Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (lang-hi???? ???) (audioKapil_Dev.oggpronunciation) (born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh), better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer (Indian cricket team). He captained the Indian cricket team in the 1983 Cricket World Cup, which India won. Kapil Dev was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002.. Kapil Dev was also Indias national cricket coach for 10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.

Kapil was a right-arm pace bowler (pace bowling) noted for his graceful action and potent outswinger, and was Indias main strike bowler through most of his career. He also developed a fine inswinging (inswinger) yorker during the 1980s which he used very effectively against tail-enders. 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. He was nicknamed The Haryana Hurricane — he represented the Haryana cricket team in domestic cricket. He retired in 1994, holding the world record for the most number of wickets taken in test cricket, a record subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh in 2000. At the time, he was also Indias highest wicket taker in both major forms of cricket, Tests (test cricket) and ODIs (One Day International)). He is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5,000 runs in test cricket, making him one of the greatest all-rounders to have played the game. On 8 March 2010, Kapil Dev was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame