
In a shocking admission, former Indian cricketer and father of the legendary all-rounder Yuvraj Singh, Yograj Singh, has shared the extent to which he felt angry and emotionally vulnerable when he was dropped from the Indian cricket team. Speaking on the show “Unfiltered by Samdish,” Yograj Singh revealed he once thought about killing Kapil Dev, then the captain of the Indian cricket team.
Yograj recalled that after being dropped from the team, he was more or less betrayed and became vengeful, because in his mind he felt it was autocratic and politically motivated. “When Kapil Dev became the captain of India, North Zone, and Haryana, he dropped me for no reason,” Yograj revealed during an interview.
Having lost all his cool, Yograj also admitted to the court that he had even gone to Kapil Dev’s residence with his pistol in the Sector 9 of Chandigarh to confront him. But he did not do much when Kapil was playing with his mother. “I wanted to put a bullet through his head, but I couldn’t because his mother was standing there,” Yograj revealed, adding that the sight of Kapil’s mother had a profound impact on him, compelling him to walk away.
Yograj blamed politics within Indian cricket as the reason behind his exclusion from the North Zone team. He accused players like Kapil Dev and Bishan Singh Bedi, who were older than him, of plotting against him because he was close to Gavaskar. “They thought I was Gavaskar’s man because I was playing cricket in Mumbai,” Yograj claimed.
He even accused the then-chief selector Bishan Singh Bedi of deliberately sidelining him, saying, “These guys plotted against me. I never forgave Bishan Singh Bedi.”
Disillusioned by the politics, Yograj decided to quit cricket but vowed to ensure his son, Yuvraj Singh, would achieve what he could not. “That was the moment I decided I would not play cricket; Yuvi will play,” Yograj said.
Years later, when Yuvraj Singh played a pivotal role in India’s historic 2011 ODI World Cup triumph, Yograj found a moment of poetic justice. “In 2011, when India won the World Cup, there was only one guy who was crying, and it was Kapil Dev. I sent him a paper cutting, saying my son did better than you in the World Cup,” he added.
Despite the bitterness, Yograj’s revelations highlight the intense emotional struggles and politics that have often marred Indian cricket. While his cricketing career ended abruptly, his legacy lives on through Yuvraj Singh, whose achievements on the field have cemented the family’s place in cricketing history.
This candid admission reveals the darker side of sports, where personal rivalries and politics often determine the careers of players. Yograj’s story is a cautionary tale as well as a testament to resilience in the face of betrayal.
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