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Yograj played a total of one Test and six ODIs for Team India in the 1980-81 season and picked up 1 and 4 wickets, respectively.
Yograj Singh wanted to kill Kapil Dev. (Picture Credit: Screengrab)
Former Indian fast bowler Yograj Singh, who is the father of legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, has made a shocking claim by saying that he wanted to kill Kapil Dev after the captain of India’s 1983 ODI World Cup-winning team dropped him from the national side.
Yograj made his international debut for Team India under Sunil Gavaskar’s leadership on December 21, 1980, against Australia during an ODI match in Brisbane. He played a total of one Test and six ODIs for India during his less than three-month-long international career.
“When Kapil Dev became captain of India, North Zone, and Haryana, he dropped me for no reason,” Yograj said on Unfiltered by Samdish.
“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 and 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.’ That was the moment I decided I would not play cricket; Yuvi will play.”
According to the 66-year-old, who has also acted in various movies after retirement from cricket, he had never spoken about Kapil Dev in all these years.
“In 2011, when India won the World Cup, there was only one guy who was crying, and it was Kapil Dev. I did send him a paper cutting that my son did better than you in the World Cup,” he added.
Yograj also made shocking allegations against former India captain and spinner Bishan Singh Bedi and said he plotted against him.
“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 to Ravindra Chadha, one of the selectors. He told me that Bishan Singh Bedi (the chief selector) didn’t want 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,” he added.
