Kapil Dev, India’s first World Cup-winning captain and undoubtedly India’s best all-rounder ever, turns 57 today. He shares his birthday with AR Rahman, a giant in the Indian music industry. Social media was filled with wishes and even some trolls.
We bring to you some of the best tweets on his birthday:
Here’s wishing a very happy birthday to former #TeamIndia Captain Kapil Dev pic.twitter.com/47tSk6hZHs
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 6, 2016
Champion of Champions – we are so proud of you! Happy Birthday #KapilDev pic.twitter.com/JX3ft2hHki
— Doordarshan National (@DDNational) January 6, 2016
1990 vs Eng at Lord’s India need 24 runs to avoid follow on with 1 wicket in hand then he hit 4 Consecutive Sixes Happy Birthday Kapil Dev
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) January 6, 2016
Happy birthday to Kapil Dev ji. You are an inspiration for generations to come
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) January 6, 2016
Happy Birthday Kapil Dev, India’s greatest all rounder & only player to score 5000 runs & take 400 wickets in Tests. pic.twitter.com/TzQKr0JoUJ
— Cricketopia.com (@Cricketopia) January 6, 2016
A very happy birthday to the great India allrounder @therealkapildev pic.twitter.com/i909tUjO1j
— Lord’s Ground (@HomeOfCricket) January 6, 2016
Happy Birthday @therealkapildev, former #TeamIndia captain & one of the greatest all-rounders to play the game. #MI pic.twitter.com/hPHbJIIL0H
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) January 6, 2016
Happy Birthday @therealkapildev! India is still looking for someone even half as good as you! 🙂
— Nikhil Popat (@CricCrazyNIKS) January 6, 2016
Kapil Dev: Today is my birthday. Had my parents done justice to their talent, my birthday could have been atleast 3-4 months back
— CRICKBC (@crickBC) January 6, 2016
“Kapil Dev ji, aaj aapka Birthday hai?” “Ye toh nahin kah sakte par haan janamdin zaroor hai”
— Ra_Bies (@Ra_Bies) January 6, 2016
Happy birthday Kapil Dev … “You made us laugh, you made us cry … You made us feel like we could fly …”
— Ashok Malik (@MalikAshok) January 6, 2016
Today in 1984 at Kolkata: Kapil Dev missed his only Test of his career He had by then appeared in 66 Tests He then played another 65 Tests!
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) December 31, 2015