Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj is a former Indian cricketer who was born on January 6, 1959. He was a hard-hitting middle-order batsman and a fast medium bowler. In 1983, he led India to its first Cricket World Cup victory. In 2002, Wisden named him the Indian Cricketer of the Century.

Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, becoming the first Indian captain to do so. He is also the youngest captain to win the World Cup for any team (at the age of 24). He retired in 1994 with the world record for the most wickets taken in Test cricket, a record that was later surpassed by Courtney Walsh in 2000. He was also India's leading wicket-taker in both Tests and One-Day Internationals at the time. He is the first player in ODI history to take 200 wickets. He is the only player in cricket history to have taken over 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored over 5000 runs in Tests, making him one of the greatest all-rounders of all time. Cricketers such as Sunil Gavaskar have complimented Dev's all-round ability, hailing him as one of the game's best all-rounders. Between September 1999 and September 2000, he was the Indian national team's coach. Dev was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on March 11, 2010.

Full name: Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj

Born: 6 January 1959, Chandigarh, East Punjab, India

Height: 1.83m