‘Kaun hain?’: Kapil Dev’s blunt reaction to Yograj Singh’s recent controversial comments

“My wife (Yuvi’s mother) wanted me to ask Kapil questions. I told her that I would teach this bloody man a lesson. I took my pistol out, I went to Kapil’s house in Sector 9. He came out with his mother. I abused him a dozen times. I told him because of you I have lost a friend and what you have done, you will pay for it. I told him, ‘I want to put a bullet through your head, but I am not doing it because you have a very pious mother, who is standing here.’ I told Shabnam, ‘Let’s go,’ he added.

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Asked about Yograj’s comments, Dev initially replied with “Kaun hain? (Who is he?)” and when he was told it was Yuvraj’s father Yograj, he calmly asked the reporters if they had any other questions.

Yograj played one Test and six ODIs for India during the tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1980-81.

He has recently come into the news with a lot of controversial remarks on his former teammates, including the late Bishan Singh Bedi.

“These guys, including Bishan Singh Bedi, they plotted against me. I never forgave Bishan Singh Bedi. The man died on his bed,” he said.

“When I was dropped I spoke Ravindra Chadha, one of the selectors. He told me that Bishan Singh Bedi (the chief selector) didn’t wanted to pick me because they thought I was Sunil Gavaskar’s man and because I was playing cricket in Mumbai. I was very close to Gavaskar.”