Kapil Dev Height, Age, Family, Wiki & More

Bio

Full Name

Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj

NickName(s)

- Haryana Hurricane, KD

Profession(s)

- Cricketer, Businessman

Physical Stats

Height (approx.)

in feet inches- 6

Weight (approx.)

in kilograms- 80 kg

Eye Colour

Dark Brown

Hair Colour

Salt Pepper

Career

Debut

ODI

- - 1 October 1978 against Pakistan at Quetta

Test

- - 16-21 October 1978 against Pakistan at Faisalabad

Awards/Honours

1979-80:

- Arjuna Award

1982:

- Padma Shri

1983:

- Wisden Cricketer of the Year

1991:

- Padma Bhushan

2002:

- Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century

2008:

- Honoured as Lieutenant Colonel by the Indian Territorial Army

2010:

- ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

2013:

- CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award

Personal Life

Date Of Birth

Tuesday, 06 Jan 1959

Age:

Birthplace

Chandigarh, India

Zodiac Sign

Capricorn

Nationality

Indian

Hometown

Chandigarh, India

Schools

- DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh

College(s)

- Did Not Attend

Educational Qualification

- Not Known

Religion

Hinduism

Caste

Jat

[Source]

Food Habit

Non-vegetarian

Address

- A sprawling house at Sundar Nagar, Delhi

Hobbies

Playing Golf, Table Tennis, and Squash, Watching Films

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Relationships

Marriage Date

Marital Status

Married

Family

Spouse(s)

- Romi Bhatia (Entrepreneur)

Parents

Father

- - Ram Lal Nikhanj (teak merchant; died in 1975)

Mother

- - Raj Kumari Lajwanti (died in 2009)

Siblings

Brother(s)

- - Ramesh (younger; lives in sector-9, Chandigarh), Bhushan (elder; lives in sector-27, Chandigarh)

Sister(s)

- - Naresh, Manju, Neeru, and Pinky Gill

Children

Son

- - None

Daughter

- - Amiya Dev (born; 16 January 1996)

Favourites

Food

Cheese, Thai and Italian Cuisines

Car(s)

Four-door Porsche Panamera sedan

Personal Belongings / Assets

Cars Collection

- Four-door Porsche Panamera sedan

- C-Class Mercedes (HR 26 DA 1983)

- Mercedes GLS 350 d (HR 26 DB 1983)

- Toyota Fortuner (DL 8 CAF 1983)

Assets/Properties

- Elevens - The Kaptains Retreat restaurant in Sector-35, Chandigarh

- Elevens - The Kaptains Retreat restaurant at Fraser Road in Patna, Bihar

- 5% stake in Zicom Electronics

- Dev Musco Lighting Pvt Limited in partnership with Musco Lighting to install floodlights in sports venues in India

- SAMCO Ventures; holding company for SAMCO Securities

Money Factor

Salary (approx.)

- 5 lakh per match + bonus

[Source]

Net Worth

- Not Known

Personal Details

Bio

Full Name: Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj
NickName(s): Haryana Hurricane, KD
Profession(s): Cricketer, Businessman

Physical Stats

Height (approx.): in feet inches- 6
Weight (approx.): in kilograms- 80 kg
Eye Colour: Dark Brown
Hair Colour: Salt Pepper

Career

Debut: - 1 October 1978 against Pakistan at Quetta, - 16-21 October 1978 against Pakistan at Faisalabad
Awards/Honours: Arjuna Award, Padma Shri, Wisden Cricketer of the Year, Padma Bhushan, Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century, Honoured as Lieutenant Colonel by the Indian Territorial Army, ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award

