List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev

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Kapil Dev is India's third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket.[1]

Kapil Dev is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented India between 1978 and 1994. He took 24 five-wicket hauls during his international career. In cricket, a five-wicket haul—also known as a five-for or fifer[2]—refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,[3] and fewer than 40 bowlers have taken more than 15 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[4][N 1] A right-arm fast bowler, Kapil Dev took 434 wickets in Test cricket and 253 in ODIs.[5] With 23 five-wicket hauls in Tests, he has the third highest number of international five-wicket hauls among Indian cricketers as of 2012, after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.[4][N 2] Kapil Dev was named by the Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1983 and Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002.[6][7] Eight years later, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[8] As of 2012, Kapil Dev also holds the record for being the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored over 5,000 runs in Tests.[9][10][11][N 2]

Kapil Dev made his Test and ODI debuts against Pakistan, both in 1978.[5] His first five-wicket haul came a year later against England during the first Test of India's tour.[12] His career-best bowling figures in an innings of nine for 83 was achieved in 1983 against the West Indies in Ahmedabad.[12][N 3] In Tests, Kapil Dev was most successful against Pakistan and Australia, with seven five-wicket hauls against each of them.[12] He took his only five-wicket haul in ODIs against Australia during the 1983 Cricket World Cup.[12]

After playing for nearly 16 years, Kapil Dev retired from international cricket in 1994.[13] At the time of his retirement, he held the world record for the most wickets taken in Test and ODI cricket; both records were subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh and Wasim Akram respectively.[13][14][15] His combined tally of 24 five-wicket hauls is eleventh in the all-time list in 2012, a record jointly held with Sydney Barnes, Imran Khan and Dennis Lillee.[4][N 1]

  1. ^ K Shriniwas, Rao (8 July 2011). "Harbhajan Singh takes 400th Test wicket". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
  2. ^ Radha, Sailesh S. (2009). Five Days in White Flannels: A Trivia Book on Test Cricket. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-4389-2469-4. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ Pervez, M. A. (2001). A Dictionary of Cricket. Hyderabad, India: Sangam Books Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9. Archived from the original on 22 January 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Combined Test, ODI and T20I records: Most five-wicket hauls in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Players – India – Kapil Dev". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 September 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Kapil Dev-Cricketer of The Year-1983". Wisden Almanack. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  7. ^ Menon, Suresh (16 February 2007). "India's Cricketer of the Century". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Kapil Dev inducted into Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  9. ^ "Records – Test matches – All-round records – 1000 runs and 100 wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
  10. ^ Alderson, Andrew (28 February 2012). "Missing Dan". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  11. ^ Bill Frindall (2010). The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, 1977–2000. A&C Black. p. 407. ISBN 978-1-4081-2758-2.
  12. ^ a b c d "Statistics – – N Kapil Dev – Combined Test, ODI and T20I records". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  13. ^ a b ESPNcricinfo staff (9 March 2010). "Kapil Dev inducted into Hall of Fame". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  14. ^ The Rediff Team (27 March 2000). "Courtney Walsh breaks Kapil's record". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
  15. ^ Basevi, Travis & Binoy, George (25 February 2009). "Murali takes the baton from Akram". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2012.


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