Overview
- Kapil Dev said representing the country is more important than the IPL while acknowledging some players may choose leagues for financial reasons.
- He declined to back split coaching and urged the board to adopt whatever structure best serves Indian cricket.
- The 1983 World Cup-winning captain rejected claims that today’s social-media era makes sport uniquely tougher, stressing mindset over era.
- He made the remarks in New Delhi at the launch of ‘72 The League’, a PGTI city-based golf event, where he also offered a light quip about Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
- The discussion follows public calls for format specialists and rebuttals from figures like Gautam Gambhir, with no coaching changes announced by the BCCI.