the most recent year that india won the cricket world cup captained by kapil dev was 1983.
the most recent year that india won the cricket world cup captained by kapil dev was 1983.
when was the most recent year that india won the cricket world cup captained by kapil dev?
1983
sunil gavaskar took over as test and odi captain in 1978–79, leading india in 47 test matches and 37 odis, winning 9 tests and 14 odis. he was succeeded by kapil dev in the 1980s, who captained for 34 test matches, including 4 victories. kapil dev led india to victory in 39 of his 74 odis in charge, including the 1983 cricket world cup. kapil dev also captained india's 2–0 test series victory in england in 1986. between 1987–88 and 1989–90, india had three captains in dilip vengsarkar, ravi shastri and krishnamachari srikkanth. vengsarkar took over the captaincy from kapil dev after the 1987 cricket world cup. although he started with two centuries in his first series as captain, his captaincy period was turbulent and he lost the job following a disastrous tour of the west indies in early-1989 and a stand-off with the indian cricket board (bcci).
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as the match-fixing scandal took centrestage, former player manoj prabhakar accused kapil dev of trying to bribe him in 1994 during a tournament in sri lanka. under severe pressure from politicians and fans, kapil dev resigned as coach in september 2000, after having spent less than one year as the team coach. the reports of cbi (india's premier investigating agency) and k. madhavan (appointed by bcci to investigate match-fixing allegations) in november 2000 exonerated kapil dev of any involvement in match-fixing. india's performance in the coaching stint of kapil dev was below-par, winning just one test match (out of 8 played) and 9 odis (out of 25 played).
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