“Who is it? ‘What are you talking about?’: Kapil Dev gives surprising reply to Yograj Singh’s viral video claims.

It’s rare these days for former cricketers to go head-to-head with each other over actions during their careers. But Yograj Singhsire of India’s famous all-rounder and former World Cup winner Yuvraj Singhhad sparked controversy by revealing a shocking incident between him and Kapil Dev. The former Indian skipper had indirectly countered Yograj, without confronting him directly.

Kapil Dev denied recognizing Yograj Singh

Kapil Dev, the former captain of the Indian cricket team, was seen coming to an event and started an argument with reporters, who surrounded him and demanded a response to Yograj’s statements. The former World Cup winner deliberately seemed not to understand what the reporters wanted to ask.

“Who is it? who is it what are you talking about (Who is it? Who is it? Who are you talking about? Dev asked, as if he didn’t know who Yograj was. The paparazzi even told him that they were referring to Yuvraj’s father, Yograj, but Dev seemed to dodge what they wanted to ask.

But it seemed the conversation between the former Indian skipper and the media had reached a point where questions were inevitable for Dev. He then resorted to ignoring Yograj’s mention of the paparazzi and asked if they wanted to ask him anything else.

“Acha, and how much? (Anything else)” was Dev’s reaction when reporters mentioned Yograj’s name. Kapil and Yograj played alongside each other for several years. In 1977, the selectors chose Yograj over Dev for the India Under-22 Team playing against England in Nagpur. Yograj made his debut in the Indian cricket team during the tour of 1980 a Australia i new zealand However, he was mysteriously dropped from the team after the tour. Yograj played his last ODI for India on 15 February 1981 against New Zealand.

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Here is the video

Kapil Dev said “Who is Yograj Singh?” pic.twitter.com/h6qkSho9UW

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What did Yograj Singh say?

In an interview with Samdish Bhatiathe very popular YouTuber who appears aa YouTube channel called ‘Unfiltered with Samdish’, Yograj talked about his relationship with Dev.

“When Kapil Dev became the captain of India, North Zone and Haryana, he dropped me for no reason. My wife wanted me to ask Kapil questions. I told her that I will teach this bastard a lesson man.” Yograj said during the interview.

“I took out the gun; I went to Kapil’s house in sector 9. He came out with his mother. I abused him a dozen times. I told him that because of you I lost a friend and what you did, you will pay for it. I said, “I want to put a bullet through your head, but I won’t because you have a very pious mother standing here.” I said to Shabnam, “Let’s go.” he added further revealing the incident that happened between him and Dev.

Yograj further added that the two former Indian cricketers have not met or contacted each other since then. However, after India won the 2011 World Cup, Yograj sent a paper cut to Dev and told him that his son (Yuvraj) did better than Dev.

“Kapil sent me a WhatsApp message saying we will be brothers in the next life. We will be born from the same mother in the next life. He wanted to meet me. But there is a vendetta and it still hurts.” Yograj concluded.

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