Kapil Dev Biography- All About Age, Wife, Daughter Carrier & Records
Kapil Dev is an Indian formal cricketer. Her full name is Kapil Dev Nikhanj he was born on 06/01/1959 In his captaincy India's own first cricket world cup in 1983 his youngest age was when he was 24 years old. Kapil dev was a fast-medium bowler he was holding the world record for the high number of wickets taken in Test cricket. His Test (434 wickets) and Most wickets in match 9 wickets. Dev is the first cricketer who takes 200 ODI wickets. Kapil is the first player in cricket history who takes more than 400+ wickets and takes 5,000 runs in test cricket. That achievement made him one of the greatest cricket all-rounders in cricket history.
Early Life of Kapil Dev Indian Greatest Cricketer
He was born in Ram Lal Nikhanj. His wife's name is Rajkumari. His family is from Sahiwal and his mother was born in Pakpattan, Okara. He was a student at Dev Kapil Dev Public school previously named was (Dev public school).
Bowling Style of Kapil Dev
He is a right-arm pace bowler. Dev is a great bowler even the all-time highest wickets taker in Test cricket. He is one of the most prolific wickets-takers ever.
Personal information
- Full name: Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj
- Born: 6 January 1959 (age 63)
- Chandigarh, India
- Nickname: The Haryana Hurricane, Kapil Paaji, Kaps
- Height: 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
- Batting: Right-handed
- Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
- Role: All-rounder
Test debut (cap 141) 16-Oct-1978 v Pakistan
Last Test: 19-Mar-1994 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 25): 01-Oct-1978 v Pakistan
Last ODI: 17-Oct-1994 v West Indies
Career statistics
Kapil Dev as a National Coach of India
He joined the Indian national cricket team as a coach in 1999.
Chancellor of Haryana sports university
In 2019 he was appointed chancellor of the Hariyana Sports University. He was the first chancellor of this university who represented domestic cricket.
Personal Life
Kapil Dev's wife's name is Romi Bhatia got married in 1980. They have a daughter her name is Amiya Dev she was born on 16-Jan-1996.
Books
He wrote four books Three autobiographies and one is Sikhism
Name of the books
- Straight from the Heart
- Kapil: The Autobiography of Kapil dev
- Cutting & Tailoring Course
- Last Childhood: Unmasking the lives of Street Children in Metropolitan India
Awards
- Arjuna Award 1979 to 1980
- Padma Shri in 1982
- Wisden Cricketer of the Yea in 1983
- Padma Bhushan in 1991
- Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002
- ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in 2010
- The 25 Greatest Global Living Legends in India by NDTV in 2013
- CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award(announced) in 2013
Song: He released the song (One India My India) with Shailendra Singh.
ONE INDIA MY INDIA by Mithoon & Shailendra Singh
Biopic film
Movie: Title 83
Kapil Dev Character played by Varun Badola
Director: Kabir Khan