Kapil Dev

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Kapil Dev India (Ind)
Batting style	Right hand bat
Bowling type	Right arm fast medium
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	131	225
Runs scored	5,248	3,783
Batting average	31.05	23.79
100s/50s	8/27	1/14
Top score	163	175*
Overs bowled	4,623.2	1,867
Wickets	434	253
Bowling average	29.64	27.45
5 wickets in innings	23	1
10 wickets in match	2	n/a
Best bowling	9-83	5-43
Catches/stumpings	64/0	71/0
As of 4 July 2005 Source: Cricinfo.com

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj^[1] (कपिल देव) (pronunciation (help·info)) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders to have played Cricket. Kapil Dev was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002 ^[2] for captaining India to their maiden and only Cricket World Cup in 1983 and holding the record for the most Test match wickets between 1994 and 1999. Kapil Dev had a rather prosaic stint as India's national cricket coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.

Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was India's main strike bowler throughout most of his career. He also developed a fine inswinging yorker during the 1980s which he used very effectively against tailenders. As a batsman he was a natural striker of the ball who could hook and drive effectively. A naturally aggressive player, he often helped India in difficult situations by taking the attack to the opposition. His nickname was The Haryana Hurricane^[3]. - he used to represent the Haryana cricket team, although he is himself a Punjabi.He was also called Desh ka Rattan^{[citation needed]} - The Jewel of India by his fans.

Contents 1 Personal Life 2 Domestic Performance 2.1 Haryana - 1990/91 Ranji Trophy Champions 3 International Career 3.1 Early Years (1978 - 1982) 3.2 Captain: 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1982 - 1984) 4 Difficult captaincy 5 Records in Test cricket 6 Records in ODI cricket 7 Always an entertainer 8 Acheivements 8.1 Awards 8.2 Test Match Awards 8.3 ODI Match Awards 9 India's National Cricket Coach 9.1 Match Fixing Allegation and Resignation 10 Business Interests 10.1 Sports 10.2 Business 10.3 Endorsments 11 References

[edit] Personal Life

Kapil Dev was born to Ram Lal Nikhanj and Raj Kumari Lajwanti (maiden name) on January 6, 1959. He was the sixth of seven siblings. Kapil's parent emigrated from a village near Rawalpindi during Partition. Ram Lal Nikhanj settled in Chandigarh and settled into a prosperous building and timber business. Kapil Dev was a student at D.A.V School and in 1971 joined as a pupil to Desh Prem Azad. He was introduced to Romi Bhatia by a common friend in 1979 and proposed to her in 1980^[4]. Kapil Dev married Romi in 1980 and the couple have a daughter Amiya Dev who was born in 1996.

[edit] Domestic Performance

Kapil Dev made his debut for Haryana in November 1975 against their neighbours Punjab and impressed with a debut 6-39 innings haul, restricting Punjab to just 63 runs and helping Haryana to a victory. However Kapil finished the season with only 12 wickets in 3 matches.

In the 1976/77 season opener against J&K, he had a match haul of 8-36 to win the match for his team. While his contributions for the rest of the season was ordinary, Haryana qualified for the pre quarterfinals. Kapil Dev achieved his then best innings haul of 7-20 in just 9 overs in the second innings to skittle Bengal for 58 runs in under 19 overs. Facing powerhouse Bombay (Now Mumbai) in the quarter finals, Haryana was exposed as pretenders with future team mate Karsan Ghavri taking 7 wickets in the first innings. Haryana lost the match when Bombay's batting piled up the pressure by scoring over 500 runs. However the season made the nation sit up and notice the speedster from Haryana.

Kapil Dev didn't disappoint his growing legion of fans when he improved on his bowling record by taking 8-38 in the first innings against Services in the 1977/78 season. With 3 wickets in the second innings, he took his maiden 10-wicket haul in first class cricket, a feat he would achieve twice in Test Cricket. With 23 wickets in 4 matches, he was named for his maiden Irani Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Wills Trophy matches though he did not have a stand-out performance.

