Kapil Dev Career Statistics

Format	Matches	Runs	Batting Average	Wickets	Bowling Average	Best Bowling
Test	131	5,248	31.05	434	29.64	9/83
ODI	225	3,783	23.79	253	27.45	5/43

Figures are career totals as listed in the source used for this profile, which reflects the record up to his retirement from international cricket.

Kapil Dev Career Milestones

Year	Milestone
1983	Captained India to its first World Cup title, beating the West Indies in the final
1994	Retired from Test cricket after breaking Richard Hadlee’s record for most Test wickets
1999–2000	Coached the Indian team until he resigned in September 2000 amid match-fixing allegations; a CBI probe and a BCCI investigator later found no credible evidence against him
2010	Inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

First player to take 400 Test wickets and score 5,000 Test runs.
Captained India to the 1983 World Cup at the age of 24, the youngest captain to win the tournament for any team.
Scored 303 runs and took 12 wickets in the 1983 World Cup.
Named Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1983.

Year	Award
1979–80	Arjuna Award
1982	Padma Shri
1983	Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1991	Padma Bhushan
2002	Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century
2010	ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
2013	C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award
2019	Bharat Gaurav Award

Last updated 20 Oct 2026