30 July 1990. India required 24 runs to save the follow-on, with 9 wickets down and Narendra Hirwani fumbling his rather inept bat at the other end. Kapil Dev took control of the situation in his inimitable style by clubbing Eddie Hemmings for four consecutive sixes to avoid the follow-on! Arunabha Sengupta recalls the calculated carnage.
Read MoreKapil Dev slams 175 not out
June 18, 1983. The idyllic setting of the Tunbridge Wells cricket ground was witness to extraordinary fireworks as Kapil Dev engineered a remarkable victory from the veritable jaws of defeat. Arunabha Sengupta recounts the epic 175 not out that rescued India from possible elimination, and paved the way for the miraculous World Cup triumph.
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