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Kapil Dev

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Kapildev Ramlal Nikhanj (pronunciation: [kəpil deːʋ] born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricket team captain. He is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle-order batsman. 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. Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, becoming the first Indian captain to win the Cricket World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2024). Kapil Dev is the 12th most popular cricketer (down from 4th in 2024), the 995th most popular biography from India (down from 803rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Kapil Dev ranks 12 out of 136. Before him are W. G. Grace, Sunil Gavaskar, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Flintoff, Alfred Bowerman, and C. B. K. Beachcroft. After him are Virat Kohli, Montagu Toller, Shane Warne, VVS Laxman, Ravindra Jadeja, and Jack Hobbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Kapil Dev ranks 560. Before him are Todd Solondz, Peter Pacult, Catherine Mouchet, Liang Wudong, Mircea Fulger, and Lee Daniels. After him are Joachim Kunz, Magdi Abdelghani, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Acácio, Hiroshi Kobayashi, and Damir Škaro.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kapil Dev ranks 995 out of 1,861. Before him are Vinjamuri Anasuya Devi (1920), Mehdi Hassan (1927), Arun Jaitley (1952), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Geeta Bali (1930), and Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910). After him are Anuradha Paudwal (1954), Varun Gandhi (1980), Mira Nair (1957), Margaret Alva (1942), Nimmi (1933), and Ravindra Kelekar (1925).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Kapil Dev ranks 4. Before him are MS Dhoni (1981), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), and Sunil Gavaskar (1949). After him are Virat Kohli (1988), VVS Laxman (1974), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Ravichandran Ashwin (1986), Mohammed Shami (1990), K. L. Rahul (1992), Rohit Sharma (1987), and Bishan Singh Bedi (1946).

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