International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday paid wealthy tribute to veteran Indian all-rounder and Hall of Famer Kapil Dev, saying that he was a real sport adjustments. ICC has been celebrating the achievements of its Hall of Fame inductees this month on their social media deal with. Dev, who guided India to their maiden World Cup victory in 1983, was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on March 11, 2010. The ace cricketer represented India from 1978 to 1994.
Dev made his Test debut for India in October 1978 in Faisalabad towards bitter-rival Pakistan. In his debut match, Dev picked only one wicket and scored 8 runs and the match was drawn. After that, he went on to signify India in 131 Test matches. He scored 5248 runs within the longest format of the sport with the assistance of eight lots of and 27 fifties.
Dev additionally picked 434 wickets within the Test at an economic system charge of 2.78. The tempo bowler took ten-wicket haul two occasions and bagged fifer 23 occasions in his 16-year-long profession. He performed his final Test match for India in Hamilton towards New Zealand in 1994.
Much like his Test debut, Dev additionally made his ODI debut towards Pakistan in 1978. In his debut sport, he picked the wicket Imran Khan and was unbeaten at 13 runs as India gained the match.
Dev donned the blue jersey 225 occasions and amassed 3783 runs whereas selecting 253 wickets in ODI cricket. He additionally scored 100 and 15 fifties for India within the limited-overs cricket. He performed his final ODI match in 1994 towards West Indies in Faridabad. He additionally coached India’s males’s nationwide cricket from 1999 to 2000.
Bishan Singh Bedi (2009), Sunil Gavaskar (2009) Anil Kumble (2015), Rahul Dravid (2018) and Sachin Tendulkar (2019) are among the many different Indian cricketers to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
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