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{{Short description|Indian former cricket team captain (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Kapil Dev
| caption             = Dev in 2013
| image               = Kapil Dev at Equation sports auction (3x4 cropped).jpg
| birth_name          = Kapil Dev Nikhanj
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1959|01|06}}
| birth_place         = [[Chandigarh]], [[East Punjab]], India
| spouse              = Romi Dev (m. 1980)
| children            = 1
| height              = 183 cm
| nickname            = The Haryana Hurricane, Kaps<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.insidesport.co/kapil-dev-health-update-haryana-hurricane-flashes-double-thumbs-up-to-say-i-am-doing-well/|title=Kapil Dev Health Update : Haryana Hurricane flashes double thumbs up to say 'I am doing well'|work=[[Inside Sports]]|date=24 October 2020|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/get-well-soon-paaji-cricket-fraternity-wishes-kapil-dev-speedy-recovery/articleshow/78828181.cms|title=Get well soon paaji': Cricket fraternity wishes Kapil Dev speedy recovery|work =[[Times of India]]|date=23 October 2020|access-date=2 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=27 December 2021|title=1983 World Cup: What Syed Kirmani told Kapil Dev when India were down and out versus Zimbabwe|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/1983-world-cup-what-syed-kirmani-told-kapil-dev-india-versus-zimbabwe-7685891/|access-date=31 December 2021|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
| awards             = {{plainlist|
*[[Padma Bhushan]]: 1991
*[[Padma Shri]]: 1982
}}
| module              = {{Infobox cricketer
| embed = yes
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right arm [[fast-medium]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| international = true
| country = India
| internationalspan = 1978–1994
| testdebutdate = 16 October
| testdebutyear = 1978
| testdebutagainst = Pakistan
| testcap = 141
| lasttestdate = 19 March
| lasttestyear = 1994
| lasttestagainst = New Zealand
| odidebutdate = 1 October
| odidebutyear = 1978
| odidebutagainst = Pakistan
| odicap = 25
| lastodidate = 17 October
| lastodiyear = 1994
| lastodiagainst = West Indies
| club1 = [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1975–1992}}
| club2 = [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]]
| year2 = 1981–1983
| club3 = [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]
| year3 = 1984–1985
| coachclub1 = [[India national cricket team|India]]
| coachyear1 = 1999–2000
| columns = 4
| column1 = [[Test cricket|Test]]
| column2 = [[One Day International|ODI]]
| column3 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| column4 = [[List A cricket|LA]]
| matches1 = 131
| matches2 = 225
| matches3 = 275
| matches4 = 309
| runs1 = 5,248
| runs2 = 3,783
| runs3 = 11,356
| runs4 = 5,461
| bat avg1 = 31.05
| bat avg2 = 23.79
| bat avg3 = 32.91
| bat avg4 = 24.59
| 100s/50s1 = 8/27
| 100s/50s2 = 1/14
| 100s/50s3 = 18/56
| 100s/50s4 = 2/23
| top score1 = 163
| top score2 = 175[[not out|*]]
| top score3 = 193
| top score4 = 175[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 27,740
| deliveries2 = 11,202
| deliveries3 = 48,853
| deliveries4 = 14,947
| wickets1 = 434
| wickets2 = 253
| wickets3 = 835
| wickets4 = 335
| bowl avg1 = 29.64
| bowl avg2 = 27.45
| bowl avg3 = 27.09
| bowl avg4 = 27.34
| fivefor1 = 23
| fivefor2 = 1
| fivefor3 = 39
| fivefor4 = 2
| tenfor1 = 2
| tenfor2 = 0
| tenfor3 = 3
| tenfor4 = 0
| best bowling1 = 9/83
| best bowling2 = 5/43
| best bowling3 = 9/83
| best bowling4 = 5/43
| catches/stumpings1 = 64/–
| catches/stumpings2 = 71/–
| catches/stumpings3 = 192/–
| catches/stumpings4 = 99/–
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kapil-dev-30028 ESPNcricinfo
| date = 24 January
| year = 2008
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[Cricket]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Cricket World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 England and Wales]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ACC Asia Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1988 Asia Cup|1988 Bangladesh]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[1990–91 Asia Cup|1990–91 India]]|}}
}}
| allegiance          = {{IND}}
| branch              = {{army|India}}
| serviceyears        = 2008–Present
| rank                = [[File:Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army.svg|22px]] [[Lieutenant colonel|Honorary Lieutenant Colonel]]
| unit                = {{flagicon image|Territorial Army (Flag).svg}} [[Territorial Army (India)|Territorial Army]]
}}
'''Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj''' (pronunciation: [[Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu|[kəpil deːʋ]]] born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricket team captain. He is regarded as one of the greatest [[all-rounder]]s in the history of cricket, he was a [[Fast bowling|fast-medium bowler]] and a hard-hitting [[Batting order (cricket)|middle-order batsman]].<ref name="B">{{cite web |title=Kapil Dev: The Haryana Hurricane Who Transformed Indian Cricket |url=https://www.brutimes.com/news/sports/kapil-dev-the-haryana-hurricane-who-transformed-indian-cricket |website=Bru Times News |language=en}}</ref> Dev is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored more than 5,000 runs in Test cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/kapil-dev-the-master-of-all-crafts-slideshow/wisdomicketer-of-the-century-photo-171922835|title=The Master of All Crafts|work=Yahoo Cricket India|access-date=24 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017233043/https://cricket.yahoo.com/photos/kapil-dev-the-master-of-all-crafts-slideshow/wisden-cricketer-of-the-century-photo-171922835.html|archive-date=17 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Dev captained the [[India national cricket team|Indian cricket team]] that won the [[1983 Cricket World Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|title=On this day: India win the 1983 World Cup|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/749173|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Icc-cricket.com|language=en}}</ref> becoming the first Indian captain to win the Cricket World Cup. He is still the youngest captain (at the age of 24) to win the World Cup for any team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecricketlounge.com/2020/06/5-youngest-captains-to-lift-the-world-cup/|title=5 Youngest Captains To Lift The World Cup|website=Thecricketlounge.com|date=30 June 2020|access-date=22 March 2022|archive-date=27 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127123251/https://thecricketlounge.com/2020/06/5-youngest-captains-to-lift-the-world-cup/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He retired in 1994, as the first player to take 200 ODI wickets,<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/ej1wY_kaiqc Ghostarchive] and the {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1wY_kaiqc| title = Kapil Dev – 1st Bowler to take 200 wickets in ODI Cricket| website = [[YouTube]]| date = 31 March 2016| access-date = 18 May 2020| archive-date = 9 June 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210609081454/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1wY_kaiqc| url-status = bot: unknown}}{{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej1wY_kaiqc| title = Kapil Dev – 1st Bowler to take 200 wickets in ODI Cricket| website = [[YouTube]]| date = 31 March 2016}}</ref> and holding the world record for the highest number of wickets taken in [[Test cricket]], a record subsequently broken by [[Courtney Walsh]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Walsh breaks Kapil's record|url=https://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/mar/27walsh.htm|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Rediff.com}}</ref> Kapil Dev held the record for the highest individual score (175*) scored by a batsman batting at number 5 or lower in ODIs until 2023, when it was superseded by [[Glenn Maxwell]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/sa-vs-aus-4th-odi-stats-all-the-records-heinrich-klaasen-and-david-miller-broke-1398592|title=Stats - All the records Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller broke|website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 [[World Championship of Cricket]].

