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Kapil Dev

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Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj (Pronunciation: [kəpiːl deːʋ] born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricketer. He was a fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle-order batsman, and was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, and in the process became the first Indian captain to win the Cricket World Cup, and is still the youngest captain (at the age of 24) to win the World Cup for any team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kapil Dev has received more than 6,389,986 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Kapil Dev is the 6th most popular cricketer (down from 5th in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from India (down from 743rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Kapil Dev ranks 6 out of 68. Before him are Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, W. G. Grace, and MS Dhoni. After him are Virat Kohli, Garfield Sobers, Viv Richards, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, and Anil Kumble.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Kapil Dev ranks 469. Before him are Lydia Lunch, Paul Gross, Saida Gunba, Peter Pacult, Franco Chioccioli, and Sergey Dorenko. After him are Alejandro Mayorkas, Demet Akbağ, Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst, Sergey Gotsmanov, Jean Ravelonarivo, and Bernardine Evaristo.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kapil Dev ranks 789 out of 1,493. Before him are Ram Swarup (1920), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), J. H. C. Whitehead (1904), Anjali Devi (1927), Tabu (1971), and Lalita Pawar (1916). After him are Ramdev (1965), N. T. Rama Rao Jr. (1983), Babita (1947), Bobby Deol (1969), Salil Chowdhury (1925), and Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1916).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Kapil Dev ranks 4. Before him are Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Sunil Gavaskar (1949), and MS Dhoni (1981). After him are Virat Kohli (1988), Rahul Dravid (1973), Sourav Ganguly (1972), Anil Kumble (1970), Mithali Raj (1982), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Diana Edulji (1956), and Virender Sehwag (1978).

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