Posts

Showing posts from August 4, 2014

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...