The man who never made his fans disappoint with his performance in the field, always obliged his fans after every hard match in the ground. One of the great all rounder of his time with the other great players like Richard Hadley, Imran Khan, Ian Botham.... all legends in this great game, in their own style.
Winning awards was not new for this great all rounder, who had a long career span of 15 years (1978-79 to 1994-95), the award he received from Sir Viv Richards on that night was special one for him, very special. It meant really for him a special, which someone could realize when the tears welled up in his eyes when he came to receive the award. Yeah, he is the numero-uno who won the great prestigious award-Wisden’s Indian Cricketer of the Century, the awesome all rounder, KAPIL DEV.
In his career, the great talented all rounder had put in for that extraordinary record of 434 wickets and over 5000 runs in which 8 centuries, 27 fifties. This is a great record in the test career for a man who came to play for INDIA as a bowler and turned to an extra-ordinary all rounder. Not only in test his quest ends. He also got a tremendous record in the limited over matches too. In 225 matches, he has scored over 3500 runs and got 253 wickets, being a great threat to the opposition. The following on can explain how fierce he is and how he lead the INDIAN team in his Captainship. This is the extract from the match between India and Zimbabwe in the 1983 Prudential World Cup. India was 5 down for 17, when Kapil Dev came on to the field to bat. And he did on that day was one I think that it has not and it will not repeated in the cricket history. He made a superb century (175 not out), which changed the course of the game and helped India to win that match. That was marvelous feast for the Zimbabwe team that they never expected from him. After this the final was between India and West Indies, which was won by India. He is remarkable, indeed, a good athlete too. For a great player like this, never expected to be hit by a nightmare, when his name was pulled out for match fixing. This was a big question mark in front of the whole world that a player like this can do this. This news stunned the whole world. It was a dark months, Kapil has to face but proved his innocence. Always a hard worker, all his qualities needed is a great appreciation, for the manner he played in the field.
In conclusion, just I want to say that he was a great inspiration for the team and played a classic cricket in his time. Never forget that the race for the award also included the all time great cricketers like Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar too. It was a tough race he won and he deserved it.