Career record	First-class	List A
Matches	275	309
Runs scored	11,356	5,461
Batting average	42.91	24.50
100s/50s	18/56	2/23
Top score	193	175*
Balls bowled	48,853	14,947
Wickets	835	335
Bowling average	27.09	27.34
5 wickets in innings	39	2
10 wickets in match	3	N/A
Best Bowling	9/83	5/43
Catches/Stumpings	192	99
As of 13 January 2006 Source: [1] Edit this template

For the 1978/79 season, Haryana had a repeat encounter with Bengal in the pre quarterfinal match after a lackluster bowling season from Kapil Dev (12 wickets from 4 matches), riding on the performance of season leading wicket taker - Rajinder Kaul. Kapil Dev however scored 2 half-centuries in the group stage matches. In the pre quarterfinal match, he showed his big match attitude by taking a 5 wicket haul in the first innings. Poor batting by Haryana in the second innings meant Bengal could avenge their loss from 2 seasons back by scoring the required 161 runs for the loss of just 4 wickets. Kapil Dev stood out in the Irani Trophy match scoring 62 runs coming in at number 8. He also took 5 matches in the game where Karnataka was defeated by the Rest of India XI. Kapil Dev arrived in the national spotlight with a trademark standout performance in the finals of the Duleep Trophy taking a first innings haul of 7-65 in 24 overs. Kapil Dev was included in the North Zone squad for Deodhar Trophy and Wills Trophy for the first time. Kapil played his first test match in the season against Pakistan

In the 1979/80 season, Kapil Dev showed his batting talent with a maiden century against Delhi when he scored his career best 193. In the pre quarterfinal match, where he captained Haryana for the first time against Uttar Pradesh, he took a five wicket haul in the second innings to advance to quarter finals where they lost to Karnataka. With Kapil Dev cementing his place in the Indian national squad, his appearances in the domestic matches dwindled.

[edit] Haryana - 1990/91 Ranji Trophy Champions

In the 1990/91 Ranji season, Haryana rode into the semi finals on the back of the bowling performance of Chetan Sharma and the batting performance of Amarjit Kaypee. Kapil Dev took center stage in the semi finals against Bengal cricket team where he led his team to a mammoth score of 605 runs by scoring 141 as well as taking 5 wickets. The finals of the 1991 season will be remembered for the number of International cricketers who were part of the match with Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Ajay Jadeja and Vijay Yadav turning up for Haryana and Bombay (now Mumbai) represented by Sanjay Manjrekar, Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Chandrakant Pandit, Salil Ankola and Abey Kuruvilla. Deepak Sharma (199), Ajay Jadeja (94) and Chetan Sharma (98) helped Haryana to a score of 522 while Yogendra Bhandari (5 Wickets) and Kapil Dev (3 Wickets) restricted Bombay to 410 runs in the first innings. A crucial 41 from Kapil and top scorer Banerjee (60) along with other cameos took Haryana to 242 runs, setting Bombay 355 runs. Kapil's team did not falter even when Dilip Vengsarkar (139) and Sachin Tendulkar (96) were taking Bombay closer to the target. With the dismissal of Tendulkar, Haryana took the final 6 wickets for 102 runs and Dilip Vengsarkar and Bombay were stranded 3 runs short of the target. Haryana's favourite son - Kapil Dev had inspired his team to their maiden Ranji Trophy championship.

[edit] International Career

[edit] Early Years (1978 - 1982)

Kapil Dev made his Test Cricket debut in Faisalabad, Pakistan on October 16, 1978 and though his match figures are unimpressive, the numbers don't convey any measure of Kapil's contribution in the match. With his speed and bounce, he bought glee to the Indian players when Pakistani batsmen were startled with bouncers that clanged the helmet on more than one occassion.^[5] Kapil Dev also picked his maiden wicket of Sadiq Mohammad with his trademark outswinger.^[6] Kapil Dev showcased his all-rounder talent when he scored India's fastest test half-century off 33 balls and 2 sixes in each of the innings during the 3^rd Test Match at National Stadium, Karachi^[7], though India lost the match and the series 2-0. In the ensuring series against a visiting West Indies team, he scored his maiden test century (126) at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi in just 124 balls^[8] and had a steady bowling performance (17 Wickets at 33.00). Ominous Signs of Kapil Dev's liking for England showed up in the ensuring series, Kapil's first outside the sub-continent. Kapil Dev picked up his first 5-wicket haul and all of England's wickets, though it came at a huge cost (48 overs and 146 runs conceded) as England scored a mammoth 633 and won the match comfortably^[9]. Kapil Dev finished the series with 16 wickets though his batting haul of 45 runs (Average: 7.5) was unimpressive. Kapil Dev's debut in ODI Cricket happened in the earlier tour of Pakistan where his individual performance was ordinary and it stayed the same as both Kapil Dev and India had a poor campaign at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.

