Excess hype typically results in damaged hearts and therefore it’s all the time essential to strike a stability, legendary Kapil Dev mentioned on Tuesday in context of India’s six-wicket defeat by the hands of Australia within the World Cup last earlier this month. The 1983 World Cup successful skipper mentioned that the Indian followers ought to chorus from creating an excessive amount of strain and deal with cricket simply as one other sport.
“Don’t keep so much hope that people end up with broken hearts. We need to keep a balance. Other teams also came to India to compete in the World Cup. We shouldn’t create so much hype. We need to look at sports as sports only. Whoever plays good on the day, we need to respect that. We are too emotional,” Kapil mentioned on the sidelines of the inaugural tee off ceremony of Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational golf match in Gurugram.
India received 10 video games, most of which have been lopsided as contests, earlier than Australia turned the tables on them on the Narendra Modi Stadium on November 19.
For previous 10 years, India have misplaced seven knock-out video games out of eight ICC tournaments that they took half between 2014 to 2023. Kapil does not know if the strain of event will get to them.
“I think today’s players can answer how much pressure they feel. We can only feel,” he mentioned.
However there are shortcomings which must be taken care of, Kapil said, with out specifying what they have been.
“If they (India) win it feels really good. There are shortcomings which we need to address. It is not that you won’t have shortcomings after a win. What’s most important is to rectify them,” the 63-year-old mentioned.
He urged followers to have fun what India achieved reasonably than what they missed out.
“They (India) won 10 matches in a row. Is it not enough? We should look at other teams as well. We shouldn’t compare anyone. What is important is to see whether they played good cricket or not. We played very good cricket. Final day was not ours so be it,” the 1983- World Cup-winning captain added.
Kapil cited the examples of South Africa and defending champions England to show his level.
“We should look at performance of other teams as well like, South Africa, England who were the defending champions, they finished last (seventh).” Kapil additionally lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gesture to go to the Indian dressing room and console the gamers after the ultimate loss in Ahmedabad on November 19.
“If the Prime Minister doesn’t encourage, who will? He is the No.1 man in the country and if he supports, it feels good,” he mentioned.
The former all-rounder additionally avoided commenting on Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma’s future in T20 Internationals.
“This is selectors job and we should leave it to them. It is not good to comment on everything. They are responsible and what they feel good, they should do,” he mentioned.
The second version of the Kapil Dev Grant Thornton Invitational golf match, sanctioned by Proffesional Golf Tour of India, could have prize purse of Rs 2 crore this 12 months, double the quantity from final 12 months.
Title holder Varun Parikh will attempt to defend his title within the match starting on Wednesday on the DLF Golf and Country Club right here. Kapil mentioned some former cricketers together with Murali Karthik, Madan Lal, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh are anticipated to be current on the ultimate day of the occasion on December 3.
He additionally mentioned he would request Sachin Tendulkar to grace the event.
“Already the prize money has been doubled. It feels good that some former cricketers will be coming for the event. Why can’t cricketers play other sports? “If we are able to help different sport aside from cricket, why not? In India, there isn’t just one recreation,” said the man, who has been an amateur golfer since his retirement.
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