# List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Kapil Dev

Kapil Dev is a former Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who represented India between 1978 and 1994. He took 24 five-wicket hauls during his international career. In cricket, a five-wicket haul—also known as a five-for or fifer—refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement, and as of October 2024, only 54 bowlers have taken 15 or more five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers. A right-arm fast bowler, Kapil Dev took 434 wickets in Test cricket and 253 in ODIs. With 23 five-wicket hauls in Tests, he has the third highest number of international five-wicket hauls among Indian cricketers as of 2012, after Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. Kapil Dev was named by the Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1983 and Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. Eight years later, the International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. As of 2012, Kapil Dev also holds the record for being the only player to have taken more than 400 wickets and scored over 5,000 runs in Tests.
Kapil Dev made his Test and ODI debuts against Pakistan, both in 1978. His first five-wicket haul came a year later against England during the first Test of India's tour. His career-best bowling figures in an innings of nine for 83 was achieved in 1983 against the West Indies in Ahmedabad. In Tests, Kapil Dev was most successful against Pakistan and Australia, with seven five-wicket hauls against each of them. He took his only five-wicket haul in ODIs against Australia during the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
After playing for nearly 16 years, Kapil Dev retired from international cricket in 1994. At the time of his retirement, he held the world record for the most wickets taken in Test and ODI cricket; both records were subsequently broken by Courtney Walsh and Wasim Akram respectively. His combined tally of 24 five-wicket hauls is eleventh in the all-time list in 2012, a record jointly held with Sydney Barnes, Imran Khan and Dennis Lillee.

## Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI held |
| Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number of overs bowled |
| Runs | Number of runs conceded |
| Wkts | Number of wickets taken |
| Econ | Runs conceded per over |
| Batsmen | Batsmen whose wickets were taken |
| Result | Result for the India team |
| † | Kapil Dev was man of the match |
| ‡ | 10 or more wickets taken in the match |

## Tests

Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 12 July 1979 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham | England | 1 | 48 | 146 | 5 | 3.04 | Mike Brearley Geoffrey Boycott Derek Randall Graham Gooch Ian Botham | Lost |
| 2 | 13 October 1979 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | Australia | 2 | 32 | 82 | 5 | 2.56 | Rick Darling Allan Border Kim Hughes Rodney Hogg Geoff Dymock | Drawn |
| 3 | 26 October 1979 | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | Australia | 1 | 32 | 74 | 5 | 2.31 | Andrew Hilditch Allan Border Kim Hughes Dav Whatmore Jim Higgs | Drawn |
| 4 | 4 December 1979 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | Pakistan | 1 | 23.5 | 58 | 5 | 2.43 | Majid Khan Mudassar Nazar Zaheer Abbas Wasim Raja Wasim Bari | Drawn |
| 5 | 25 December 1979 | Green Park Stadium, Kanpur | Pakistan | 2 | 28 | 63 | 6 | 2.25 | Mudassar Nazar Zaheer Abbas Javed Miandad Majid Khan Iqbal Qasim Sikander Bakht | Drawn |
| 6 | 15 January 1980 ‡ | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras | Pakistan | 3 | 23.4 | 56 | 7 | 2.36 | Mudassar Nazar Sadiq Mohammad Zaheer Abbas Asif Iqbal Imran Khan Wasim Bari Sikander Bakht | Won |
| 7 | 2 January 1981 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia | 2 | 36.1 | 97 | 5 | 2.68 | Graeme Wood John Dyson Kim Hughes Allan Border Jim Higgs | Lost |
| 8 | 7 February 1981 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 4 | 16.4 | 28 | 5 | 1.68 | Bruce Yardley Allan Border Rod Marsh Dennis Lillee Jim Higgs | Won |
| 9 | 27 November 1981 † | Wankhede Stadium, Bombay | England | 4 | 13.2 | 70 | 5 | 5.25 | Graham Gooch Chris Tavaré David Gower Ian Botham Bob Willis | Won |
| 10 | 1 January 1982 | Eden Gardens, Calcutta | England | 1 | 31 | 91 | 6 | 2.93 | Geoffrey Boycott Chris Tavaré Ian Botham Derek Underwood Mike Gatting John Emburey | Drawn |
| 11 | 10 June 1982 † | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | England | 1 | 43 | 125 | 5 | 2.90 | Geoff Cook Chris Tavaré Allan Lamb David Gower Derek Randall | Lost |
| 12 | 17 September 1982 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Madras | Sri Lanka | 3 | 24.3 | 110 | 5 | 4.48 | Bandula Warnapura Ravi Ratnayeke Anura Ranasinghe Mahes Goonatilleke Ajit de Silva | Drawn |
| 13 | 23 December 1982 | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan | 2 | 28.5 | 102 | 5 | 3.53 | Zaheer Abbas Mudassar Nazar Imran Khan Abdul Qadir Sarfraz Nawaz | Lost |
| 14 | 3 January 1983 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Pakistan | 2 | 38.4 | 220 | 7 | 5.68 | Mohsin Khan Mudassar Nazar Mansoor Akhtar Saleem Malik Wasim Bari Sarfraz Nawaz Sikander Bakht | Lost |
| 15 | 23 January 1983 † | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan | 1 | 30.5 | 85 | 8 | 2.75 | Mohsin Khan Majid Khan Zaheer Abbas Imran Khan Wasim Bari Sarfraz Nawaz Abdul Qadir Iqbal Qasim | Drawn |
| 16 | 14 September 1983 | Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Pakistan | 2 | 29 | 68 | 5 | 2.34 | Mudassar Nazar Saleem Malik Wasim Bari Tahir Naqqash Azeem Hafeez | Drawn |
| 17 | 29 October 1983 | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi | West Indies | 2 | 31 | 77 | 6 | 2.48 | Desmond Haynes Vivian Richards Clive Lloyd Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall | Drawn |
| 18 | 12 November 1983 ‡ | Motera Stadium, Ahmedabad | West Indies | 3 | 30.3 | 83 | 9 | 2.72 | Gordon Greenidge Vivian Richards Larry Gomes Clive Lloyd Gus Logie Jeff Dujon Malcolm Marshall Michael Holding Wayne Daniel | Lost |
| 19 | 13 December 1985 † | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia | 1 | 38 | 106 | 8 | 2.78 | Wayne Phillips David Boon Allan Border Greg Ritchie Greg Matthews Craig McDermott Bruce Reid Merv Hughes | Drawn |
| 20 | 15 April 1989 | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | West Indies | 3 | 25 | 58 | 5 | 2.32 | Richie Richardson Keith Arthurton Malcolm Marshall Curtly Ambrose Courtney Walsh | Lost |
| 21 | 28 April 1989 | Sabina Park, Kingston | West Indies | 2 | 33 | 84 | 6 | 2.54 | Gordon Greenidge Desmond Haynes Richie Richardson Vivian Richards Gus Logie Malcolm Marshall | Lost |
| 22 | 26 December 1991 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia | 2 | 35 | 97 | 5 | 2.77 | Geoff Marsh David Boon Allan Border Ian Healy Merv Hughes | Lost |
| 23 | 25 January 1992 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia | 3 | 51 | 130 | 5 | 2.54 | Mark Taylor Geoff Marsh Dean Jones Mark Waugh Ian Healy | Lost |

## ODIs

Five-wicket hauls in One Day Internationals :
| No. | Date | Ground | Against | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Batsmen | Result |
| 1 | 13 June 1983 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | Australia | 1 | 12 | 43 | 5 | 3.58 | Kepler Wessels Rod Marsh Ken MacLeay Tom Hogan Geoff Lawson | Lost |