After retiring, he coached the [[India national cricket team|Indian national team]] between September 1999 and September 2000.<ref>{{cite web|date=30 January 2015|title=Kapil Dev resigns as India's coach in 2000|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/kapil-dev-was-appointed-as-the-coach-of-the-indian-team-during-sachin-tendulkars-captaincy-in-september-1999-499471|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Greatest Cricket All-Rounders of All Time|url=https://www.stadiumtalk.com/s/greatest-cricket-all-rounders-991716cbc15c45da|access-date=20 April 2021|website=Stadiumtalk.com|language=en}}</ref>

In 1982, Dev was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], and in 1991 the [[Padma Bhushan]]. In 2002, he was named by ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' as the Indian Cricketer of the Century. On 11 March 2010, Dev was inducted into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]].<ref name="HallofFame">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/451248.html?CMP=chrome|title=Kapil Dev inducted into Hall of Fame|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=11 March 2010}}</ref> In 2013, he received the [[C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award]], the highest honour conferred by [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] on a former player.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=19 December 2013 |title=Kapil Dev to be honoured with CK Nayudu Lifetime Award |url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/kapil-dev-to-be-honoured-with-ck-nayudu-lifetime-award-1294539.html |access-date=13 September 2016 |website=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Kapil Dev Nikhanj was born in [[Chandigarh]], on 6 January 1959,<ref>{{cite web|title=Kapil Dev profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kapil-dev-30028|access-date=1 January 2022|work=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> into a Punjabi Hindu family of Ram Lal Nikhanj, a [[teak]] merchant and his wife, Rajkumari.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Indarjit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SomxEAAAQBAJ&dq=Kapil+Dev+punjabi&pg=PT300 |title=Thoughts: On Politics & Society Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 |date=3 March 2023 |publisher=[[Austin Macauley Publishers]] |isbn=978-1-3984-3286-4 |language=en |author-link=Indarjit Singh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sardesai |first=Rajdeep |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FK9oDwAAQBAJ&dq=Kapil+Dev+punjabi&pg=PA132 |title=Democracy's XI |date=2017 |publisher=Juggernaut Books |isbn=978-93-86228-48-2 |pages=132 |language=en |author-link=Rajdeep Sardesai}}</ref> His family moved to [[Fazilka]] after the [[Partition of India|partition]] before eventually moving to [[Chandigarh]]. His paternal family is from [[Montgomery District|Montgomery]] (now known as [[Sahiwal District|Sahiwal]]) and his mother was born in [[Pakpattan]] but raised in [[Okara District|Okara]], both now in [[Punjab, Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web|date=20 August 2014|title=Kapil Dev's opens up on his Pakistan connection|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/kapil-devs-opens-up-on-his-pakistan-connection-174525|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=20 August 2014|title=Indian cricket's tough guy Kapil opens up to reveal emotional side|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1126451|access-date=25 March 2021|website=DAWN.COM|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=20 August 2014|title=How Kapil Dev was welcome in his native village in Pakistan 36 years ago|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/sports/cricket/how-kapil-dev-was-welcome-in-his-native-village-in-pakistan-12669.html|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref> Dev was a student at D. A. V. College.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Chandigarh Stories|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020725/cth1.htm|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Tribuneindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=I am still learning, for life never stops educating you, says Kapil Dev|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/sports/i-am-still-learning-for-life-never-stops-educating-you-says-kapil-dev/cid/1680989|access-date=25 March 2021|website=Telegraphindia.com}}</ref>

== Domestic career ==
Dev made an impressive debut for [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] in November 1975 against [[Punjab cricket team (India)|Punjab]] with a 6-wicket haul, restricting Punjab to just 63 runs and helping Haryana to victory. He finished the season with 121 wickets in 30 matches.

In the [[1976–77 Indian cricket season|1976–77 season]] opener against [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team|Jammu & Kashmir]], he had a match haul of 8/36 in the win. While his contribution for the rest of that season was ordinary, Haryana qualified for the pre-quarterfinals. Dev achieved his then best innings haul of 8/20 in just 9 overs in the second innings to skittle [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]] for 58 runs in under 19 overs. Haryana lost to [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] in the quarter-finals.

He began his [[1977–78 Indian cricket season|1977–78 season]] claiming 8/38 in the first innings against [[Services cricket team|Services]]. With 3 wickets in the second innings, he took his maiden [[10-wicket haul]] in [[first-class cricket]], a feat he would later achieve twice in [[Test cricket]]. With 23 wickets in 4 matches, he was selected for the [[Irani Trophy]], [[Duleep Trophy]] and [[Wills Trophy]] matches.

In the [[1978–79 Indian cricket season|1978–79 season]], Haryana had a repeat encounter with Bengal in the pre-quarterfinal match after a lackluster season from Dev (12 wickets from 4 matches). He scored 2 half-centuries in the group stage matches. In the pre-quarterfinal match, he took a [[5-wicket haul]] in the first innings. Poor batting by Haryana in the second innings let Bengal avenge their loss from 2 seasons back by scoring the required 161 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets. Dev stood out in the [[Irani Trophy]] match, scoring 62 runs and coming in at number 8. He took 5 catches in the game where [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]] was defeated by the Rest of India XI. Dev arrived in the national spotlight with a standout performance in the finals of the [[Duleep Trophy]], taking a first-innings haul of 7/65 in 24 overs. He was included in the [[North Zone cricket team|North Zone]] squad for [[Deodhar Trophy]] and Wills Trophy for the first time. He played his first Test match in the season against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]].

In the [[1979–80 Indian cricket season|1979–80 season]], Dev showed his batting talent with a maiden century against [[Delhi cricket team|Delhi]] when he scored his career-best 193. In the pre-quarterfinal match, where he captained Haryana for the first time against [[Uttar Pradesh cricket team|Uttar Pradesh]], he took a five-wicket haul in the second innings to advance to quarterfinals, where they lost to [[Karnataka cricket team|Karnataka]]. With Dev cementing his place in the Indian national squad, his appearances in domestic matches dwindled.<ref name="B"/>

=== 1990–91 Ranji Champions ===
In the [[1990–91 Indian cricket season|1990–91 Ranji season]], [[Haryana cricket team|Haryana]] rode into the semi-finals on the back of the bowling performance of [[Chetan Sharma]] and the batting performance of [[Amarjit Kaypee]]. Dev took center stage in the semi-final against [[Bengal cricket team|Bengal]], where he led his team to a Mammoth score of 605 runs by scoring 141 as well as taking 5 wickets.

The finals of the 1991 season will be remembered for the number of international cricketers who participated, including Dev, [[Chetan Sharma]], [[Ajay Jadeja]] and [[Vijay Yadav (cricketer)|Vijay Yadav]] turning up for Haryana and Bombay cricket team represented by [[Sanjay Manjrekar]], [[Vinod Kambli]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]], [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], [[Chandrakant Pandit]], [[Salil Ankola]] and [[Abey Kuruvilla]]. Deepak Sharma (199), Ajay Jadeja (94), and Chetan Sharma (98) helped Haryana to a score of 522 while Yogendra Bhandari (5 wickets) and Dev (3 wickets) restricted Bombay to 410 runs in the first innings. A crucial 41 from Dev and top scorer Banerjee (60) took Haryana to 242 runs, setting Bombay a target of 355 runs. After the initial wickets, Vengsarkar (139) and Tendulkar (96) fought back for the Bombay team. After Tendulkar's dismissal, Haryana took the final 6 wickets for 102 runs and Vengsarkar and Bombay were stranded 3 runs short of the target. Dev won his maiden and only Ranji Trophy championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/331177.html|title=Loss and longing in Bombay|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=1 May 2002|access-date=7 April 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990-91/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_HRYNA_RJI-FINAL_03-07MAY1991.html|title=Scorecard – Ranji Trophy, 1990/91, Final, Bombay v Haryana|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=7 May 1991|access-date=7 April 2008|archive-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810024445/http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1990-91/IND_LOCAL/RANJI/KNOCK-OUTS/BOM_HRYNA_RJI-FINAL_03-07MAY1991.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== County Cricket ===
Dev played [[county cricket]] in England [[Northamptonshire]] between 1981 and 1983 and for [[Worcestershire]] during the 1984 and 1985 seasons. He played a total of 40 first-class matches in his country stint, and made 2,312 runs across 64 innings with 4 centuries and 14 half-centuries.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} Out of his 835 overall first-class wickets, 103 of those wickets came in county cricket.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}

== International career ==
[[File:KapilDevBowling.png|thumb|300px|A graph showing Kapil Dev's test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.]]