Kapil Dev established himself as India's premier fast bowler when he took two 5 Wicket hauls and ended the home series against Australia with 28 wickets (Average: 22.32) and also 212 runs that included a half-century.^[10] Kapil Dev gained fame in the 6-Test home series against Pakistan in the 1979/80 season when he led India to 2 victories against the visitors - once with the bat (69) at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay (Now Mumbai)^[11] and the second time with bat and ball (10 Wicket Haul in Match - 4/90 in first innings and 7/56 in second innings, 84 in 98 balls with his bat) at Chepauk, Madras (Now Chennai).^[12] Kapil Dev rates his all-round performance in this match as his best bowling effort in his career and his second innings figure of 7/56 was his best to-date.^[5] During the series, he also became the youngest test player to achieve the all-round double of 100 Wickets and 1000 Runs and in 25 matches, though Ian Botham took just 21 matches and finished the series with 32 wickets (Ave: 17.68) and 278 runs that included 2 fifties. ^[13]

India's tour of Australia in 1980/81 had the looks of the familiar Indian series as India was down 1-0 and were defending a meagre 143 runs and Kapil Dev virtually ruled out with a groin injury. When Australia finished the fourth day at 3-18, Kapil willed himself to play the final day with pain-killing injections and removed the dangerous Australia middle order. Kapil won the match for India with the inning's bowling performance of 16.4-4-28-5, a bowling performance that figures in his five best bowling performance^[5]. During the Australian tour, he scored his first fifty in ODI Match against New Zealand at Brisbane. Somehow India's test cricket sensation was unable to adjust to ODI cricket and had a career start of 278 runs (Ave: 17.38) and 17 Wickets after 16 ODI matches.

A dismal New Zealand tour later,^[14] Kapil Dev was ready for the 1981/82 home series against England where his five-wicket haul won the first test at Wankhede Stadium, Bombay (Now Mumbai). Kapil Dev scored 318 runs (Ave:53, 1 Century, 1 Fifty) and took 22 wickets (2 5-Wicket in Inning Hauls) and walked away with the Man of the Series honours.^[15] England saw more of Kapil in the ensuing series at home against the Indian cricket team in 1982 season when Kapil opened with a 5 wicket haul and 130 runs in a losing cause at Lords.^[16] Kapil Dev finished the 3-match series with 292 runs (Ave: 73, 3 fifties) and 10 Wickets and bagged the Man of the Series again.^[17]

Facing Sri Lanka for the first time, Kapil Dev helped himself to a five wicket haul to kick start the 1982/83 season. In the following tour to Pakistan, Kapil Dev along with Mohinder Amarnath were the only bright spots in a series dominated by rival all-rounder Imran Khan (40 Wickets and 1 Century).^[18] Kapil Dev took a 5-Wicket haul in the second test at National Stadium, Karachi, 7 wicket in inning haul in the third test at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad and his to-date bowling performance 8-wicket in innings haul at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore while he received little support from other team members. After this disastrous tour, Kapil Dev was made the Captain of the Indian cricket team in place of Sunil Gavaskar.

[edit] Captain: 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1982 - 1984)

Kapil Dev led India to the World Cup win of 1983. His best bowling analysis of 9/83 came the same year against West Indies at Ahmedabad.

[edit] Difficult captaincy

Kapil lost the captaincy in early 1984 to Sunil Gavaskar. He regained it in March 1985 and guided India on a Test series win over England on their tour in 1986. This period saw one of the most famous matches played during his reign, the second Tied Test in which he was named joint-man of the match with Dean Jones. In the 1987 Cricket World Cup he faced the blame for India's loss to England in the semi-final, as he holed out to deep mid-wicket triggering a collapse that led to the unexpected loss. He did not captain India again.

The captaincy period was on the whole a difficult one for him as it was mired with reports of differences with Gavaskar, as well as his own inconsistent form as a bowler. However, both men have since insisted that these reports were exaggarated ^[19].

