BCCI extends birthday greetings to Kapil Dev
Taking to X, BCCI posted a picture of Kapil with his international stats and wished Team India's greatest all-rounder a very happy birthday.
Taking to X, BCCI posted a picture of Kapil with his international stats and wished Team India's greatest all-rounder a very happy birthday.
Sunil Gavaskar has recently asked why we Indians, though electrified by Glenn Maxwell’s fastest World Cup century ~ off 40 balls in Delhi the other day against the Netherlands ~ should refrain from any comparison with Kapil Dev’s magic 175 not out in 1983 at Tunbridge Wells against Zimbabwe, which too had turned things sensationally around.
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The 61-year-old then explained why the team actually did not have much to say or do when they arrived back in India after being crowned the World Champions.
Kapil Dev, however, agreed that in the beginning not many in the team had thought that they would go on to conquer the world on foreign land.
Kapil's finest moment in the Indian jersey came when he led the team to a historic World Cup title at the iconic Lord's in 1983. Gavaskar was also part of that legendary side that stunned then two-time defending champions West Indies.
It was fitting then that Kapil Dev- an all-rounder- in the truest sense of the word and possibly the finest that India has produced till day- holding the World Cup trophy at the famous Lord's Balcony became the defining image of Indian sports.
