Kapil Dev courts controversy with his choice of Most Valuable Player in current Indian team

Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev has courted controversy with his choice of Most Valuable Player in current Indian team. He disagrees with cricketers from VVS Laxman to Sourav Ganguly and feels that the Most Valuable Player tag should go to Rsvichndran Ashwin rather tan Virat Kohli.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 21 September 2016.

Practically every former Indian cricketer has loads of admiration for Virat Kohli because the 27-year-old's work ethic, along with his golden run with the bat, has deeply impressed many of Indian cricket's biggest names. Since he is the captain of India's side, it automatically makes him the most important member of the team.
However, the World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev is of the opinion that the legendary all-rounder, Ravichandran Ashwin is the most valuable member of the current Indian side. Kapil Dev says that Harbhajan Singh bowled so well and claimed more than 400 Test wickets and, all of a sudden, Ashwin came on the scene and began taking wickets and, also, scoring runs.
Off-spinner Ashwin has always been a potent weapon with the ball and his improvement in batting is what has taken everyone by surprise. In the Test series against West Indies, the Tamil Nadu cricketer has hit two tons in yet another man-of-the-series performance. And, in the forthcoming New Zealand series, he will be skipper Kohli's biggest trump card.


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Taj Mahotsav in Agra from February 18 to 27 to commemorate silver jubilee

Agra is set to celebrate the silver jubilee of Taj Mahotsav from February 18 to 27 in Agra and it would be a blue-ribbon event with star-studded attendees - one of them is-expected to be cricket World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev. It would be a ten-day festival of art, culture and cuisine.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 16 February 2016.

To commemorate the event organizers have planned a golf tournament between February 19 and 21. Kapil Dev and captain of 1980 Olympics gold medal-winning Indian hockey team Zafar Iqbal have agreed to take part in the competition in which 170 golfers are scheduled to participate.
On the cultural front there are plans to stage ten plays - or, one every day. There would also be Bollywood personalities like Mohit Chauhan, Palash Sen, Hariharan, Shreya Ghosal and Sundhi Chauhan who are expected to perform in the festival.
The artisans across the country will showcase their work at Shilpgram, the main venue of the Mahotsav. Other venues are Queen Mary Empress Library, Gandhi Smarak and Agra Club. There would be around 350 stalls of handicraft. The aim of hosting this event is to encourage people from Delhi NCR to come down to Agra and enjoy their getaway.
Tickets are reasonably priced - for domestic visitors it will remain at Rs 50 for people above the age of 12 and Rs 10 for children between 5 and 12. It will be free for children below 5 years of age and foreigners.


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#CWC2015 #kapildev #INDvsWI #captaincool It was the fourth win in a row for India as they beat West Indies in the CWC 2015 at Perth – thanks to captain cool M S Dhoni who ensured that the target of 182 was chased down in spite of hiccups caused by the top order not contribute much to the cause. This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 6 March 2015.
In the West Indies camp also it was its captain Jason Holder who ensured that the team put up a decent score in spite of failures of his batsmen. He scored 57 runs out of the total of 182. It was same score as in 1983 when India, under the captainship of Kapil Dev, defended it down to cause a major upset – India finally won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.
At one time it was thought that it would be a repeat performance of 1983 – if the Indies defended it and the Indians failed to win. However, Dhoni was at the crease to ward off such an end.
Anyway, it was India’s bowling that played havoc so that the West Indies got bundled out for a paltry 182 in 44.2 overs. It was Mohammed Shami (3/35 in 8 overs) who was responsible. He managed to get both Dwayne Smith and Chris Gayle out of the equation. He was ably supported by Umesh Yadav (2/42 in 10 overs), Mohit Sharma (1/35), Ravichandran Ashwin (1/38) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/27).