Kapil Dev is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented India between 1978 and 1994. He took 24 five-wicket hauls during his international career. In cricket, a five-wicket haul—also known as a five-for or fifer—refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and , only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.The five-wicket haul is defined by the accumulative sum of all formats of the game. A right-arm fast bowler, Kapil Dev took 434 wickets in Test cricket and 253 in ODIs. With 23 five-wicket hauls in Tests, he has the third highest number of international five-wicket hauls among Indian cricketers as of 2012, after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.Records correct as of 9 June 2012. Kapil Dev was named by the Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1983 and Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. Eight years later, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. As of 2012, Kapil Dev also holds the record for being the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored over 5,000 runs in Tests.
Kapil Dev made his Test and ODI debuts against Pakistan, both in 1978. His first five-wicket haul came a year later against England during the first Test of India's tour. His career-best bowling figures in an innings of nine for 83 was achieved in 1983 against the West Indies in Ahmedabad.Bowling figures are given in the form of nine for 83; the first figure refers to the quantity of wickets the bowler took in the innings and the second figure shows how many runs he gave away. In this case, Kapil Dev took nine wickets and conceded 83 runs. In Tests, Kapil Dev was most successful against Pakistan and Australia, with seven five-wicket hauls against each of them. He took his only five-wicket haul in ODIs against Australia during the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
After playing for nearly 16 years, Kapil Dev retired from international cricket in 1994. At the time of his retirement, he held the world record for the most wickets taken in Test and ODI cricket; both records were subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh and Wasim Akram respectively. His combined tally of 24 five-wicket hauls is eleventh in the all-time list in 2012, a record jointly held with Sydney Barnes, Imran Khan and Dennis Lillee.
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Symbol Meaning DateDay the Test started or ODI held InnInnings in which five-wicket haul was taken OversNumber of overs bowled RunsNumber of runs conceded WktsNumber of wickets taken EconRuns conceded per over BatsmenBatsmen whose wickets were taken ResultResult for the India teamKapil Dev was man of the match10 or more wickets taken in the match
Tests + Five-wicket hauls in Test cricketNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Mike Brearley Geoffrey Boycott Derek Randall Graham Gooch Ian Botham Lost 2 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Rick Darling Allan Border Kim Hughes Rodney Hogg Geoff Dymock Drawn 3 Eden Gardens, CalcuttaCalcutta has since been renamed as Kolkata. Andrew Hilditch Allan Border Kim Hughes Dav Whatmore Jim Higgs Drawn 4 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Majid Khan Mudassar Nazar Zaheer Abbas Wasim Raja Wasim Bari Drawn 5 Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Mudassar Nazar Zaheer Abbas Javed Miandad Majid Khan Iqbal Qasim Sikander Bakht Drawn 6 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, MadrasMadras has since been renamed as Chennai. Mudassar Nazar Sadiq Mohammad Zaheer Abbas Asif Iqbal Imran Khan Wasim Bari Sikander Bakht Won 7 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Graeme Wood John Dyson Kim Hughes Allan Border Jim Higgs Lost 8 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Bruce Yardley Allan Border Rod Marsh Dennis Lillee Jim Higgs Won 9 Wankhede Stadium, BombayBombay has since been renamed as Mumbai. Graham Gooch Chris Tavaré David Gower Ian Botham Bob Willis Won 10 Eden Gardens, Calcutta Geoffrey Boycott Chris Tavaré Ian Botham Derek Underwood Mike Gatting John Emburey Drawn 11 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Geoff Cook Chris Tavaré Allan Lamb David Gower Derek Randall Lost 12 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Bandula Warnapura Ravi Ratnayeke Anura Ranasinghe Mahes Goonatilleke Ajit de Silva Drawn 13 National Stadium, Karachi Zaheer Abbas Mudassar Nazar Imran Khan Abdul Qadir Sarfraz Nawaz Lost 14 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Mohsin Khan Mudassar Nazar Mansoor Akhtar Saleem Malik Wasim Bari Sarfraz Nawaz Sikander Bakht Lost 15 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Mohsin Khan Majid Khan Zaheer Abbas Imran Khan Wasim Bari Sarfraz Nawaz Abdul Qadir Iqbal Qasim Drawn 16 Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Mudassar Nazar Saleem Malik Wasim Bari Tahir Naqqash Azeem Hafeez Drawn 17 Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi Desmond Haynes Vivian Richards Clive Lloyd Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Drawn 18 Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad Gordon Greenidge Vivian Richards Larry Gomes Clive Lloyd Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Michael Holding Wayne Daniel Lost 19 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Wayne Phillips David Boon Allan Border Greg Ritchie Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Bruce Reid Merv Hughes Drawn 20 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Richie Richardson Keith Arthurton Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh Lost 21 Sabina Park, Kingston Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Vivian Richards Gus Logie Malcolm Marshall Lost 22 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Geoff Marsh David Boon Allan Border Ian Healy Merv Hughes Lost 23 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Mark Taylor Geoff Marsh Dean Jones Mark Waugh Ian Healy Lost
ODIs + Five-wicket hauls in One Day InternationalsNo.DateGroundAgainstInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult 1 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Kepler Wessels Rod Marsh Ken MacLeay Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson Lost
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