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On This Day in 1994: After 131 Tests, Indian Cricket Legend Kapil Dev Retires

Kapil played against Unused Zealand at Believe Bank Park in Hamilton in his final Test match. He finished with eight hundred and twenty-seven fifties.

He had picked up the wicket of unused New Zealand wicketkeeper Adam Parore at the moment. Kapil’s last Test match finished in a draw. On October 17, 1994, he played his final ODI match against the West Indies. For Kapil Dev, one of the most remarkable achievements of his illustrious career was driving Group India to their Lady World Container triumph in 1983.

The Indian side, under the captaincy of Kapil, got the superiority of the forceful West Indies cricket group in the last. In that diversion, Kapil had completed a staggering capture to reject Viv Richards. To begin with, India had scored 183. The Caribbean side, amid the run chase, may oversee reaching 140 runs. Kapil scripted amazing figures of 1/21 in 11 overs in that fixture.

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One of Kapil Dev’s finest thumps in his career came against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. With India enduring a batting collapse in that diversion, Kapil delivered a brave thump of unbeaten 175 off 138 deliveries to direct his side to a strong add-up to 266 runs, losing eight wickets. His thump came at a time when scoring runs appeared very troublesome at the Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells. Two Indian opening players—Sunil Gavaskar and Krishnamachari Srikkanth—were expelled for a duck. Later, Kapil claimed one wicket to bundle out the resistance for 235. India, in the long run, went on to win the amusement by 31 runs.

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