[edit] Records in Test cricket

By the end of 1983, Kapil already had about 250 Test wickets in just five years and looked well on his way to becoming one of the most prolific wicket-takers ever. However, following knee surgery in 1984, his bowling declined as he lost some of his majestic jump at the crease. He continued to be effective, if not devastating, for another ten years and became the second bowler ever to take 400 wickets in Test cricket in 1991-92. In early 1994, he became the highest Test wicket-taker in the world, breaking the record held by Sir Richard Hadlee. Kapil's record was broken by Courtney Walsh in 1999.

Kapil is the only player to have achieved the all-rounder's double of 4,000 Test runs and 400 Test wickets.

[edit] Records in ODI cricket

In 1988, Kapil overtook Joel Garner to become the highest wicket-taker in ODI cricket. His final career tally of 253 wickets remained a record until it was broken by Wasim Akram in 1994 ^[20].

According to the ICC cricket ratings for all-rounders in ODI cricket ^[21], Kapil's peak rating of 631 is the highest rating ever achieved. He reached this mark on 22 March 1985 after a World Series final against Pakistan in Australia.

[edit] Always an entertainer

At his best, Kapil was one of the world's most destructive batsmen. During the Test match series against Pakistan in 1982-83, he demolished Abdul Qadir's leg spin, which the English and Australian batsmen had great difficulty in reading earlier in the same year.

He was also fearless in attacking the world's best fast-bowlers. During a World Cup match against the West Indies in 1983, he drove Michael Holding straight over his head for a six, a shot that would have been considered unimaginable by most against a bowler of Holding's pace.

In a match on route to the World Cup final of 1983, Kapil smashed a captain's knock of 175 not out against Zimbabwe helping India recover from an extremely poor start. India had collapsed to 9/4 when Kapil came in to bat, and were reduced further to 17/5. His 175 not out turned the game completely in India's favour and was at the time the highest-ever individual score in ODI cricket. It was also the first ODI century by an Indian. Surprisingly, it was also Kapil's only ODI hundred.

Another memorable incident relates to a Test match against England in 1990. When India needed 24 runs to save the follow-on with only one wicket remaining, Kapil met that target by hitting four consecutive sixes off Eddie Hemmings. This proved to be the right decision, as in the next over itself, the number 11 batsman Narendra Hirwani was dismissed with no further addition to the score.

A further example of his competitive spirit was during a match against West Indies at Sharjah in November 1986, when he tried to cajole Viv Richards into bowling the last over of the match with India needing 36 runs to win. Unsurprisingly, Richards did not give in to his request.^{[citation needed]}

Kapil's batting talent and competitive spirit were evident until as late as 1992, when during a Test match against South Africa, he counter-attacked Allan Donald and the rest of the South African pace attack on his way to his final Test century, an outstanding 129 out of a total of 215. The next highest score was only 17 and none of the top six batsmen got into double figures.

[edit] Acheivements

[edit] Awards

• 1979-80 - Arjuna Award
• 1982 - Padma Shri
• 1983 - Wisden Cricketer of the Year^[22]
• 1991 - Padma Bhushan
• 2002 - Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century^[2]

[edit] Test Match Awards

Man of Series Awards

#	Series	Season	Series Performance
1	England in India	1981/82	318 Runs (6 Matches, 8 Innings, 1x100, 1x50); 243.1-40-835-22 (2x5WI); 3 Catches
2	India in England	1982	292 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 3x50); 133-21-439-10 (1x5WI)
3	West Indies in India	1983/84	184 Runs (6 Matches, 11 Innings); 203.-43-537-29 (2x5WI, 1x10WM); 4 Catches
4	India in Australia	1985/86	135 Runs (3 Matches, 3 Innings, 1x50); 118-31-276-12 (1x5WI); 5 Catches

Man of the Match Awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match Performance
1	England	Wankhede, Mumbai	1981/82	1st Innings: 38 (8x4); 22-10-29-1 2nd Innings: 46 (5x4); 13.2-0-70-5
2	England	Lord's, London	1992/93	1st Innings: 41 (4x4); 43-8-125-5 2nd Innings: 89 (13x4, 3x6); 10-1-43-3
3	Pakistan	Gadafi, Lahore	1982/93	1st Innings: 30.5-7-85-8
4	Australia	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	1985/86	1st Innings: 38 (8x4); 38-6-106-8 2nd Innings: 3-1-3-0
5	England	Lord's, London	1986	1st Innings: 1 Run; 31-8-67-1; 1 Catch 2nd Innings: 23*(4x4, 1x6); 22-7-52-4
6*	Australia	Chepauk, Chennai	1986/87	1st Innings: 119 (21x4);18-5-52-0; 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 1 Run; 1-0-5-0
7	Sri Lanka	Barabati, Cuttack	1986/87	1st Innings: 60 Runs; 26-3-69-4; 2 Catches 2nd Innings: 16-4-36-1
8	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi	1989/90	1st Innings: 55 (8x4); 24-5-69-4 2nd Innings: 36-15-82-3

