PLAYER CAREER

Kapil Dev

International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis

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Men

India1978–1994

356Internationals

9,031Career runs

9Centuries

687Wickets

Career records by format

Test

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 131
Innings: 184
Runs: 5,248
Average: 31.05
Strike rate: —
Highest score: 163
Not outs: 15
100s: 8
50s: 27
Ducks: 16
4s: —
6s: 61
Balls faced: —

Bowling

Matches: 131
Innings: 227
Balls: 27,740
Maidens: 1,060
Runs conceded: 12,867
Wickets: 434
Average: 29.64
Economy: 2.78
Strike rate: 63.91
Best innings: 9/83
Best match: 11/146
4 wickets: 17
5 wickets: 23
10 wickets: 2

Fielding

Matches: 131
Innings: 230
Catches: 64
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 64
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 64
Dismissals / inns: 0.278
Best innings: 2 (2ct 0st)

ODI

Official international career

Batting

Matches: 225
Innings: 198
Runs: 3,783
Average: 23.79
Strike rate: 95.07
Highest score: 175*
Not outs: 39
100s: 1
50s: 14
Ducks: 13
4s: —
6s: —
Balls faced: 3,979

Bowling

Matches: 225
Innings: 221
Balls: 11,202
Maidens: 235
Runs conceded: 6,945
Wickets: 253
Average: 27.45
Economy: 3.71
Strike rate: 44.27
Best innings: 5/43
Best match: 5/43
4 wickets: 3
5 wickets: 1
10 wickets: —

Fielding

Matches: 225
Innings: 222
Catches: 71
Stumpings: 0
Dismissals: 71
Keeper catches: 0
Fielder catches: 71
Dismissals / inns: 0.319
Best innings: 3 (3ct 0st)

Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.

Explore this player’s available match data

356 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.

Recent available appearances


Date	Match	Format	Result
1994-10-17	India v West Indies	ODI	West Indies won by 96 runs
1994-09-17	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 6 wickets
1994-09-09	Australia v India	ODI	India won by 31 runs
1994-09-05	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1994-09-04	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	No result
1994-04-02	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 6 wickets
1994-03-30	India v New Zealand	ODI	India won by 12 runs
1994-03-27	India v New Zealand	ODI	India won by 7 wickets
1994-03-25	India v New Zealand	ODI	New Zealand won by 28 runs
1994-03-19	India v New Zealand	Test	Match drawn
1994-02-18	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 7 wickets
1994-02-15	India v Sri Lanka	ODI	India won by 8 runs

India

THE SHAPE OF A CAREER

Performance by year

Available scorecards

Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.

Test

Runs by seasonTest · annual total

Wickets by seasonTest · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 17 seasons

Test archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1994	4	4	117	53	39.00	51.76	0	1	8	4	226	8	9	27.55	3.03	54.44
1993	8	7	213	66	35.50	68.48	0	1	25	3	311	15	15	26.93	1.94	83.00
1992	7	10	293	129	29.30	65.40	1	2	40	1	448	14	25	29.44	2.00	88.08
1991	2	4	100	44	25.00	81.96	0	0	13	3	122	4	9	25.55	2.55	60.00
1990	7	10	279	110	31.00	—	1	1	—	6	—	12	17	47.05	2.97	94.76
1989	8	12	250	55	20.83	83.05	0	1	36	0	301	12	30	25.43	2.41	63.10
1988	4	6	221	109	36.83	89.47	1	0	34	0	247	8	11	23.63	2.60	54.54
1987	9	12	349	66	31.72	—	0	4	—	2	—	17	23	35.47	2.66	79.82
1986	9	10	417	163	52.12	—	2	0	—	4	—	16	15	42.13	2.51	100.53
1985	7	11	365	78	33.18	—	0	3	—	1	—	14	28	29.39	2.77	63.53
1984	4	6	161	60	32.20	—	0	1	—	1	—	6	5	62.20	2.68	139.00
1983	18	28	579	100	22.26	—	1	2	—	9	—	25	75	23.18	3.00	46.25
1982	9	13	595	116	54.09	—	1	4	—	11	—	14	36	36.97	3.61	61.33
1981	9	15	241	59	16.06	70.05	0	1	37	3	344	16	33	30.78	2.83	65.24
1980	3	5	175	84	43.75	60.55	0	1	24	1	289	6	16	21.56	2.74	47.12
1979	17	23	619	126	30.95	—	1	3	—	6	—	29	74	22.95	2.86	48.01
1978	6	8	274	61	34.25	—	0	2	—	6	—	11	13	54.92	3.55	92.61

ODI

Runs by seasonODI · annual total

Wickets by seasonODI · annual total

Exact yearly figures · 17 seasons

ODI archive totals by year
Year	Mat	Bat inns	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	BF	Bowl inns	Wkts	Bowl avg	Econ	Bowl SR
1994	10	7	57	17	11.40	67.85	0	0	4	0	84	10	5	54.20	3.98	81.60
1993	17	12	141	32	14.10	78.77	0	0	13	1	179	17	16	32.81	3.72	52.87
1992	21	20	318	42	18.70	82.81	0	0	25	5	384	20	16	38.75	3.55	65.31
1991	14	12	135	39	16.87	67.50	0	0	3	0	200	14	23	17.82	3.36	31.82
1990	13	11	192	48	24.00	82.05	0	0	16	2	234	13	19	24.47	4.17	35.21
1989	15	14	238	44	18.30	80.95	0	0	—	—	294	15	16	29.68	3.82	46.62
1988	19	18	331	52	22.06	97.35	0	1	28	7	340	19	21	22.14	3.32	39.95
1987	21	17	448	87	37.33	113.13	0	4	—	—	396	21	22	36.50	4.46	49.04
1986	27	24	517	58	27.21	103.19	0	3	37	8	501	26	32	26.06	3.48	44.81
1985	15	12	263	54	29.22	100.38	0	2	16	5	262	15	21	19.28	3.52	32.80
1984	6	6	101	39	25.25	93.51	0	0	11	2	108	5	7	26.00	4.91	31.71
1983	18	18	527	175	37.64	106.68	1	1	—	—	494	18	25	20.60	3.15	39.12
1982	9	9	230	60	28.75	122.99	0	1	—	—	187	9	8	41.37	4.18	59.25
1981	8	8	102	50	12.75	73.38	0	1	7	1	139	8	11	23.09	3.43	40.36
1980	5	5	112	75	22.40	119.14	0	1	14	3	94	5	5	29.20	3.28	53.40
1979	3	3	53	25	17.66	96.36	0	0	6	0	55	3	2	68.50	4.15	99.00
1978	3	2	18	13	18.00	64.28	0	0	—	0	28	3	4	26.75	4.86	33.00

MOMENTS IN THE RECORD

Career timeline

Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.

1978-10-01
First available scorecard
ODI v Pakistan · Quetta
1979-01-24
First century in this archive · 126 runs
Test v West Indies · Delhi
1979-07-12
First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Birmingham
1983-06-18
Highest recorded innings · 175* runs
ODI v Zimbabwe · Tunbridge Wells
1983-11-12
Best recorded bowling · 9/83
Test v West Indies · Ahmedabad
1994-10-17
Latest available scorecard
ODI v West Indies · Faridabad