CRICKET WICKETKapil Dev Test record against Pakistan
1978-10-16 – 1989-12-09 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 29 Test matches against Pakistan with recorded batting or bowling figures: 41 batting innings and 45 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 41 | 1,054 | 39 | 27.02 | - |
| Bowling | 45 | 2,982 | 99 | 30.12 | 60.04 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. A hyphen means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 3.01 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 5,944.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 8 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: -.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
- 1978159 runs
- 1979148 runs
- 1980130 runs
- 198283 runs
- 1983141 runs
- 198452 runs
- 1987182 runs
- 1989159 runs
- 19787 wickets
- 197919 wickets
- 198013 wickets
- 19827 wickets
- 198329 wickets
- 19841 wickets
- 198711 wickets
- 198912 wickets
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 4 | 6 | 159 | 55 | 26.50 | 83.68 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 190 | 5 | 12 | 31.50 | 2.24 | 84.33 |
| 1987 | 5 | 6 | 182 | 66 | 36.40 | - | 0 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 9 | 11 | 39.09 | 2.65 | 88.36 |
| 1984 | 2 | 3 | 52 | 33 | 26.00 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 1 | 126.00 | 3.61 | 209.00 |
| 1983 | 7 | 9 | 141 | 41 | 15.66 | - | 0 | 0 | - | 3 | - | 9 | 29 | 26.82 | 3.52 | 45.62 |
| 1982 | 2 | 3 | 83 | 73 | 27.66 | 105.06 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 79 | 3 | 7 | 39.71 | 3.66 | 65.00 |
| 1980 | 2 | 3 | 130 | 84 | 43.33 | 63.72 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 204 | 4 | 13 | 20.00 | 2.93 | 40.92 |
| 1979 | 4 | 6 | 148 | 69 | 24.66 | 81.31 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 182 | 7 | 19 | 16.10 | 2.48 | 38.89 |
| 1978 | 3 | 5 | 159 | 59 | 31.80 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 5 | - | 6 | 7 | 60.85 | 3.64 | 100.28 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 15 | 21 | 511 | 25.55 | - | 26 | 55 | 24.21 |
| Away | 14 | 20 | 543 | 28.57 | - | 19 | 44 | 37.50 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Iqbal Stadium
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v Pakistan · Arun Jaitley Stadium
- Highest recorded innings · 84 runs
Test v Pakistan · MA Chidambaram Stadium
- Best recorded bowling · 8/85
Test v Pakistan · Gaddafi Stadium
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Pakistan · Sialkot
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-12-09 | Sialkot | 3 | 27 | 46 | - | - |
| 1989-12-09 | Sialkot | 2 | - | - | 2 | 44 |
| 1989-12-09 | Sialkot | 1 | 27 | 21 | - | - |
| 1989-12-01 | Gaddafi Stadium | 2 | - | - | 0 | 77 |
| 1989-12-01 | Gaddafi Stadium | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 1989-11-23 | Iqbal Stadium | 3 | 49 | 68 | - | - |
| 1989-11-23 | Iqbal Stadium | 2 | - | - | 3 | 106 |
| 1989-11-23 | Iqbal Stadium | 1 | 0 | 3 | - | - |
| 1989-11-15 | National Stadium, Karachi | 3 | - | - | 3 | 82 |
| 1989-11-15 | National Stadium, Karachi | 2 | 55 | 50 | - | - |
| 1989-11-15 | National Stadium, Karachi | 1 | - | - | 4 | 69 |
| 1987-03-13 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 4 | 2 | 13 | - | - |
| 1987-03-13 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 3 | - | - | 1 | 25 |
| 1987-03-13 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 2 | 9 | 18 | - | - |
| 1987-03-13 | M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 1 | - | - | 2 | 23 |
| 1987-03-04 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 3 | - | - | 0 | 19 |
| 1987-03-04 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 2 | 50 | 52 | - | - |
| 1987-03-04 | Narendra Modi Stadium | 1 | - | - | 3 | 46 |
| 1987-02-21 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | 2 | - | - | 2 | 84 |
| 1987-02-21 | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | 1 | 50 | - | - | - |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.