• *-Joint MoM Award with Dean Jones in the tied Test Match

[edit] ODI Match Awards

Man of the Series Awards

#	Series (Opponents)	Season	Series Performance
1	Texaco Trophy (India in England ODI Series)	1982	107 (2 Matches & 2 Innings, 1x50); 20-3-60-0
2*	Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, New Zealand)	1985/86	202 Runs (9 Innings); 20/391; 7 Catches

• *-Preliminary Games

Man of the Match Awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match Performance
1	New Zealand	Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1980/81	75 (51b, 9x4, 3x6); 10-0-37-1; 1 Catch
2	West Indies	Albion Sports Complex, Berbice, Guyana	1982/83	72 (38b, 7x4, 3x6); 10-0-33-2; 2 Catches
3	Zimbabwe	Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells	1983	175* (138b, 16x4, 6x6); 11-1-32-1; 2 Catches
4	England	VCA Ground, Nagpur	1984/85	54* (41b, 3x4, 4x6); 10-1-42-1
5	New Zealand	Woolloongabba, Brisbane	1985/86	54* (53b, 5x4); 10-1-28-1
6	England	Sharjah	1986/87	64* (54b, 5x4, 1x6); 8-1-30-1
7	New Zealand	Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	1987/88	72* (580b, 4x4, 1x6); 10-1-54-0
8	Zimbabwe	Gujarat Stadium, Ahmedabad	1987/88	41* (25b, 2x4, 3x6), 10-2-44-2
9	West Indies	Sharjah	1989/90	41 (50b, 2x4, 1x6); 7.4-1-19-2
10	New Zealand	Basin Reserve, Wellington	1989/90	46 (38b, 4x4, 1x6); 9.5-1-45-2
11	South Africa	Kingsmead, Durban	1992/93	30 (37b, 5x4); 10-4-23-3

[edit] India's National Cricket Coach

Kapil Dev was appointed coach of the Indian national cricket team in 1999 succeeding Anshuman Gaekwad ^[23].

Kapil Dev's first day in office as India's Coach got off to a bad start with the team crashing to 83 all out against the visiting New Zealand in Mohali. Thanks to inspired bowling by Javagal Srinath, the lead was managed to 132 runs. India's second innings made the coach proud as India piled on 505 runs with all the top 5 batmen crossing fifty and Dravid and Tendulkar scoring centuries. India won the second test match due to the bowling of Anil Kumble at Lucknow. The third test match meandered to a draw, but not before Tendulkar recorded his first double-century in Test Cricket. In the ensuing ODI Series, India won 3-2 and the highlight was the setting of the still standing world record ODI partnership of 331 runs between Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar also recorded the highest score by an Indian batsman in ODI Cricket with an innings of 186* Runs. The series against New Zealand would be Kapil's most successful series as National Coach.

India followed the NZ tour with a trip 'down under' to Australian cricket team. India lost the test series 3-0 and the margin of defeat was heavy in each of these matches - 285 Runs^[24], 180 Runs^[25], Innings and 141 runs^[26]. The only positive aspect of the test series came in the final match when VVS Laxman scored 167 in SCG and came for much praise from the media^[27]. VVS Laxman would later produce more match winning performances against the Aussies in India and Australia. India's ODI series performance matched the test series in failure as India managed to win just 1 match against Pakistan and Kapil had to come out in defense of his team^[28].

