Legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev has suffered a heart attack and underwent angioplasty at a Delhi hospital as per to reports.

The news was confirmed by journalist Teena Thacker on her Twitter handle as she wrote: “Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev @therealkapildev suffers heart attack, undergoes angioplasty at a hospital in Delhi. Wishing him a speedy recovery”.

Kapil Dev, who is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounder as well as one of the greatest captains in the history of cricket, led India to win their first World Cup victory in 1983. 

Kapil Dev is the first player to take 200 ODI wickets and the only player in the history of cricket to take more than 400 wickets and score more than 5000 runs in Tests making him the greatest all-rounder to have played the game.

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