Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev is the kind of athlete whose statistics almost undersell him. Over 400 Test wickets and 5,000 runs in an era of brutal fast bowling is staggering, but what I admire most is the cultural weight he carries: he made a cricket-mad nation believe it could win on the world stage, and it did, in 1983. The Arjuna Award and Padma Bhushan feel less like decorations than acknowledgments of a man who shifted a country's self-image. His later turns as coach and actor show a restless, generous temperament. He is, to me, a textbook example of greatness measured in influence, not just numbers.

Name (English)

Kapil Dev

Name (Japanese)

カピル・デヴ

Reading

かぴる・でゔ

Born

January 6, 1959 (age 67)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

Origin

Chandigarh, India

Occupation

cricketer / film actor / coach / actor

Awards & achievements

• Arjuna Award
• 1983 Wisden Cricketer of the Year
• Padma Bhushan
• Padma Shri in sports

• Xhttps://x.com/therealkapildev
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapil%20Dev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%94%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558189

Tags

• cricketer
• film actor
• coach

Last updated

2026-06-17

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