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 1983 World Cup win made cricket a tool for a third world country to set itself free from the colonial shackles and forge its own identity.
Such was the dominance of Kapil Dev that he alone had scored 100 runs in the ninth-wicket stand of 126 between him and Syed Kirmani.
The ninth wicket stand between Kapil Dev and Syed Kirmani was an unbeaten 126 and Kapil ended the match unbeaten on 175 off just 138 deliveries.
Shastri also has a firm belief that the team of 1985 was qualitatively better than the side that won the 1983 World Cup because it was a perfect blend of youth and experience.
Dhoni had famously cut off his long locks after winning the 2007 World T20 and even sported a semi-bald look after winning the 2011 World Cup.
