Former India captain Kapil Dev chided Unmukt Chand for skipping practice to attend a youth summit and advised him to focus on the game. The Under-19 World Cup-winning captain attended India Today's 'Youth Summit' to speak on cricket when he is supposed to play a match, which will also feature Sachin Tendulkar, on Saturday.
A new housing estate is luring buyers with a 'Tendulkar Drive', 'Kohli Crescent' and 'Dev Terrace'.
Former India captain Kapil Dev says the difference between England and India in the ongoing Test series is the all-rounders former possess.
BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said the Board could not accept the former all-rounder as head of both NCA and ICL.
India's 1983 World Cup winning skipper Kapil Dev feels the growing self belief of the Indian cricket team that they can win regularly outside the subcontinent could hold them in good stead to defend the 2015 World Cup title in Australia and New Zealand.
Three days after the June 22 felicitation in New Delhi by BCCI, Kapil Dev and rest of India's 1983 World Cup winning team would revisit Lord's, where they had scripted the most memorable chapter in the history of Indian cricket 25 years ago.
At 37, Sachin Tendulkar is definitely at the twilight of his career but former India captain Kapil Dev thinks otherwise. The 1983 World Cup-winning captain feels the champion batsman will go on to play another World Cup unless India lays its hands on next year's quadrennial event.
Former India Kapil Dev took a dig at the Cricket Board on Thursday for not giving the triumphant Indian squad more time to unwind after their fabulous World Cup triumph on April 2 and for paying much more money to represent their IPL franchises than the country.
"I am working for the betterment of my game. For me, cricket everywhere is same," said Kapil.
Former captain Kapil Dev on Monday, came down heavily on the BCCI for sacking the national team bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh without looking into the good work they had done for the team.
The legendary all-rounder said although there were some good individual performances last year, overall the Indian team could have done better.
According to reports, the Formula Regional Championship is believed to be a bridge between F4 and F3.
India's historic streak of home Test series victories has come to an end as New Zealand secured a remarkable 2-1 series win during their tour in 2024.
'I'm very happy with the honour, but I don't let myself get too high'
Harvinder Singh was one of India's most promising pacers in the 1990s having played three Tests and 16 ODIs.
'A great player like him shouldn't take so much time to get back in form. He has to fight with himself and get things in order.'
Former pace ace Kapil Dev says there are enough fast bowlers to win India a match if the top guys are unavailable.
R Ashwin says he has figured out ways to tackle Australian batting mainstay Steve Smith in the upcoming five-match Test series
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the numbers that matter from Day 1 of the fourth Test between England and India at The Oval, on Thursday, September 2, 2021.
Brian Lara rang the famous Eden Gardens' bell.
Former skipper Kapil Dev has criticised the Indian players for surrendering their No. 1 world Test rankings to England, saying the visitors were just not prepared to deal with the English attack.
India's 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev on Thursday expressed anguish over the latest spot-fixing scandal and said he feels for the passionate fans of Pakistan.
Indian Cricket League chief Kapil Dev said there was hardly meeting with the BCCI as they were told to shut down the ICL and they only talks would be held.
The Indian cricket team defied all odds, expectations and made history on June 25, 1983 by winning its first cricket World Cup crown, defeating the mighty West Indies in the final by 43 runs at Lord's.
The former India captain and coach called upon well-off cricketers to gift the money to others in need.
Premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin went past the legendary Kapil Dev's 434 Test scalps on Day 3 of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Sunday to become the second-highest wicket-taker for India in the longest format of the game.
'During the climactic match, I heard people sobbing.' 'I've not had this experience before, not even in Bajrangi Bhaijaan.'
New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori on Wednesday joined the likes of Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee and Shane Warne when he became only the eighth all-rounder in Test cricket's history to collect 3,000 runs and bag 300 wickets.
Former India captain Kapil Dev hinted that the fourth estate should not cover the Board of Control for Cricket in India's multi-million dollar venture if curbs on accreditation norms for the media are not lifted.
An earnest attempt at uncovering the truth behind the match-fixing saga, but fails to highlight any new information.
Chess grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, sprint queen P T Usha and football legend Bhaichung Bhutia are among the prominent sports personalities invited for Monday's ceremony.
Three Indian cricketing legends -- Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi -- figured among the 55 former players named on Friday in the ICC's inaugural Hall of Fame list as part of its centenary celebrations. Launching the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in Sydney, Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said the initiative, in association with Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA), would provide the chance for the game to recognise its greatest achievers.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni might have come under heavy criticism for his captaincy during the just-concluded home Test series against England but former skipper Kapil Dev backed him as the best bet to lead India in limited-overs cricket.
The Kapil Dev-led panel has got the green light from the BCCI's legal team to appoint the next coach of the men's side by mid-August.
Becomes only the second Indian to take 500 wickets and score 5,000 runs in international cricket.
CoA chief Vinod Rai has made it clear that the CAC comprising Kapil were 'not conflicted'
On the 30th year of India's maiden World Cup triumph, the captain of the team Kapil Dev feels that particular evening at Lord's "changed the dimension" of the game in the country.
Has there existed another cricketer who has been hailed as a spinner, fielder, captain, umpire, selector, and above all, a consummate team man, asks K R Nayar.
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