India player profile
Kapil Dev
International career snapshot for an India men player with caps in Test, ODI.
Men1978-1994Updated 2026-03-16
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Kapil Dev
IndiaMen
Career span
1978 - 1994
Formats
TestODI
Cap numbers
Test cap 141
ODI cap 25
Archive note
Captain of India's 1983 World Cup breakthrough and the face of a new belief in Indian cricket.
1983CaptaincyAll-rounder
Snapshot notes
This page is built from India's format-specific cap/stat tables and is focused on international cricket only. Empty cells mean the source page did not list a value for that metric.
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Kapil Dev changed the scale of what Indian teams thought possible away from home and in world tournaments.
He paired fast-bowling competitiveness with fearless lower-order batting, reshaping India's cricket identity.
Batting career summary
| Metric | Test | ODI | T20I |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 131 | 225 | - |
| Innings | - | 198 | - |
| Runs | 5248 | 3783 | - |
| Highest | 163 | 175* | - |
| Average | 31.05 | 23.79 | - |
| 100s | 8 | - | - |
| 50s | 27 | - | - |
| Not out | - | 39 | - |
Bowling career summary
| Metric | Test | ODI | T20I |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balls | - | 11202 | - |
| Runs | - | 6945 | - |
| Wickets | 434 | 253 | - |
| Best | 9/83 | 5/43 | - |
| Average | 29.64 | - | - |
| Maidens | - | 235 | - |
| 5w | 23 | - | - |
| 10w | 2 | - | - |
Fielding summary
| Metric | Test | ODI | T20I |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catches | 64 | 71 | - |
| Stumpings | 0 | 0 | - |