=== Early years (1978–1982) ===
Dev 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 his contribution. He startled the [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistani]] batsmen with his pace and bouncers that struck their helmets on more than one occasion.<ref name=ESPNTop25>{{cite book |author=Geoff Armstrong|title=ESPN Legends of Cricket |year=2002 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |location= Crows Nest, New South Wales|isbn=1-86508-836-6}}</ref> Dev captured his maiden wicket of [[Sadiq Mohammad]] with his trademark outswinger.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PAK_T1_16-21OCT1978.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil's Debut Match | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> He showcased his [[all-rounder]] talent when he scored India's fastest Test half-century off 33 balls and 2 sixes in each of the innings during the 3rd [[Test cricket|Test match]] at [[National Stadium, Karachi]],<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/IND_IN_PAK/IND_PAK_T3_14-19NOV1978.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's Maiden 50 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> although India lost the match and the series 2–0. In the ensuing series against a visiting [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] team, he scored his maiden Test century (126) at [[Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] in just 124 balls<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1978-79/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T5_24-29JAN1979.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's Maiden Century | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> and had a steady bowling performance (17 wickets at 33.00). Ominous signs of Dev's liking for [[England cricket team|England]] showed up in the ensuring series, his first outside the sub-continent. He picked up his first 5-wicket haul and all of England's wickets, although it came at a huge cost (48 overs and 146 runs conceded) as England scored a mammoth 633 and won the match comfortably.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979/IND_IN_ENG/IND_ENG_T1_12-16JUL1979.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's Maiden 5 Wicket Haul| publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev finished the series with 16 wickets though his batting haul of 45 runs (Average: 7.5) was unimpressive. His debut in [[One Day International|ODI Cricket]] happened in the earlier tour of Pakistan where his individual performance was ordinary and it stayed the same as both Dev and [[Indian cricket team|India]] had a poor campaign at the [[1979 Cricket World Cup]].

Dev established himself as India's premier fast bowler when he took two 5-wicket hauls and ended the home series against [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] with 28 wickets (Average: 22.32) and also 212 runs that included a half-century.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_IND_1979-80_TEST_AVS.html | title=Kapil Dev Statistics – Australia in India 1979/1980 Season| publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> He gained fame in the 6-Test home series against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] in the 1979–80 season when he led India to 2 victories against the visitors – once with the bat (69) at [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Bombay]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/PAK_IN_IND/PAK_IND_T3_16-20DEC1979.html | title=Scorecard – Pakistan in India 1979/1980 Season| publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> and the second time with bat and ball (10-wicket haul in match – 4/90 in the first innings and 7/56 in the second innings, 84 in 98 balls with his bat) at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Chepauk, Madras (Now Chennai)]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/PAK_IN_IND/PAK_IND_T5_15-20JAN1980.html | title=Kapil Dev's maiden 10-Wicket in Match Haul | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev rates his all-round performance in this match as his career best and his second innings figure of 7/56 was his best to-date.<ref name=ESPNTop25 /> During the series, he also became the youngest Test player to achieve the all-round double of 100 Wickets and 1000 Runs and in 25 matches (although [[Ian Botham]] took just 21 matches to achieve the same feat) and finished the series with 32 wickets (Ave: 17.68) and 278 runs that included 2 fifties.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1979-80/PAK_IN_IND | title=Tour Home Page – Pakistan in India 1979/80 Season | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref>

[[File:Kapil Dev graph.png|left|thumb|350px|Dev's career performance graph.]]
[[Indian cricket team|India's]] tour of [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] in 1980–81 had the looks of the familiar Indian series as India were 1–0 down and were defending a meagre 143 runs and Dev virtually ruled out with a groin injury. When Australia finished the fourth day at 18/3, Dev willed himself to play the final day with pain-killing injections and removed the dangerous Australia middle order. Dev won the match for India with the innings bowling performance of 16.4–4–28–5, a bowling performance that figures in his five best bowling performance.<ref name=ESPNTop25 /> During the Australian tour, he scored his first fifty in ODIs against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] at [[Brisbane Cricket Ground|Brisbane]]. Somehow India's Test cricket sensation was unable to adjust to ODI cricket and had a career start of 278 runs (Average: 17.38) and 17 wickets after 16 ODI matches.

A dismal [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] tour later,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1980-81/IND_IN_NZ/ | title=Tour Home Page – India in New Zealand 1980/81 Season | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev was ready for the 1981–82 home series against [[England cricket team|England]] where his five-wicket haul won the first test at [[Wankhede Stadium|Wankhede Stadium, Bombay]]. He scored 318 runs (Average: 53, 1 century, 1 fifty) and took 22 wickets (2 5-wicket hauls) and walked away with the [[Man of the Series]] honours.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1981-82/ENG_IN_IND/ENG_IN_IND_1981-82_TEST_AVS.html | title=Kapil Dev Statistics – England in India 1981/1982 Season| publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> England saw more of Dev in the ensuing series at home against the [[Indian cricket team]] in the 1982 season when he opened with a 5-wicket haul and 130 runs in a losing cause at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/IND_IN_ENG/IND_ENG_T1_10-15JUN1982.html | title=MOM Performance (Scorecard) – India in England 1982 Season | publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> He finished the 3-match series with 292 runs (Ave: 73, 3 fifties) and 10 Wickets and bagged the Man of the Series again.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982/IND_IN_ENG/IND_IN_ENG_1982_TEST_AVS.html | title=Kapil Dev Statistics – India in England 1982 Season| publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref>

Facing [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] for the first time, Dev helped himself to a five-wicket haul to kick start the 1982–83 season. In the following tour to [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]], Dev and [[Mohinder Amarnath]] were the only bright spots in a series dominated by rival [[all-rounder]] [[Imran Khan]] (40 wickets and 1 century).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982-83/IND_IN_PAK/IND_IN_PAK_1982-83_TEST_AVS.html | title=Statistics – India in Pakistan 1982/83 Season| publisher=ESPNcricinfo| access-date=27 March 2007}}</ref> Dev took a 5/102 haul in the second Test at [[National Stadium, Karachi]], 7/220 in the third Test at [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] and 8/85 at [[Gaddafi Stadium]], [[Lahore]] while he received little support from other team members. After this disastrous tour, Dev was made the [[captain (cricket)|captain]] of the [[Indian cricket team]] in place of [[Sunil Gavaskar]].

=== Captain: 1983 World Cup Champions (1982–1984) ===
Dev debuted as India's captain in the 1982–83 season against [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] (before the Pakistan tour) when Gavaskar was rested. His first assignment as regular captain was the tour of [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]], where the biggest accomplishment was a lone ODI victory. Dev (72) and Gavaskar (90) led India to a huge score – 282/5 in 47 overs and Dev's 2 wickets aided India to restrict West Indies for 255 and a victory<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982-83/IND_IN_WI/IND_WI_ODI2_29MAR1983.html | title=Scorecard – India in West Indies 2nd ODI 1982/83 Season | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> that Indian cricketers claim gave them the confidence to face the West Indies team in [[1983 Cricket World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2519/25190260.htm |title=Captaincy is about motivating the players |author=Kris Srikkanth |author-link=Kris Srikkanth |date=May 2002 |publisher=[[Sportstar]] |access-date=17 March 2007 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926212546/http://www.hinduonnet.com/tss/tss2519/25190260.htm |archive-date=26 September 2007 }}</ref> Overall, Dev had a good series in West Indies as he scored a century to save the second test match<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1982-83/IND_IN_WI/IND_WI_T2_11-16MAR1983.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev Saves a Test Match | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> as well as picking up 17 wickets (Average: 24.94).

