Kapil Dev interview: On Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and India’s obsession with cricket
Kapil Dev reflects on India's cricket obsession while promoting a new book. He emphasizes the need for recognition of other sports in the country. Despite his cricketing legacy, he enjoys golf and cinema, and praises young talent Vaibhav Sooryavanshi.
- ▪Kapil Dev believes India gives 99% of its attention to cricket, which he finds unfair to other sports.
- ▪He is currently passionate about golf and enjoys watching movies, particularly South Indian films.
- ▪Kapil acknowledges the young cricketer Vaibhav Sooryavanshi as a special talent but stresses the importance of giving him time to grow.
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Kapil Dev throws a quick glance at the bat and ball placed at the entrance of the Madras Management Association’s auditorium. They are a photo prop — for the members attending the launch of popular banker Shyam Srinivasan’s latest book, Better Never Stops, a part-memoir, part-practical leadership primer published by WYZR Books (Rs 495).If not for the teeming autograph hunters and selfie seekers, Kapil might have been tempted to bowl a couple of yorkers or smash a few sixes.The 67-year-old lanky cricketing legend has seen the highest of highs in the sport; the 1983 World Cup win being the peak.
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