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New Delhi, Still unable to wrap his head around R Ashwin's quick exit from international cricket, an incredulous World Cup captain Kapil Dev feels the number-one off-spinner deserves to be farewelled, perhaps at home.  Ashwin shocked everyone when he quit Wednesday, immediately after the Brisbane Test against Australia went to a draw.  Kapil thought he didn’t like something.  "I was amazed that one of the best cricketers in India retired from the game. The fan sigh was not uncommon but I felt a

Virat Kohli needs to shed his ego to play under a new leader after giving up the Test captaincy, cricket icon Kapil Dev said as uncertainty swirled about the future of the national team. Virat Kohli needs to shed his ego to play under a new leader after giving up the Test captaincy, cricket icon Kapil Dev said as uncertainty swirled about the future of the national team. Kohli, 33, announced his surprise departure late on Saturday having already quit as T20 captain

Back in 2007, when the ultimate Indian Premier League (IPL) was not introduced, the 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev started a league named the Indian Cricket League (ICL). The former India skipper started ICL with a motive to bring all veteran international players under one roof. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to recognize ICL as a cricket tournament and termed it as the rebel league. The apex cricketing body saw Kapil’s association with ICL as a