==== 1983 World Cup performance ====
Dev entered the World Cup with an ordinary individual record – 32 Matches, 608 Runs (Average: 21), 34 wickets. India's solitary victory in the previous two World Cups was against [[East African cricket team|East Africa]] in [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]]. Riding on [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] (89 Runs), [[Roger Binny]] and [[Ravi Shastri]] (3 wickets each), India inflicted the West Indies' first-ever defeat in the World Cup.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/GROUP-B/IND_WI_WC83_ODI4_09-10JUN1983.html | title=Scorecard – India V/s West Indies, 4th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> Following a victory against [[Zimbabwe cricket team|Zimbabwe]], India lost the next two matches – Australia (despite Dev's best career figures of 5/43)<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/GROUP-B/AUS_IND_WC83_ODI11_13JUN1983.html | title=Scorecard – India V/s Australia, 11th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> and West Indies. India now needed victories against Australia and Zimbabwe to advance to the semifinals.

India faced Zimbabwe at [[Nevill Ground]], [[Royal Tunbridge Wells]] on 18 June 1983. After falling behind, Dev, batting with the lower order batsmen, stabilised the side with help from [[Roger Binny]] (22 runs) and [[Madan Lal]]. Kapil's half-century came off in 72 balls. After the lunch break, he raised the tempo, racing to his hundred off an even 100 balls. His final 38 balls raised 75.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1371241/greatest-odis-no--13---kapil-dev-s-175-vs-zimbabwe-at-tunbridge-wells-in-1983 | title=The World Cup classic no one saw }}</ref> Together with Kirmani (24 runs), Dev put on an unbeaten 126 runs for the 9th wicket – a world record that stood unbroken for 27 years (10,000 days),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283552.html|title=Records – One-Day Internationals – Partnership records – The highest partnership for the ninth wicket|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> and finished not out with 175 runs off 138 balls, an innings that included 16 boundaries and 6 sixes. The innings figures in the Top 10 ODI Batting Performances<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2002/feb/15bat10.htm | title=Scorecard – India V/s Australia, 11th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> at No. 4. India won the match by 31 runs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/280614.html | title=Scorecard – India V/s Zimbabwe, 18th Match – 1983 Cricket World Cup| publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref>

[[File:President Giani Zail Singh receiving the Indian cricket team after the World Cup victory.jpg|thumb|Dev with the Indian President [[Zail Singh]] after the team's return to India post winning the World Cup. They are holding the [[Cricket World Cup Trophy]].]]
India faced the [[England cricket team|English cricket team]] in the semifinals. Dev helped curtail the lower order after England lost regular wickets to Binny and Amarnath. He took 3 wickets as India limited England to 213 and the middle order of Amarnath (46 runs), [[Yashpal Sharma (cricketer)|Yashpal Sharma]] (61) and [[Sandeep Patil]] (51*) ensured victory<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/ENG_IND_WC83_ODI-SEMI1_22JUN1983.html | title=1983 World Cup Semi-Finals Scorecard – India V/s England | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> and entry into the finals to take on the [[West Indies cricket team]] who were looking for a hat-trick of World Cup titles. West Indies restricted India for 183 runs, with only [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] (38 runs) providing some scoring relief. Despite losing [[Gordon Greenidge]], West Indies steadied their innings to 57/2 on the back of quick scoring by [[Viv Richards]]. Richards played one too many aggressive shots when he skied a pull shot from [[Madan Lal]] that Dev caught at deep square leg after running backward for over 20 yards. The catch is attributed as the turning point in the [[1983 Cricket World Cup|1983 WC Final]] and is regarded as one of the finest in ODI Cricket. West Indies collapsed from 50/1 to 76/6 and finally were bowled out for 140 with Dev picking up the wicket of [[Andy Roberts (cricketer)|Andy Roberts]] and [[Mohinder Amarnath]] picking up the final wicket of [[Michael Holding]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC83/IND_WI_WC83_ODI-FINAL_25JUN1983.html | title=1983 World Cup Finals Scorecard – India V/s West Indies | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> The win was India's maiden World Cup<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/sport/columns/200703/s1865291.htm?cricket] {{dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> and he led with 303 runs (Average: 60.6), 12 wickets (Average: 20.41) and 7 catches in 8 matches. This moment inspired several cricketers all over India, including Sachin Tendulkar

=== Post-World Cup ===
After the World Cup, India hosted the [[West Indies cricket team]] and lost the [[West Indies cricket team in India in 1983–84|Test series]] 3–0 and the ODI Series 5–0. Dev achieved his best test bowling performance in a loss at [[Narendra Modi Stadium|Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad]] with a return of 9/83.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1983-84/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T3_12-16NOV1983.html | title=Scorecard – Kapil Dev's best bowling performance|website=www.cricinfo.com | access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref> His bowling performance in the test and ODI series was let down by his poor batting performance. The selectors ended Dev's reign by reappointing Gavaskar as captain in early 1984.<ref>{{cite news |title=Has Virat Kohli walked into a trap laid by the BCCI president? |url=https://theprobe.in/virat-kohli-walked-into-a-trap-laid-by-the-bcci-president/ |website=The Probe |access-date=17 December 2021 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929143944/https://theprobe.in/virat-kohli-walked-into-a-trap-laid-by-the-bcci-president/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Return to captaincy (1985–87) ===
Dev returned to captaincy in 1986 after Gavaskar stepped down as captain after India won the [[World Championship of Cricket|Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket]] after beating arch-rivals Pakistan in the final under Gavaskar’s leadership. This success was followed another big victory as India beat Australia in the finals of [[1984–85 Four-Nations Cup|Rothmans Four-Nations Cup]]. The following year he guided India on a [[Indian cricket team in England in 1986|Test series win over England in England]] in 1986 as his side won 2–0. This period saw one of his most famous matches, the [[Tied Test#Second tied Test, 1986|second Tied Test]], in which he was named joint-[[man of the match]] with Australian batsman [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]].

He 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, 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. In their reply, India scored 269 falling short of Australia's score by one run. In the [[Wisden Cricketer's Almanack]], it was reported that ''"Kapil Dev's sportsmanship proved the deciding factor in a close-run match"''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/current/story/290303.html | title=Ask Steven: Twin hundreds on debut, and the youngest West Indians | date=16 April 2007 | access-date=17 April 2007 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> India went on to reach the semi-final of the 1987 World Cup, where they lost to England. Dev faced the blame for India's defeat as he holed out to deep mid-wicket triggering a collapse that led to the unexpected loss. He did not captain India again, although he was the Vice-captain for India's tour to Pakistan in 1989.

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 later insisted that these reports were exaggerated.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-21465473.cms | title=Caught!: Duel in the sun |work=The Times of India |location=India | date=8 September 2002 | access-date=6 December 2006}}</ref> Dev's performance as Captain was better than as a player.

