India past the follow-on target. This match also featured the highest test score by an Englishman against India. He was also cited by umpire Dickie Bird as being one of the greatest all-rounders of all-time. Kapil dev was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team in 1999, succeeding Anshuman Gaekwad.

After a period of silence away from the public eye, Kapil returned to cricket when Wisden announced him as one of the sixteen finalists for the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century award in July 2002. Kapil pipped longtime team-mate Gavaskar and crowd favourite Tendulkar to win the award and claimed the moment as 'my finest hour. Kapil Dev slowly returned to cricket as a bowling consultant and was the bowling coach in the preparatory camp prior to India's tour of Pakistan in March 2004. In October 2006, Kapil Dev was nominated as the chairman of National Cricket Academy for a 2-year period.