KAPIL DEV

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Kapil Dev Ramlal (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh, Punjab, India), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian .

He was the of Indian cricket team which won the 1983 .

Wisden named him as the Indian in 2002.

He was also India's national for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.

He was a bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's bowler for most of his career.

He also developed a fine inswinging during the 1980s, which he used very effectively against tail-enders.

As a batsman, he was a of the ball who could and drive effectively.

He was a naturally player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the .

He was nicknamed The Hurricane.

He retired in 1994, holding the for the most number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000.

At that time, he was also India's in both major forms of cricket, .

He is the only player in the to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in Tests, making him one of the .

On 8 March 2010, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket .