KAPIL DEV
KAPIL RAMALAL DEV NIKHANJ Photo Credit: Original Photographer as in Google Kapil Ramalal Dev Nikhanj is a former Indian cricketer. He was a fast bowler and a hard hitting middle order batsman. Regarded as one of the greatest all-rounder to play the game, he is also regarded as one of the greatest captains in the history of cricket. He was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. Kapil Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup. He was India's national cricket coach between October 1999 and August 2000. He retired as a player in 1994, holding the world record for the greatest number of wickets taken in Test cricket, a record subsequently broken only by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he is also India's highest wicket-taker in both major forms of cricket - Tests and ODIs. He is also the first player to take 200 ODI wickets in the history of the game of cricket. He is also the only player in the history of cricket t...