=== Skills ===
Dev was a right-arm [[pace bowling|pace bowler]] noted for his graceful action and potent [[outswinger]], and was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. He developed a fine [[inswinger|inswinging]] [[yorker]] during the 1980s, which he used very effectively against [[tail-ender]]s. As a [[batsman]], he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. Nicknamed ''The Haryana Hurricane'', he represented the [[Haryana cricket team]] in domestic cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2003/jun/27spec1.htm|title=Celebrating 1983 WC – Haryana express|publisher=[[Rediff]]|access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref>

=== Bowling style ===
Dev was a fast bowler. However, a fluent run-up and a gather that was perfectly side-on at the time of delivery meant that the outswinger came naturally to him. Usually bowled at a length and direction that always troubled right-handers, his delivery was the bane of most of his victims as he sought to beat the bat on the outside edge, either caught on the off-side cordon or indeed LBW and bowled in case the ball missed the edge. The side-on action meant that, for the first few years, this was the only delivery he could bowl. The deliveries that held their lines or came into the right-hander came through natural variations off the pitch. However, as he gained maturity, the action became less side-on and he developed an inswinger too. He noted in the mid-1980s that the only delivery he could not bowl at will was the leg-cutter.

By the end of 1983, Dev already had about 250 Test wickets in just five years and looked well on his way to becoming one of the most prolific wicket-takers ever. However, his bowling declined following knee surgery in 1984, as he lost some of his jump at the crease. Despite this setback, he never missed playing a single test or one-day game on fitness grounds. Though he lost some of his bite, he remained an effective bowler for another ten years and became the second bowler ever to take 400 [[wicket]]s in Test cricket in 1991–92 when he took [[Mark Taylor (cricketer)|Mark Taylor]]'s wicket in a series versus Australia in Australia. In that Australian tour he took 25 wickets.

=== Final years ===
Dev 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 (cricketer)|Eddie Hemmings]] for four sixes in succession to take India past the follow-on target.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fusw4po3YLE  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/fusw4po3YLE| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=Kapil's 4 sixes |date=21 July 2006 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=20 December 2010}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This match featured the highest test score by an Englishman against India,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63534.html |title=1st Test: England v India at Lord's, Jul 26–31, 1990. Cricket Scorecard. |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref> 333 by [[Graham Gooch]]. Dev was cited by umpire [[Dickie Bird]] as being one of the greatest all-rounders of all time.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/982998.stm |work=BBC News | title=Dickie Bird: Your questions answered | date=21 October 2000}}</ref>

He became a valuable batsman in the ODI version of the game, as a pinch-hitter used to accelerate the run-scoring rate, usually in the final ten overs, and was relied upon to stabilise the innings in the event of a collapse. He played in the [[1992 Cricket World Cup]], his last, under the captaincy of [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] and topped the batting strike rate with 125.80 runs per 100 balls.<ref>{{cite news |title=Benson & Hedges World Cup Cricket 1992: Facts, figures, and statistics |url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/benson-hedges-world-cup-cricket-1992-facts-figures-and-statistics-247132 |access-date=12 July 2020 |publisher=[[CricketCountry.com]] |date=9 February 2015}}</ref> He led the bowling attack with younger talents like [[Javagal Srinath]] and [[Manoj Prabhakar]], who would eventually succeed him as India's leading pace bowlers. He retired in 1994, after breaking [[Richard Hadlee]]'s then standing record for the most Test wickets taken.

=== List of centuries by opponent ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!!! Team !! Test !! ODI !! Total
|-
| 1 || {{cr|WIN}} || 3 || 0 || '''3'''
|-
| 2 || {{cr|ENG}} || 2 || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 3 || {{cr|AUS}} || 1 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| 4 || {{cr|SRI}} || 1 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| 5 || {{cr|RSA|1928}} || 1 || 0 || '''1'''
|-
| 6 || {{cr|ZIM}} || 0 || 1 || '''1'''
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total''' || '''8''' || '''1''' || '''9'''
|}

==Coaching career==
Dev was appointed the Indian national cricket coach in September 1999 following the appointment of [[Sachin Tendulkar]] as captain of the Indian team in August 1999. The [[Indian cricket team|team]] saw success in his first series at home against [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]] but saw whitewash in the subsequent test series against host [[Indian cricket team in Australia in 1999-2000|tour]] of [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] and visitors [[South African cricket team|South Africa]], India's first home series loss in 12 years. India's 3–2 win in the subsequent ODI series under new captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] is remembered for the claims of match-fixing against South Africa's captain [[Hansie Cronje]].

As the match-fixing scandal took centrestage, former player [[Manoj Prabhakar]] accused Kapil Dev of trying to bribe him in 1994 during a tournament in [[Sri Lanka]]. Under severe pressure from politicians and fans, Kapil Dev resigned as coach in September 2000, after having spent less than one year as the team coach. The reports of [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] (India's premier investigating agency) and K. Madhavan (appointed by [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] to investigate match-fixing allegations) in November 2000 exonerated Kapil Dev of any involvement in match-fixing. India's performance in the coaching stint of Kapil Dev was below-par, winning just one Test match (out of 8 played) and 9 ODIs (out of 25 played){{Citation needed|reason=your explanation here|date=May 2013}}.

===India's performance under Kapil's Coaching===
==== New Zealand tour of India ====
Kapil Dev was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team in 1999 succeeding [[Anshuman Gaekwad]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/83972.html | title=Kapil Dev is named coach ahead of Srikkanth | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=22 September 1999 | access-date=6 December 2006}}</ref> His appointment coincided with the second term of captaincy for Tendulkar.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/78353.html | title=Tendulkar back in the saddle| publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=4 August 1999 | access-date=19 June 2007}}</ref> Kapil's first international competition as India's coach started badly with the team bowled out for 83 all out against the visiting New Zealand team in [[PCA Stadium|Mohali]]. Due to an inspired [[Bowling (cricket)|bowling]] display by [[Javagal Srinath]], the lead was restricted to 132 runs after New Zealand were dismissed for 215. India's batsmen bounced back in the second innings with a total of 505 with all the top five batsmen passing fifty and [[Rahul Dravid]] and Tendulkar scoring centuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/NZ_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/NZ_IND_T1_10-14OCT1999.html|title=Scorecard – India V/s New Zealand, 1st test match|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 June 2007}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Anil Kumble]]'s ten-wicket match haul at [[Green Park Stadium|Kanpur]] enabled India to win the second Test match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/NZ_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/NZ_IND_T2_22-26OCT1999.html|title=Scorecard – India V/s New Zealand, 2nd test match|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 June 2007}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The Third Test ended in a draw, with Tendulkar recording his first double-century in [[Test Cricket]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/NZ_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/NZ_IND_T3_29OCT-02NOV1999.html|title=Scorecard – India V/s New Zealand, 3rd test match|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 June 2007|archive-date=19 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519031036/http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/NZ_IN_IND/SCORECARDS/NZ_IND_T3_29OCT-02NOV1999.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In the ensuing [[One Day International|ODI Series]], India won 3–2 and the highlight for Indian team was a world record ODI partnership of 331 runs between Dravid and Tendulkar in the 2nd match at [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad|Hyderabad]].  The series against New Zealand would be Kapil's most successful series as national coach.

