Won back-to-back Man-of-the-series awards against England for his all-round displays during the 1982-83 season. First, during the 6 test home series for scoring over 300 runs and taking 22 wickets, the second for the tour of England where he scored 292 runs and took 10 wickets with the citation that Kapil was India's highest run scorer despite the presence of specialist batsmen of the caliber of Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Vishwanath.