India had not lost a home test series since 1987 (against Pakistan) and when South Africa toured India in February - March 2000, that record was erased as India lost the home series 2-0. However events outside the field had a major role in the score line: Sachin Tendulkar relinquished Captaincy before start of the series, Mohammad Azharuddin and Nayan Mongia were recalled to the team, controversy over Azhar's injury leading to his exclusion from the first test, Sourav Ganguly made the captain of the Indian team from the second test match. Talks in the media about no way but 'UP'^[29] were not unfounded when India took a 3-0 lead in the ODI Series and finishing the series at 3-2, after South Africa won the last two matches. The result was tainted when it was learnt later that Hansie Cronje was involved in betting and there were attempts to buy-off South African players by Cronje and bookies. At the end of the series, it was felt at that time that Ganguly's attitude and captaincy was heartening^[30]. In March 2000, India participated in a triangular series with South Africa and Pakistan. With the travails of the season, it was no surprise that India won only 1 match of the four played and was knocked out of the contention for the finals.

Before Kapil Dev could chalk out the strategy with the new captain Ganguly, he and the nation will go through some rough times

[edit] Match Fixing Allegation and Resignation

As the 1999/00 season was winding down, Delhi Police rocked the Cricket world when they announced that Hansie Cronje was involved in a "Cricket Match-fixing and Betting Racket"^[31]. To say that the cricket fraternity was shocked that a highly-regarded leader like Hansie Cronje was involved in match-fixing, is an understatement and UCBSA released terse statements denying these allegations^[32][33] as well as kickstarted a diplomatic row^[34]. When Delhi Police was relentless and started mounting the evidence, Hansie Cronje admitted to accepting money for throwing away games in a phone call with UCBSA's chief Dr. Ali Bacher^[35]. Cronje was sacked and replaced by Shaun Pollock^[36].

As the din of match-fixing was raised, former Indian player Manoj Prabhakar went public stating that his ex-captain wanted to throw away a match against Pakistan^[37]. Prabhakar's allegations against an unknown team member was not new as he made these allegations to a magazine The Outlook in 1997^[38] based on which BCCI instituted the Chandrachud Inquiry, a one man commission headed by retired Chief Justice of India - Honorable Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud. Manoj Prabhakar did not reveal names or provide evidence of his charges (Match Fixing and Phone Tapping allegation on then Cricket Manager Ajit Wadekar)^[39]. When the match fixing controversy resurfaced in 2000, BCCI released the Chandrachud Report to the media. The fury of the Indian public translated in PILs and International Cricket Council and BCCI were called to respond in Delhi High Court^[40] and Calcutta High Court^[41]. In response to the crisis, the Indian Government initiated CBI inquiry on April 28, 2000^[42].

Former BCCI President Inderjit Singh Bindra revealed on May 4, 2000 that Prabhakar told him that Kapil Dev asked him to throw away the match^[43]. During the ensuing exchanges between various parties, Kapil Dev breaking down in an interview on BBC's Hard Talk with Karan Thapar is forever etched in the memory of people^[44]. Kapil Dev was not allowed to resign^[45] or take leave of absence^[46] through these times by BCCI from his coaching responsibilities. As the weeks progressed and as public discontent mounting on inaction in the match-fixing scandal and in no small measure the pressure from the then Union Sport Minister Shukdev Singh Dhindsa^[47], Kapil Dev resigned from his position of Indian Cricket Coach on September 12, 2000 vowing farewell to the game of cricket^[48].

CBI after extensive investigation and interviews of various cricketers submitted it's report to Union Sports Minister on November 1, 2000^[49]. The report on match-fixing found no credible evidence against Kapil Dev^[50]. BCCI's anti-corruption officer K Madhavan (former Joint Director of CBI) submitted his report ^[51] on November 28, 2000 in which he elaborated on players who were found to have links with the match-fixing syndicate. Madhavan concluded that Kapil Dev did not attempt to bribe Manoj Prabhakar and none of the players collaborated with Manoj's version of the events^{[52][53][54][55]}.

India's prodigal son had come through his ordeal unscathed. However his term as Indian cricket team's national coach will not be considered a success for the poor on-field performances^[56].

[edit] Business Interests

[edit] Sports

• After retirment from Cricket in 1994, Kapil Dev took to Golf^[57].

• Kapil Dev was the only Asian founding members of Laureus Foundation in 2000. Ian Botham and Vivian Richards were the other two cricketers on the founding member council of 40. Steve Waugh was added to the Academy members in 2006 when it was expanded from 40 to 42.

[edit] Business

• In 2005, Kapil Dev picked up 5% stake in Zicom Electronics^[58]

• Kapil Dev released his autobiography, titled Straight to the Heart, was published in 2004 (ISBN 1403-92227-6) ^[59].

