Showing posts with label Kapil Dev. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kapil Dev. Show all posts

January 6, 2011

Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Vivian Richards and Arjuna Ranatunga on world cup Cricket 2011

Great cricketer Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Vivian Richards and Arjuna Ranatunga have commented freely about how to make World Cup Cricket presentation more entertaining. They proposed some new initiatives in the discussion. They talked about live match coverage by 3G mobile streaming so that the fans may get easy access to internet and mobile phone. 'Decision Review System' will be introduced in ICC tournament for the first time. ICC chief executive Haoon Lorgat said that a number of initiatives have been taken to intensify the pleasure and passion of the cricket fans. Imran Khan, the former Pakistan captain said India is doing really better for recent year and have best chance to win the cup. In his opinion Sri Lanka is also another team with the caliber to win also.

Kapil Dev also opined India especially the young stars are playing very well in present times two months ahead of the tournament. They are playing meeting the demand of the situation. In his opinion the key players for India are MS Dhoni, Sachin, Sehwag, Pathan and Gambhir .Vivian Richards thinks West Indies will do better though he believes India Will reach the Final specially foe they will play at home.

Arjuna Ranatunga Believes Sri Lanka will blaze in the tournament. He says there are a lot of experienced players in the team like Kumar Sangakkra, Mahela Jayawardene, Malinga, Muralitharan .They can make any difference.

source:  india times.com

September 30, 2007

The Celebration of 75 years of Indian Test cricket Without Kapil Dev

India is going to celebrate the 75 years of Indian Test cricket in Kochi on October 2. In the Celebration all former captain will be invited in the ceremony. Awards have been given to some of the outstanding performers of the year the last few years. But I am disappointed to see that here is no word about Kapil Dev who was the captain of India team at the time of World Cup Championship at 1983.

And some of the captains who shaped and steered Indian cricket will be honoured at the function at the Le Meridian hotel here on Tuesday night, a few hours after the India-Australia one-dayer at the Nehru Stadium. Among the current cricketers, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and Virender Sehwag will also be feted at the ceremony. This year, the outstanding performance award will be presented to Dhoni’s team.

The Castrol awards have been given to some of the outstanding performers of the year the last few years but this time, the main theme will be the celebration of 75 years of Indian Test cricket.

Kapil Dev was the captain from 1982-83. Kapil was kept hold of as India's captain for the 1987 Cricket World Cup. I am not sure why we can not see his name on the lists.