====Indian tour of Australia====
India followed the [[New Zealand cricket team|NZ]] tour with a trip to Australia. India lost the Test series 3–0 and the margin of defeat was heavy in each of these matches – 285 runs,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T1_10-14DEC1999.html | title=India V/s Australia – 1st Test Match – 1999/2000 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=7 December 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071207234007/http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T1_10-14DEC1999.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> 180 runs,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T2_26-30DEC1999.html | title=India V/s Australia – 2nd Test Match – 1999/2000 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=12 March 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312135846/http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T2_26-30DEC1999.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> innings and 141 runs.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T3_02-06JAN2000.html | title=India V/s Australia – 2nd Test Match – 1999/2000 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=20 July 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720161002/http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999-2000/IND_IN_AUS/SCORECARDS/IND_AUS_T3_02-06JAN2000.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> The highlight of the Test series came in the final Test when [[V. V. S. Laxman]] scored 167 at a run a ball in fading light at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] and came for much praise from the media.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87747.html | title=VVS Laxman – The Aura of Unexpected feat | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=7 July 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707195428/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87747.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> India's [[One Day International|ODI series]] performance matched the Test series in failure as India managed to win just one match against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] and Kapil had to come out in defence of his team.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87141.html | title=Have faith in us, says Kapil Dev | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=19 July 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719105900/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/87141.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

====South Africa tour of India====
India had not lost a home test series since 1987 (against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]]) and when [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] toured India in February – March 2000, that streak was ended as India lost the home series 2–0. However events outside the field overshadowed the cricket: Before start of the series, Tendulkar announced his decision to relinquish the captaincy after the Test matches, Azharuddin and Mongia were recalled to the team, controversy arose over Azharuddin's injury leading to his exclusion from the First Test. Ganguly was made the captain of the Indian team for the one-day series. Talks in the media about no way but 'UP'<ref>{{cite web | url=http://ind.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2000/FEB/022869_CI_22FEB2000.html | title=No Way but Up | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=11 April 2005 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050411011130/http://ind.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2000/FEB/022869_CI_22FEB2000.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> were not unfounded when India took a 2–0 lead in the ODI Series and finishing the series at 3–2, after [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] won the last two matches. It was learnt later that South Africa's captain Cronje was involved in betting and there were attempts to buy-off South African players by Cronje and bookmakers. At the end of the series, the media felt that Ganguly's attitude and captaincy was heartening.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/90417.html | title=Ganguly's attitude heartening | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=7 July 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707124337/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/90417.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2000, India participated in a triangular series with [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] and [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]]. India won only one of their four matches and missed the finals.

=== Legacy of Kapil's coaching ===
Kapil's term as [[Indian cricket team]]'s national coach was not considered a success due to poor on-field performances.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/94296.html | title=A cricketing great who deserved a better end | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | date=13 September 2000 | access-date=6 December 2006}}</ref> During Kapil's reign as National Coach, India performed badly in away matches and managed just 3 victories in 15 games (20%) in [[One Day International|ODI Tournaments]]. In Test cricket, India lost its first home series in 13 years and managed just 1 victory in 3 Test series.

:{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=6|'''Indian Performance with Kapil Dev as Coach'''
|-
! Matches!! Total !! Won !! Lost !! Draw/Tie !! % Win 
|-
| Test Cricket<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/30028.html?class=1;template=results;type=fielding;view=series|title=Indian team Test Cricket performance under the coaching of Kapil Dev|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref>|| 8|| 1|| 5|| 2|| 12.5%
|-
| ODI matches<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/30028.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting|title=Indian team ODI performance under the coaching of Kapil Dev|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=19 July 2007}}</ref>|| 25|| 9|| 16|| 0|| 36%
|}

==Match fixing allegation and resignation==
===Background===
As the 1999/00 cricket season was winding down, the [[New Delhi|Delhi]] Police shocked the cricket world when they announced that Cronje was involved in a "Cricket Match-fixing and Betting Racket".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/apr/07pr.htm | title=Cronje involved in match-fixing, allege Delhi police | publisher=[[Rediff]] | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> The [[United Cricket Board of South Africa|UCBSA]] released terse statements denying the allegations<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84263.html | title=United Cricket Board of South Africa statement on match fixing allegations | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=7 July 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120707152122/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84263.html | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84274.html | title=United Cricket board of South Africa release on match-fixing allegations – 2 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=8 July 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708100904/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84274.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> triggering a diplomatic row.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84279.html | title=Indian police failed to follow diplomatic protocols as SA Government steps in over match-fixing allegations | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=8 July 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120708003408/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84279.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> When Delhi Police began mounting evidence, Cronje admitted to accepting money for throwing away games in a phone call with UCBSA's chief [[Ali Bacher]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/apr/11pc.htm | title=Hansie admits taking bribes | publisher=[[Rediff]] | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> Cronje was sacked and replaced by [[Shaun Pollock]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84320.html | title=Bacher: 'We were deceived' | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | access-date=23 March 2007 | archive-date=12 July 2012 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712223302/http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/84320.html | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Manoj Prabhakar's allegations===
Allegations against Dev were based on the testimony of former Indian cricketer [[Manoj Prabhakar]] who claimed that Dev wanted him to throw a match against [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] in the 1994 Singer Cup in Colombo.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/apr/08prab.htm | title=Prabhakar says ex-India captain, manager threw matches | publisher=[[Rediff]] | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> Prabhakar had previously alleged that he was offered money to throw this game to the ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'' in 1997, however he did not mention who made him this offer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/caught-out/209476 |title=Prabhakar: 'I was offered Money' |publisher=The Outlook India |date=11 June 1997 |access-date=23 March 2007 }}</ref> Based on these allegations, BCCI instituted the Chandrachud Inquiry, a one-man commission headed by retired Chief Justice of India [[Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud]]. Prabhakar did not reveal names or provide evidence of his charges (match fixing and phone tapping allegation on then cricket manager [[Ajit Wadekar]]).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/apr/20report.htm | title=Full Report – '''Chandrachud Commission''' | publisher=[[Rediff]] |date=20 April 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> When the match fixing controversy resurfaced in 2000, [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]] released the Chandrachud Report to the media. The reaction of the Indian public resulted in [[Public Interest Litigation|PILs]] and [[International Cricket Council]] and the BCCI were called to respond in the [[Delhi High Court|Delhi]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/apr/20onkar.htm | title=Full Report – Delhi high court admits PIL | publisher=[[Rediff]] | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> and [[Calcutta High Court]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/apr/21bet.htm | title=Calcutta high court summons ICC, BCCI, sports ministry | publisher=[[Rediff]] | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> In response to the crisis, the Indian government initiated a CBI inquiry on 28 April 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/apr/28cbi.htm | title=Govt orders CBI probe into match-fixing | publisher=[[Rediff]] | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> Former BCCI President Inderjit Singh Bindra revealed on 4 May 2000 that Prabhakar told him that Dev asked him to throw away the match.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/may/04bindra.htm | title=It is Kapil | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=4 May 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> Amidst these inquiries, Kapil Dev appeared for an interview on [[BBC]]'s [[Hard Talk]] with [[Karan Thapar]], where while defending himself against these allegations, he broke down in tears.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/05/27/stories/0727028h.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126011927/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/05/27/stories/0727028h.htm | url-status=usurped | archive-date=26 January 2013 | title=Will cricket on our TV look the same ever again? | work=The Hindu | location=India | date=27 May 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007 }}</ref>

===Kapil's resignation===
Kapil initially did not resign or take a leave of absence, from his coaching responsibilities.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/may/11lele.htm | title=Kapil to continue | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=11 May 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/sports/2000/may/05reject.htm | title=BCCI turns down Kapil's request to pull out of Asia Cup | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=5 May 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref><!--The first reference doesn't mention that he was not "not allowed" (presumably by BCCI), but that he did not want to resign; there is no mention of LoA in the second link but it says Kapil wanted to pull out the "entire side" from the competition--> As the weeks progressed and as public discontent mounting on inaction in the match-fixing scandal and in no small measure the pressure from the then Union Sport Minister Shukdev Singh Dhindsa,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/aug/01kapil.htm | title=Kapil Dev to be replaced | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=1 August 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> Kapil Dev resigned from his position of Indian Cricket Coach on 12 September 2000 vowing farewell to the game of cricket.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/sep/12kapil1.htm | title=Kapil Dev:Farewell Indian Cricket | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=12 September 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref>