Personal Life

Date Of Birth: 6 January 1959
Birthplace: Chandigarh, India
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
Nationality: Indian
Hometown: Chandigarh, India
Schools: DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8-C, Chandigarh
College(s): Did Not Attend
Educational Qualification: Not Known
Religion: Hinduism
Caste: Jat
Food Habit: Non-vegetarian
Address: A sprawling house at Sundar Nagar, Delhi
Hobbies: Playing Golf, Table Tennis, and Squash, Watching Films
Lesser Known Facts: Does Kapil Dev smoke?: No, Does Kapil Dev drinkalcohol?: Yes, He was born into a modest business family. His father, Ram Lal Nikhanj, was a builder and timber contractor in Chandigarh., After Indias partition, his parents had migrated from Montgomery, which is now Sahiwal in Pakistan, to Fazilka in Punjab (India)., After spending some years in Fazilka, later, his family moved to Chandigarh., Kapil Dev did his schooling from the DAV School in Chandigarh, and it was there that he had developed an interest in Cricket., Former sports in charge of DAV Senior Secondary School, Sector 8-C, V.P. Paul, says-, In 1971, he joinedDesh Prem Azad to learn the basics of cricket., Quite interestingly, Kapil Devdid not play his first game of cricket till the age of 13., His entry into cricket happened by accident.One Sunday, the Sector 16 team of Chandigarh was one player short, and Kapil was roped in.His elder brother, Bhushan Nikhanj, who is 3 years older to Kapil, gave him the biggest encouragement., Recalling the first meeting with Kapil Dev,Desh Prem Azad (Kapil Devs mentor), had said-, When Ram Lal Nikhanj (Kapils father)spoke to Azad and assured him about Kapil, the lad was taken for coaching.Thus began a long unbroken partnership., In early days, Kapil used to playin weekend matches.During the late 1960s and 1970s, matches betweenPal Club and King Crown Club were the most keenly contested. The losershad to treatthe winners to channa-puri at a popular Sector 27 restaurant in Chandigarh., In November 1975,still two months short of his 17th birthday, Kapil Devmade his first-class debut playing for his home state Haryana against Punjab; wherehe got 6 wickets for just 39 runs. However, the same year, his father passed away; without seeing his son toconquer the world of Cricket., Then came a minor heartbreak, when Kapil was not selected to play in the final eleven of the Combined Universities team to play against Tony Gregs English side at Nagpur., He played for Haryana for a long time (17 years) from 1975 to 1992., Kapil Dev made his international debut in 1978 against Pakistan, and a new star had been born., Soon, hemodified his action on the advice of Sunil Gavaskar and started bowling from closer to the stumps to make his already lethal outswingers even more effective., There was another Sunil in Kapil Devs life, Sunil Bhatia, who introduced him to Romi Bhatia, now his wife., In 1979, during the India-West Indies Test match in Delhi, Kapil had invited Romi to watch the game. While Romi was sitting in the stands, Kapil scored his first century flicking Norbert Philips for a six to jump from 94 to 100.; making him the only batsman in the history of Cricket to reachhis first century with a six., In 1980,Kapil proposed to Romi while travelling on a local train in Bombay. The two went on to get married;with the eldest brother Ramesh Nikhanj giving the nod saying-, He took his first wicket in the form of Sadiq Mohammad of Pakistan., In The Eighties, Kapil Dev, along with Ian Botham, Sir Richard Hadlee and Imran Khan vied for the top all-rounders spot., Kapil Dev was just over 21 when he became the youngest player ever to have completed the double of 100 wickets and 1,000 runs in Test cricket., Dr Ravinder Chadha, Kapils first Ranji captain, while narrating an incident, said- it was Haryana versus Punjab in the 1981 or 1982. Rajinder Ghai had got Kapil Dev out; however,the umpire ruled not out, and he went on to score 193.At the end of the day, Ghai asked the umpire why he had given Kapil not out. The umpire replied,, In his long career of 184 innings, he was never run out., In the 1983 World Cup, Kapil Dev scored 303 runs, took 12 wickets and 7 catches., In 1983 World Cup, when India was at the brink to be ousted from the quarter-final, he scored brilliant 175 runs against Zimbabwe and saved India from being ousted from the World Cup; an inning, which is still counted as the finest played by anyone in ODIs., In the 1983 World Cup final against West Indies,Sir Viv Richardshit a skier, which should have gone for four; however,Kapil at mid-wicket ran backwards about 25 yards to hold the catch, a turning point of the game., Under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, India went on to defeat West Indies, one of the all-time great teams, to lift the cup in the finals of the 1983 World Cup. Photographs of Kapil holding aloft the cup on the famous Lords Balcony will remain etched in the memory of several generations of cricket fans., Soon after the 1983 World Cup, West Indies toured India, and in a revenge mode, it thrashed India3-0 in the six Test series and they also won all the five ODIs. However, it was in this series that Kapil gave his best bowling performance of 9 for 83 at Ahmedabad., In the eighties, he also became a hot choice in the world of TV commercials. His Palmolive Shaving Creams commercial became so popular that his one-liner, Palmolive Da Jawaab Nahin had earned him a household name., In 1990, during a Test match at the Lords, he hit 4 sixes to off-spinner Eddie Hemmings and saved a follow on., Throughout his career, he never missed a Test because of injury or fitness reasons., In 1994, after retirement from cricket, he took up Golf and was the only Asian founding member of Laureus Foundation., Kapil Dev is also good at Football, and in the eighties, he played a football match with Shah Rukh Khan, who was then the captain of his colleges Football Team., After his retirement, Kapil Dev ventured into the world of business. Besides owning two restaurants-Kaptains Retreat in Chandigarh and Patna, he has many other business ventures., Somewhere around 1985, Kapil launched Dev Features, a syndicated agency, and after initial failures in business, Kapil said-, Kapil formed Dev Musco in 1994 and entered the floodlighting business. The idea of this business came while Kapil was on a trip to the US where he came across floodlit grounds at school and colleges. He says-, Kapils company,Dev Musco, began with providing floodlights at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali and went onto provide floodlights in football, hockey, and golf., Kapil Dev has also been in the property business including the acquisition of a complex in Noida., In 1999, he was appointed as the coach of the Indian National Cricket Team and held the post only for 10 months from October 1999 to August 2000., In 2002, Kapil Dev was voted as Indias Cricketer of the Century., He shares a good friendship with Pakistans cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. When Imran Khan became the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2018, Kapil Dev was one of the few Indians who had been invited to his swearing-in ceremony. However, later Kapil Dev had declined the invitation., He has made cameo appearances in the Bollywood films including Dillagi Yeh Dillagi, Iqbal, Chain Khuli Ki Main Khuli, and Mujhse Shadi Karogi., Kapil Dev has written 3 autobiographies: By Gods Decree (1985), Cricket My Style (1987), and Straight From The Heart (2004)., In May 2017, Kapil Dev unveiled his wax statue at New Delhis Madame Tussauds Museum., In 2019, a biopic on his life titled 83 was announced; having Ranveer Singh in the lead role.
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Relationships

