Ranking India's Top 10 Test match winners of all time
These great Indian cricketers will never be forgotten and their deeds will be remembered with reverence.
5.Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev was a phenomenon in Indian cricket. He was one of the greatest pace bowlers of his time and was also a batsman who could pound bowling attacks into submission. The Indian legend played 131 Test matches and scored 5248 runs at an average of 31.05. But then, his strike rate in Test cricket was 94.76, and it was the pace of his run-scoring that shattered the opposition.
Kapil Dev also walked away into the sunset as the highest wicket-taker in the longest format of the game, scalping a monstrous tally of 434 wickets. But then, it is only when Kapil Dev’s numbers in a win are looked at, do we really understand his importance to the side.
In a win, Kapil Dev averaged just 18.30 with the ball, as against his career bowling average of 29.64. Also, his strike rate in a win with the ball was 45.20, as compared to his career bowling strike rate of 63.9. Without a doubt, Kapil Dev was a superstar with both the bat and ball. In 1994, he wore the whites for his country for the last time.
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