===Clearing of match-fixing charges===
<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:CBI match fixing report.jpg|thumb|150px|The CBI report that exonerated Kapil Dev of match-fixing allegations]] -->
After extensive investigation and interviews, the CBI submitted its report to Union Sports Minister on 1 November 2000.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/01bet.htm | title=Dhindsa summons Muthiah to Delhi | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=1 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> The report found that there was 
"no credible evidence" against Kapil.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/01full29.htm | title=CBI Match-Fixing Investigation Report: Analysis on Kapil Dev | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=1 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> The BCCI's anti-corruption officer K Madhavan (former Joint Director of [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]]) submitted his report on 28 November 2000 in which he elaborated on players who were found to have links with the match-fixing syndicate.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/28madh1.htm | title=Madhavan Report | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=28 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref> Madhavan concluded that Kapil did not attempt to bribe Prabhakar and none of the players corroborated with Prabhakar's version of the events.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/28madh12.htm | title=Madhavan Report – Azhar: I am not aware of Manoj bribing incident | publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=28 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/28madh14.htm | title=Madhavan Report – Ajay Jadeja: Kapil Dev was like my father| publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=28 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/28madh18.htm | title=Madhavan Report – Nayan Mongia: Kapil Dev was instrumental in getting me the Four Square Ad Contract| publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=28 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2000/nov/28madh18.htm | title=Madhavan Report – Dr Ali Irani denies Kapil's offer to Prabhakar| publisher=[[Rediff]] | date=28 November 2000 | access-date=23 March 2007}}</ref>

== Post retirement as player and coach ==
=== Return ===
After a period of silence away from the public eye, Dev returned to cricket when ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' announced him as one of the sixteen finalists for the ''Wisden'' Indian Cricketer of the Century award in July 2002. Dev pipped longtime teammate Gavaskar and crowd favourite Tendulkar to win the award and claimed the moment as "my finest hour".<ref name="WisdenICoC">{{cite news|date=8 March 2002|title=This is my finest hour: Kapil Dev|work=[[The Sportstar]] Vol. 25 No. 31|url=http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2531/25310120.htm|url-status=usurped|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060514214418/http://www.tssonnet.com/tss2531/25310120.htm|archive-date=14 May 2006}}</ref>

Dev slowly returned to cricket as a bowling consultant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/125248.html|title=Kapil to assist at camp|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=31 August 2003|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> and was the bowling coach in the preparatory camp prior to India's tour of Pakistan in March 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/139624.html|title=Kapil named bowling coach for Pakistan tour camp|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=1 March 2004|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> In October 2006, he was nominated as the chairman of [[National Cricket Academy]] for a two-year period.<ref>{{cite web|date=26 September 2006| work=ESPNcricinfo| title=2006/08 Selection Committee Announcement| url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/260675.html|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref>

In 2005, he acted in a brief role in the cult film ''[[Iqbal (film)|Iqbal]]'' written by [[Vipul K. Rawal]] where he played himself. Initially the director was not keen on approaching him; however, writer Rawal insisted as the role was written with him in mind.

[[File:Narendra Modi with the Prime Minister of Australia, Mr. Tony Abbott, Shri Sunil Gavaskar, Shri Kapil Dev and Shri V.V.S. Laxman at the Civic Reception hosted by the Australian PM, at MCG, Australia on November 18, 2014 (2).jpg|thumb|Dev with Indian PM [[Narendra Modi]], Australian PM [[Tony Abbott]], [[Sunil Gavaskar]] and [[VVS Laxman]] along with the [[Cricket World Cup Trophy]] and [[Border–Gavaskar Trophy]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in 2014.]]
In May 2007, Dev joined the upstart [[Indian Cricket League]] (ICL) floated by [[Zee TV]] as the chairman of executive board, defending his decision as complimenting BCCI's structure rather than opposing it – "We are not looking to create a rival team but helping the Indian board to find more talent".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/294055.html|title=Zee Sports denies signing of stars|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=14 May 2007|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> In June 2007, BCCI responded by revoking the pension for all players who had joined ICL, including Dev.<ref>{{cite web|title=BCCI scraps pensions of players joining rival league|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/299334.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=23 June 2007|access-date=4 July 2007}}</ref> On 21 August 2007, Dev was removed from the chairmanship of the [[National Cricket Academy]], a day after he addressed a formal press conference of the new [[Indian Cricket League]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/kapil-sacked-as-nca-chairman/articleshow/2298128.cms |title=Kapil sacked as NCA Chairman |newspaper=The Economic Times |date= |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref>

On 25 July 2012 Dev resigned from ICL and continued to support BCCI, thereby paving way to get back into the BCCI fold.<ref name="Wisden India">{{cite web | url= http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/kapil-dev-resigns-from-icl-returns-to-bcci/16172 | title= Kapil resigns from ICL | publisher=Wisden India | access-date= 25 July 2010 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130314201217/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/kapil-dev-resigns-from-icl-returns-to-bcci/16172 | archive-date= 14 March 2013 | url-status= dead}}</ref>

=== Chancellor of Haryana's Sports University ===
He was appointed as first chancellor of the Sports University of Haryana in 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/kapil-dev-named-chancellor-of-haryanas-sports-university-2309195.html |title=Kapil Dev Named Chancellor of Haryana's Sports University |website=News18.com |date=14 September 2019 |access-date=13 March 2022}}</ref> The university is situated in India's [[Haryana]] state which he represented in domestic cricket.

== Personal life ==
Dev married Romi Bhatia in 1980 with whom he has a daughter, Amiya Dev, born on 16 January 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020804/spectrum/main1.htm|title=Kapil Dev Nikhanj – His Profile|work=The Tribune|location=India|access-date=17 March 2007}}</ref>

In 1993, Dev took up golf.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/09/05/stories/2004090505651700.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210215234/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/09/05/stories/2004090505651700.htm | url-status=usurped | archive-date=10 February 2007 | title=Kapil Dev leads India to title | work=The Hindu | location=India | date=5 September 2004 | access-date=6 December 2006 }}</ref> Dev was the only Asian founding member of Laureus Foundation in 2000. [[Ian Botham]] and [[Viv Richards]] were the other two cricketers on the founding member council of 40. [[Steve Waugh]] was added to the academy members in 2006 when it was expanded from 40 to 42. Dev pledged his organs during an event organised by Delhi Urological Society on 31 January 2014 at the [[Airports Authority of India|Airport Authority of India]], Officers Club, New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://topnews.in/sports/kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-donate-organs-243176|title=Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi pledge to donate organs|website=Topnews.in|access-date=22 March 2022|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025134637/https://topnews.in/sports/kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-donate-organs-243176|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-to-donate-organs |title=Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi pledge to donate organs |date=15 July 2014 |website= |access-date=22 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715030108/http://sports.in.msn.com/cricket/kapil-dev-bishan-singh-bedi-pledge-to-donate-organs |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On 23 October 2020, Dev suffered a [[heart attack]] and was hospitalised. He underwent an emergency coronary [[angioplasty]] at a hospital in Delhi.<ref>{{Cite news|date=23 October 2020|title=Kapil Dev: Cricket legend suffers heart scare, undergoes angioplasty|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/cricket-legend-kapil-dev-suffers-heart-attack-undergoes-angioplasty/articleshow/78825842.cms|access-date=23 October 2020|newspaper=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

