Indian cricketer lived illicitly with Pakistan's opening trio (5,3)

I believe the answer is:

kapil dev

'indian cricketer' is the definition.
(Kapil Dev is an Indian cricketer)

'lived illicitly with pakistan's opening trio' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'lived' is 'ildev' which is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

(Another definition for kapil dev that I've seen is " Indian cricketer".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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