File photograph of Kapil Dev.© AFP
Whereas praising the present gamers of the Indian cricket staff, World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev stated that they do not want his technical inputs of their sport. The India nice feels that he may solely information the present India gamers as they’re good sufficient with their strategies and different elements of the sport. The feedback from Dev got here forward of India’s Cricket World Cup 2023 semi-final match in opposition to New Zealand. Rohit Sharma-led India entered the knockout stage after successful 9 out of 9 video games within the league stage of the event.
“Probably not. I do not wish to get into their sneakers. I do not wish to inform them ‘play like this, do that or that’. I simply wish to detach myself and watch them play,” stated Kapil Dev on TRS Podcast.
“No (the present gamers do not attain out to me for assist). Those who wish to attain however the ones who do not wish to, I am unable to pressure them, they haven’t any obligation to take action. These children are very good, they do not want folks like us. We aren’t higher than them. We are able to solely information them to get higher,” he added.
Dev performed 131 Take a look at matches for India, scoring 5,248 runs and he additionally picked up 438 wickets within the longest format of the sport.
In ODIs, the all-rounder represented the nation in 225 video games. He picked up 253 wickets and smashed 3,783 runs. Dev scored only one century within the restricted overs format — the well-known knock of 175 that got here in opposition to Zimbabwe within the 1983 World Cup.
In the identical event, Kapil Dev’s heroics noticed India raise their maiden World Cup, beating the West Indies within the last.
The Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awardee referred to as an finish to his enjoying profession in 1994.
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