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His 434 Test wickets and 5,248 runs are as much a testimony to his cricket skills as they are to his unparalleled fitness that saw him shoulder India's pace attack for 16 long years. The true greatness of Kapil lay in the fact that he could use both the new as well as the old ball effectively, field equally well close-in or in the outfield and hit cleanly and aggressively against any attack. In terms of all-round excellence on a cricket field, no one has come even close to matching the peerless Garfield Sobers, but Kapil was right up there alongside the other greats of his era like Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Richard Hadlee. Least of all the likes of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar, who would have certainly run him close had it been merely a ratings game. It's a crown befitting a monarch and the honour far greater than the tag of a being India's only World Cup-winning captain. This undying spirit and supreme confidence in his own ability made Kapil Dev what he is - India's finest cricketer. Whether he was merely jogging around the park or having a bowl in the nets, Kapil did it with a certain finesse and free-spirit that later came to define his cricket. Right from his DAV College days in Chandigarh, Kapil exuded a certain grace that comes naturally to all great sportspersons. It's not often that you come across someone blessed with so much natural talent. Had he not been a cricketer, Kapil Dev Nikhanj perhaps wouldn't have acquired the status he enjoys today, but he would have still excelled in any sport he cared to play.