== Books ==
He has written four books – three autobiographical and one book on [[Sikhism]]. Autobiographical works include — ''By God's Decree''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19860115-book-review-by-gods-decree-by-kapil-dev-with-vinay-verma-800488-1986-01-15|title=Book review: By God's Decree by Kapil Dev with Vinay Verma|date=15 January 1986|work=India Today|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> which came out in 1985, ''Cricket My Style''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/books/story/19860115-book-review-by-gods-decree-by-kapil-dev-with-vinay-verma-800488-1986-01-15|title=Book review: Kapil Dev's 'Cricket My Style'|date=31 December 1986|work=India Today|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref> in 1987, and ''Straight from the Heart'' in 2004.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2004/01/06/stories/2004010608011600.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071128013152/http://hinduonnet.com/2004/01/06/stories/2004010608011600.htm | url-status=usurped | archive-date=28 November 2007 | title=Kapil Dev's autobiography released | work=The Hindu | location=India | date=6 January 2004 | access-date=6 December 2006 }}</ref> His latest book titled ''We, The Sikhs'' was released in 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/the-book-is-to-understand-the-sacrifices-of-the-sikh-community/story-X7pPSx4zP0BQwA9ldFg8BI.html|title=The book is to understand the sacrifices of the Sikh community|date=13 June 2019|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/books-it-talks-about-power-of-universalism-and-liberalism-kapil-dev-on-his-book-we-the-sikhs/332399|title='It Talks About Power of Universalism And Liberalism': Kapil Dev on His Book 'We The Sikhs'|date=17 June 2019|work=Outlook|access-date=18 February 2020}}</ref>

== Records and awards ==
{{See also|List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev}}

=== Captaincy record ===

==== Test matches ====
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team;view=opposition|title=Team records – Test matches – ESPNcricinfo – ESPNcricinfo|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|-
! Opposition !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! Draw
|-
| {{cr|AUS}} || 6 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5
|-
| {{cr|ENG}} || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{cr|PAK}} || 8 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 7
|-
| {{cr|SRI}} || 6 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3
|-
| {{cr|WIN}} || 11 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 6
|-
| '''Total''' || '''34''' || '''4''' || '''7''' || '''1''' || '''22'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=1;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team|title=Team records – Test matches – ESPNcricinfo – ESPNcricinfo|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
|}

==== One Day Internationals ====
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team;view=opposition|title=Team records – One-Day Internationals – ESPNcricinfo – ESPNcricinfo|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="width:40%;"
|-
! Opposition !! Matches !! Won !! Lost !! Tied !! NR
|-
| {{cr|AUS}} || 19 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{cr|ENG}} || 5 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|NZL}} || 8 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|PAK}} || 13 || 4 || 9 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|SRI}} || 13 || 10 || 2 || 0 || 1
|-
| {{cr|WIN}} || 12 || 3 || 9 || 0 || 0
|-
| {{cr|ZIM}} || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| '''Total''' || '''74''' || '''39''' || '''33''' || '''0''' || '''2'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?captain_involve=1568;class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=team;team=6;template=results;type=team|title=Team records – One-Day Internationals – ESPNcricinfo – ESPNcricinfo|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
|}

=== Test cricket ===
* In early 1994, he became the [[List of Test cricket records#Most career wickets|highest Test wicket-taker in the world]], breaking the record held by Sir [[Richard Hadlee]]. Dev's record was broken by [[Courtney Walsh]] in 1999.
* Only player to have achieved the all-rounder's double of 5,000 Test runs and 400 Test wickets

=== Awards ===
* 1979–80 – [[Arjuna Award]]
* 1982 – [[Padma Shri]]
* 1983 – [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]]<ref name="WCoY">{{cite news |title=Kapil Dev – Cricketer of the Year – 1983 |url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154470.html |access-date=24 March 2007 |publisher=[[Wisden Almanack]]}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |date=2015 |title=Padma Awards |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}</ref>
* 2002 – [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] Indian Cricketer of the Century<ref name="WisdenICoC" />
* 2010 – [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]]<ref name="HallofFame" />
* 2013 – The 25 Greatest Global Living Legends in India by NDTV<ref>{{cite web |author=Deepshikha Ghosh |date=14 December 2013 |title=If you don't dream, you'll never reach anywhere: Kapil Dev |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/ndtv-25-latest/if-you-don-t-dream-you-ll-never-reach-anywhere-kapil-dev-458761?curl=1388510122 |access-date=24 October 2015 |work=NDTV.com}}</ref>
* 2013 – [[C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award|CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award]]<ref name=":0" />
* 2019 – [[East Bengal Club Season Awards|Bharat Gaurav Award]]<ref>{{cite web |title=East Bengal to confer Kapil Dev with Bharat Gaurav award |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/east-bengal-to-confer-kapil-dev-with-bharat-gaurav-award/1577311 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019194701/https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/east-bengal-to-confer-kapil-dev-with-bharat-gaurav-award/1577311 |archive-date=19 October 2019 |access-date=19 December 2019 |work=Outlook}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
*''[[Dillagi... Yeh Dillagi]]'' (1994)
*''[[C.I.D. (India TV series)|C.I.D.]]'' (Season 1) Episode- Howzzat?  (Episode 289,290) as Himself
* ''[[Mujhse Shaadi Karogi]]'' (2004) as Himself
* ''[[Iqbal (film)|Iqbal]]'' (2005) as Himself
* ''[[Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii]]'' (2007) as Himself
* ''[[83 (film)|83]]'' (2021) as an audience member who catches the ball during a match. He is portrayed by [[Ranveer Singh]]
* ''[[Double XL]]'' (2022) as Himself 
* ''[[Lal Salaam (2024 film)|Lal Salaam]]'' (2024) as himself

== In popular culture ==
Dev made cameo appearances in the films ''[[Dillagi... Yeh Dillagi]]'', [[Iqbal (movie)|''Iqbal'']], ''[[Chain Kulii Ki Main Kulii|Chain Khuli ki Main Khuli]]'' and ''[[Mujhse Shaadi Karogi]]'' among others.<ref>{{cite news|date=15 September 2005|title=Saluting the human spirit|publisher=[[The Hindu Business Line]]|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/09/16/stories/2005091600140300.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=24 March 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806034736/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2005/09/16/stories/2005091600140300.htm|archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref> He has also released a song "One India My India" with [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra Singh]].<ref>{{cite web|title=In pictures: Kapil Dev and Shailendra Singh launch new song, One India My India|url=https://www.indulgexpress.com/galleries/celebrity/2019/may/14/in-pictures-kapil-dev-and-shailendra-singh-launch-new-song-one-india-my-india-555.html|access-date=7 August 2020|website=Indulgexpress.com|date=13 May 2019 }}</ref>

The 2016 Indian film ''[[Azhar (film)|Azhar]]'', directed by Tony D'Souza, revolves around [[South Africa cricket match fixing|Match fixing scandals in late 90s and 2000]]. In the film Dev's character was played by [[Varun Badola]].<ref>{{cite news|title="I bet Ranveer can't get Kapil Dev's bowling action as perfectly as me": Varun Badola|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/i-bet-ranveer-cant-get-kapil-devs-bowling-action-as-perfectly-as-me-varun-badola/articleshow/73327943.cms|access-date=22 March 2021|website=The Times of India|date=18 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Indian filmmaker [[Kabir Khan (director)|Kabir Khan]] directed a biopic film, titled [[83 (film)|''83'']], about India's first world cup win in 1983. The film features [[Ranveer Singh]] as Dev and is produced by [[Anurag Kashyap]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news18.com/news/movies/ranveer-singh-to-play-kapil-dev-in-kabir-khan-film-on-india-1983-world-cup-victory-1527253.html|title=Ranveer Singh to Play Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan's Next On 1983 World Cup|work=News18|access-date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/83-special-screening-ranveer-singh-and-kapil-dev-walk-the-red-carpet-in-style/articleshow/88437480.cms|title='83' special screening: Ranveer Singh and Kapil Dev walk the red carpet in style|work=Times Of India|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref> and Kapil Dev has a cameo as a spectator.

== References ==
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