IndianCaptain and all-rounder Kapil Dev turned 63 today. Kapil Dev is one of thelegend cricketers of the country that make their country proud from theircontribution in the field. Kapil Dev was the captain of the Indian Cricket team andwon the World Cup in 1983 for the first time for the country. On his big daylet's celebrate his birthday by revisiting his journey of becoming aninspiration for the youth:
KapilDev was born on 6 January 1959 in Chandigarh.
Kapilmade his cricket debut from Haryana in November 1975 against Punjab. He madehis team win in his first match. In that season he took 121 wickets in 30matches.
KapilDev made his test cricket debut in Faisalabad, Pakistan on 16 October 1978.
Devbecame the Captain of team India in 1883. Dev'scontribution in the match gave confidence to the Indian team to face WestIndies. Dev Captained the Indian Cricket team that won the First World Cup forthe country in 1983.
After the1983 World Cup Victory, Kapil became the First Indian captain to become win theCricket World Cup. He is the youngest captain who did this so far. He wasonly 24 years old when he did this.
Kapil Devalso 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 isthe only player in Cricket history who has taken more than 400 wickets andscored 5000+ runs in Test matches. Kapil played 131 Test matches in his career.
KapilDev also holds the record of the fastest half-century by any Indian batsman inTests.
Kapil Devplayed 356 International matches, scoring 9,031 International runs and 687wickets.