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The day Kapil Dev conquered his final frontier to get past Richard Hadlees world record

The day Kapil Dev conquered his final frontier to get past Richard Hadlee's world record

On February 8, 1994, Kapil Dev surpassed Sir Richard Hadlee’s long-standing record of 431 Test wickets. In an era that was dominated by spinners in the subcontinent, Kapil broke the shackles and scaled peaks in both departments of the game. Karthik Parimal travels back in time to underline the feat’s significance.

Karthik Parimal, Moments in history, Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee, Sunil Gavaskar, Venkatapathy Raju, Rajesh Chauhan, Courtney Walsh, 1978 Wills Trophy, Javed Miandad

February 8 2013, 12:19 pm

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