The day when the victorious World Cup skipper reached his home city, Chandigarh, The Sportstar met Kapil Dev at his residence.
Six years ago, Kapil Dev was just another promising young bowler. Since then, he has come a long way, hasn’t he? Today, apart from being the world’s leading allrounder, he has proved a dynamic captain.
The day when the victorious World Cup skipper reached his home city, Chandigarh, The Sportstar met him at his residence. Kapil looked to be in a trance, for the spate of receptions he had attended (in Bombay and Delhi) had left him exhausted. “I still can’t believe it,” he said repeatedly. Excerpts from the interview:
Now that India has become the world champion in One-Day cricket, what measures would you suggest to consolidate the position?
Only the best and continuous efforts can yield results. Our World Cup triumph should certainly give a boost to cricket in the country. As you know, we have won the World Cup mainly on the basis of good fielding. So, we should lay more stress on fielding. I am of the opinion that a good fielder is more important than a poor fielder who scores a century.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India should organise more One-Day matches, so that we can keep level with international teams in this type of cricket. The board should also reorganise the format of Class -I tournaments so that a player who finally makes the Test team would have played a large number of matches and gained enough experience.
This story is from the May 4, 2019 edition of Sportstar.
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