Kapil Dev

Cricketer, India Test Cap 141

Born: 6th January 1959, Chandigarh

I grew up with Kapil Dev's fast bowling and sixer smashing. The picture of him holding aloft the Prudential World Cup in 1983 is firmly in my mind. I'd seen Kapil Dev at a few cricket matches, but this was the first time I was seeing him close-up! It was in June 1998 at the Lucknow Airport, that I was transiting. Kapil Dev had already retired from playing cricket but he was still the holder of the most number of Test wickets. He was well recognised and many people were going up to shake his hand. I did too! And got his autograph.

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