NEW DELHI: With his witty remarks, former Indian cricketer Surinder Khanna added a humorous twist to the ongoing controversy surrounding Yograj Singh’s startling comments about Indian cricket legend Kapil Dev.
Addressing a query regarding the matter, Khanna remarked, “He says anything, he’s our friend. Even Kapil Dev knows he’s a bit of a crack and speaks without thinking. That was 1983, and now is 2025, my friend. Hi Yog, don’t do this stuff (laughs).”
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Khanna’s light-hearted reaction comes in the wake of Yograj Singh’s claims that he once intended to shoot Kapil Dev after being dropped from the Indian team.
On the podcast Unfiltered by Samdish, Yograj alleged that Kapil’s decision to exclude him from the playing XI left him furious. Yograj, who played one Test and six ODIs between 1980-81, claimed that only the presence of Kapil’s mother stopped him from carrying out his drastic plan to put a “bullet” through Kapil Dev’s head.
“When Kapil Dev became captain, he dropped me for no reason,” Yograj said. “I told him, ‘I want to put a bullet through your head, but I’m not doing it because your pious mother is standing here.’”
Yograj explained that this event marked his exit from cricket and led him to focus on shaping the career of his son, Yuvraj Singh, who became one of India’s finest all-rounders.
Kapil Dev, however, brushed off the controversy with a composed response.
When a reporter questioned him about Yograj’s claims on Monday on the sidelines of the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) press conference at the Delhi Golf Club, Kapil playfully asked, “Kaun hai? Kiski baat kar rahe ho? (Who is he? Whom are you talking about?)” before acknowledging the name and responding with a casual, “Acchaa, aur kuch? (Well, anything else?)”
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