I wanted to shoot Kapil Dev in the head: Yograj Singh makes shocking revelation

Yograj Singh, son of former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh, played six ODIs and a solitary Test for India between 1980 and 1981 but despite being a former cricketer and a renowned coach, it’s through his controversial statements that the 66-year-old has become one of the most spoken-about individuals in the Indian cricket community.

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Known for his bluntness and his tendency to have no filters whatsoever, Yograj, in a recent interview, made an extremely shocking revelation, claiming that he was seconds away from shooting former India captain Kapil Dev because the latter had dropped him from the Haryana side.

“When Kapil Dev became captain of India, North Zone, and Haryana, he dropped me for no reason,” Yograj said on ‘Unfiltered by Samdish’.

“My wife [Yuvi’s mother] wanted me to ask Kapil questions. I told her that I would teach this bloody man a lesson.

“I took my pistol out, I went to Kapil’s house in Sector 9. He came out with his mother.

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“I abused him a dozen times. I told him because of you I have lost a friend and what you have done, you will pay for it.

“I told him, ‘I want to put a bullet through your head, but I am not doing it because you have a very pious mother, who is standing here.’ I told Shabnam, ‘Let’s go.’

“That was the moment I decided I would not play cricket, Yuvi will play.”

The former India cricketer further spoke about why he held a grudge against the late Bishan Singh Bedi.

“These guys, including Bishan Singh Bedi, plotted against me. I never forgave Bishan Singh Bedi. The man died on his bed,” he said.

“When I was dropped, I spoke to Ravindra Chadha, one of the selectors. He told me that Bishan Singh Bedi (the chief selector) didn’t want to pick me because they thought I was Sunil Gavaskar’s man and because I was playing cricket in Mumbai. I was very close to Gavaskar.”

Yograj further added that he never forgave Kapil, though the latter wanted to mend their relationship.

“In 2011 when India won the World Cup, there was only one guy who was crying, and it was Kapil Dev,” he said.

“I did send him a paper cutting that my son did better than you in the World Cup.

“Kapil sent me a WhatsApp text saying we will be brothers in the next life. We will be born from the same mother in the next life. He wanted to meet me. But there is a vengeance, and it still hurts,” said Yograj.