• Kapil Dev owns Kapil's Eleven (2006) restaurant ^[60] and Kaptain's Retreat Hotel(1983; renovated and reopened in 2002)^[61] - both in Chandigarh, India

• Kapil Dev made a cameo appearance in the Nagesh Kukunoor's move Iqbal^[62]

[edit] Endorsments

Kapil Dev has been actively courted by Indian businesses during and after his cricketing days as brand ambassador for their products because of the charisma that personifies the cricketer. Though not the first Indian cricketer to endorse brands, he was the first star brand on Indian Television with his Palmolive da jawab nahin (Translation: Palmolive has no match)^[63]. Other endorsments include

• Hajmola - 1995
• Crocin Pain Relief - 2005^[64].
• Boost (1980s & 1990s)
• Sony SET Max - 2002^[65].
• Birla Sun-Life Insurance - 2006^[66]
• Chadha Group - 2006^[67]
• Kinetic - 2002^[68]
• Standard Chartered - 2003^[69]
• Jaypee Greens - 2002^[70]
• Omaxe Construction - 2003^[71]
• Haier: 2007^[72]

[edit] References

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Preceded by Sunil Gavaskar	Indian National Test Cricket Captain 1982/83 - 1983/84	Succeeded by Sunil Gavaskar
Preceded by Sunil Gavaskar	Indian National Test Cricket Captain 1984/85 - 1986-87	Succeeded by Dilip Vengsarkar

Bowlers who have taken 400 Test wickets
Shane Warne (AUS) | Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) | Glenn McGrath (AUS) | Anil Kumble (IND) | Courtney Walsh (WI) Kapil Dev (IND) | Richard Hadlee (NZ) | Wasim Akram (PAK) | Curtly Ambrose (WI) | Shaun Pollock (SA)

Cricketers who have achieved the 'All-rounder's Triple' (3000 runs/300 wickets) in Test matches
Ian Botham 72 Tests | Richard Hadlee 83 Tests | Imran Khan 75 Tests | Kapil Dev 83 Tests Shaun Pollock 87 Tests | Shane Warne 142 Tests

Cricketers who have achieved the 'All-rounder's Double' (2000 runs/200 wickets) in Test matches
Wasim Akram 78 Tests | Richie Benaud 60 Tests | Ian Botham 42 Tests | Chris Cairns 58 Tests |Sir Richard Hadlee 54 Tests Jacques Kallis 102 Tests | Kapil Dev 50 Tests | Imran Khan 50 Tests | Anil Kumble 110 Tests | Shaun Pollock 56 Tests Sir Garfield Sobers 80 Tests | Chaminda Vaas 82 Tests | Daniel Vettori 69 Tests | Shane Warne 100 Tests

	India squad - 1979 Cricket World Cup
1 Venkataraghavan | 2 Gavaskar | 3 Amarnath | 4 Viswanath | 5 Vengsarkar | 6 Gaekwad | 7 Ghavri | 8 Kapil | 9 Brijesh | 10 Surinder | 11 Bedi | 12 Reddy | 13 Yashpal | 14 None | 15 None | Coach: Unknown

	India squad - 1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1st Title)
1 Kapil Dev | 2 Gavaskar | 3 Srikkanth | 4 Vengsarkar | 5 Patil | 6 Amarnath | 7 Yashpal | 8 Binny | 9 Madan Lal | 10 Kirmani | 11 Azad | 12 Sandhu | 13 Shastri | 14 Valson | 15 None | Coach: Unknown

	India squad - 1987 Cricket World Cup Semi-finalists
1 Kapil Dev | 2 Gavaskar | 3 Srikkanth | 4 Vengsarkar | 5 Azharuddin | 6 Shastri | 7 Sidhu | 8 Binny | 9 Prabhakar | 10 More | 11 Maninder Singh | 12 Sivaramakrishnan | 13 Sharma | 14 Pandit | 15 None | Coach: Unknown

	India squad - 1992 Cricket World Cup
1 Azharuddin (c) | 2 Kapil Dev | 3 Srikkanth | 4 Shastri | 5 Manjrekar | 6 Tendulkar | 7 Jadeja | 8 Kambli | 9 Amre | 10 Prabhakar | 11 Srinath | 12 More | 13 Raju | 14 Banerjee | 15 None | Coach: Unknown