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Kapil Dev

1959 - Today

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Kapil Dev Nikhanj (Pronunciation: [kəpil deːʋ] born 6 January 1959) is an Indian former cricketer. One of the greatest all-rounders in the history of cricket, he was a fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle-order batsman. Dev is the only player in the history of cricket to have taken more than 400 wickets (434 wickets) and scored more than 5,000 runs in Test.Dev captained the Indian cricket team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, becoming the first Indian captain to win the Cricket World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kapil Dev has received more than 7,317,314 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Kapil Dev is the 4th most popular cricketer (up from 6th in 2019), the 802nd most popular biography from India (down from 785th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Cricketer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kapil Devs by language

Over the past year Kapil Dev has had the most page views in the with 1,115,472 views, followed by Hindi (43,446), and Marathi (12,517). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Tamil (91.07%), Bengali (90.26%), and Telugu (86.00%)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Kapil Dev ranks 4 out of 136. Before him are Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, and Sunil Gavaskar. After him are W. G. Grace, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Bishan Singh Bedi, Willie Watson, Viv Richards, Shane Warne, and Ravindra Jadeja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Kapil Dev ranks 416. Before him are Kim Duk-koo, Chingiz Abdullayev, Ken Kirzinger, Aileen Baviera, Sergey Baburin, and Gelindo Bordin. After him are Sandro Veronesi, Alejandro Mayorkas, Abdulla Yameen, Daniel Xuereb, José Luis Ábalos, and Eirik Kvalfoss.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kapil Dev ranks 802 out of 1,861. Before him are Parkash Singh Badal (1927), Rukhmabai (1864), Tarsem Singh (1961), Johnny Lever (1957), Sharat Saxena (1950), and Shobhna Samarth (1916). After him are R. K. Laxman (1921), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), R. D. Burman (1939), Murli Manohar Joshi (1934), Shyamala Gopalan (1938), and R. H. Tawney (1880).

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Among CRICKETERS In India

Among cricketers born in India, Kapil Dev ranks 3. Before him are Sachin Tendulkar (1973), and Sunil Gavaskar (1949). After him are Virat Kohli (1988), MS Dhoni (1981), Bishan Singh Bedi (1946), Ravindra Jadeja (1988), Rahul Dravid (1973), Sourav Ganguly (1972), Anil Kumble (1970), Harbhajan Singh (1980), and Mithali Raj (1982).

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