Former captain Kapil Dev said he feels proud to have led India to their 1983 World Cup triumph as it was a critical moment for cricket in t...
Former captain Kapil Dev said he feels proud to have led India to their 1983 World Cup triumph as it was a critical moment for cricket in the country. During a chat with Indian women’s cricket team coach WV Raman on his YouTube series named Inside Out, the legendary cricketer opened up on a range of topics.
Dev helped India create history in 1983, as they won the ICC Cricket World Cup for the first time, beating favourites and two-time winners West Indies to lift the trophy. The former all-rounder said the victory not only instilled belief among Indian players to win titles but also increased the popularity of cricket in smaller cities and regions in India.
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The 61-year-old spoke on a wide range of subjects including captaining the Indian side during the 1983 World Cup, his unbeaten hundred against Zimbabwe, his favourite captains of all-time and more.
Excerpts from the chat:
On his 175* against Zimbabwe in 1983 World Cup:
When you are 9/4, you are shattered from inside but since I came from a Punjabi background I had the desire to fight. I went and asked Yashpal Sharma, ‘what’s happening?’ He...
