7 great bowlers who never topped the ICC Test rankings chart

#3 Kapil Dev (India)

Kapil Dev retired as the leading wicket-taker in Test History with 434 scalps to his name

BEST RATING: 877 (January 19, 1980)

BEST RANKING: 2 (December 18, 1979)

Kapil Dev is the greatest bowler India has ever produced and he was directly responsible for cricket becoming a major sensation in India. Dev took 434 wickets in his career, and retired as the leading wicket-taker in Test history.

Dev, alongside Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee and Ian Botham defined cricket for almost 2 decades and while they enhanced each other's legacy, it denied Dev the podium finish.

The Indian achieved his career best rating of 877 against Pakistan in January after taking 11 wickets against them in Chennai but it wasn't good enough to get past Botham, who sat atop with 897 points to his name.

Dev achieved the No.2 ranking in his career again, but No.1 was a bridge too far for him.