7 Fast bowlers we would love to see bowl in the present time

#3. Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev is one of the best all-rounders to have ever played the game of cricket. He was also one of the greatest captains that India has ever had. Under Kapil Dev, India had their biggest achievement in ODIs when they won the World cup in 1983.

Kapil Dev, till date remains the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored more than 5000 runs in tests.

Kapil Dev was India's main strike bowler for most of his career. A perfect all-round performance was exhibited by him against Zimbabwe in the 1983 World Cup. Batting first, India had crashed to 17-5.

Kapil Dev, batting at No. 6, played a whirlwind innings of 175 off 138 deliveries to help India post an imposing total of 266. He also chipped in with 1 wicket while bowling. India won the match by 31 runs.

The final against West Indies saw yet another impressive performance from him. West Indies were all set to comfortably win their third consecutive World Cup after India were bowled out for a paltry score of 183.

Kapil Dev couldn't quite make a huge difference in batting, however, the two catches of Viv Richards and Clive Lloyd largely swung the match in India's favour and put West Indies on the brink of defeat.

A wicket of Andy Roberts taken by Kapil Dev had nearly sealed the cup for India. Mohinder Amarnath, who had been awarded the Man of the Match for taking three wickets took the last wicket of Michael Holding for the Indian fans to go berserk in Lord's.

His Test career is far more impressive. He took 434 wickets and scored 5248 runs. The record of 434 Test wickets was a long-standing one before being broken by Courtney Walsh.