Marriage Date: Year 1980
Marital Status: Married

Family

Spouse(s): Romi Bhatia (Entrepreneur)
Parents: - Ram Lal Nikhanj (teak merchant; died in 1975), - Raj Kumari Lajwanti (died in 2009)
Siblings: - Ramesh (younger; lives in sector-9, Chandigarh), Bhushan (elder; lives in sector-27, Chandigarh), - Naresh, Manju, Neeru, and Pinky Gill
Children: - None, - Amiya Dev (born; 16 January 1996)

Favourites

Food: Cheese, Thai and Italian Cuisines
Car(s): Four-door Porsche Panamera sedan

Personal Belongings / Assets

Cars Collection: Four-door Porsche Panamera sedan, C-Class Mercedes (HR 26 DA 1983), Mercedes GLS 350 d (HR 26 DB 1983), Toyota Fortuner (DL 8 CAF 1983)
Assets/Properties: Elevens - The Kaptains Retreat restaurant in Sector-35, Chandigarh, Elevens - The Kaptains Retreat restaurant at Fraser Road in Patna, Bihar, 5% stake in Zicom Electronics, Dev Musco Lighting Pvt Limited in partnership with Musco Lighting to install floodlights in sports venues in India, SAMCO Ventures; holding company for SAMCO Securities

Money Factor

Salary (approx.): 5 lakh per match + bonus
Net Worth: Not Known

Updated: Saturday,Sep 05, 2026 19:39 PM GMT+05:30

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