CRICKET LEGENDS
Kapil Dev “The Haryana Hurricane” Kapil Dev was Born to Ram Lal Nikhanj, a building and timber contractor and his wife Raj Kumari in Chandigarh on 6 January 1959. He did his education from D.A.V. and later joined Desh Prem Azad. He started his career with Haryana against Punjab in November 1975 and in the very first match he he impressed all with his out-swingers which gave him six wickets and he lped Haryana to victory. Kapil made his Test cricket debut in Faisalabad, Pakistan on 16 October 1978. Though he did not give impressive performance in his test cricket debut, but he showcased his all rounder talent by taking wicket of Sadiq Mohammad with his trademark outswinger and scored India's fastest Test half-century off 33 balls and 2 sixes in each of the innings during the 3rd Test match at National Stadium, Karachi. Kapil dev scored his maiden Test century (126) at Feroz Sh...