MS Dhoni stunned by Kapil Dev’s bouncer at Eden Gardens Stadium
From Sunil Gavaskar’s centuries to that of Sachin Tendulkar, from Viv Richards batting explosives to that of Virender Sehwag, with Shoaib Akhtar and Brett Lee’s pace being compared to that of West Indian great bowling quartet. Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Colin Croft and Sir Andy Roberts. There are many comparisons which are just imagined but cannot happen in the present to settle arguments.
India’s two World Cup winning skippers, Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni. Both on Thursday gave the cricket fans a moment to cheer for a lifetime as the two took on each other on the pitch.
Dhoni, the skipper of World Cup 2011 team, batted first and played some dashing strokes. The former skipper seen inspecting the Eden Gardens pitch for a while.
After some time, Kapil – the skipper of 1983 World Cup winning team, occupied the batting crease while Dhoni did some bowling.
“He went on and on. And then when he batted, it seemed the Kapil Dev of yore was back,” said Sil.
But it was Dhoni who seemed to Sil as a natural actor. The dashing wicketkeeper-batsman never required a retake.
The Ranchi stumper took time off from the gruelling shoot to give cricketing tips to the youngsters.
There was a buzz all around. As lens men and electronic media camera persons rushed to get visuals of all three in their frames.