{"id":194539,"date":"2026-07-18T17:20:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194539"},"modified":"2026-07-18T17:20:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T22:50:54","slug":"kapil-dev-many-cricketers-will-emerge-few-will-entertain-like-garry-sobers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194539","title":{"rendered":"Kapil Dev: Many cricketers will emerge, few will entertain like Garry Sobers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71238318\">Legendary Sir Garfield Sobers was a trend-setting revolutionary who altered cricketers\u2019 mindset and approach to the sport, reckoned former India skipper Kapil Dev.<\/p>\n<p>Sobers, 89, died at his home in Barbados on Friday. During an illustrious career, the West Indian had amassed 8032 runs in 93 Tests at an average of 57.78 with 26 hundreds along with 235 wickets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think anybody who knows about cricket should know about Gary Sobers. One of the finest cricketers ever born on this earth,\u201d Kapil Dev told        <i>PTI <\/i>in an interview at the KDSG (Kapil Dev Sanjay Gupta) Hospital here on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way he played cricket inspired people like us. Yeah, it\u2019s a sad day. He\u2019s no more, but he\u2019s given us so much\u2014so much cricket and his talent and ability which we follow throughout our lives,\u201d Kapil added.<\/p>\n<p>The 1983 World Cup winning skipper said Sobers\u2019 sheer talent and love for the game made him such a great player.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s the talent, the way he used to enjoy himself and the way he used to play. I think during that era, no doubt the West Indies team was one of the best, but he set records and shifted people\u2019s mindset of how to play and enjoy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kapil then explained the impact of Sobers in traditional cricketing coaching methods.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest thing I remember is that he changed the method of MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) cricket coaching, what we used to call playing in \u2018V\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think the first thing I came to know is not playing V, how you can get runs. I think that was the biggest statement stuck in my mind when I was growing up,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>The 67-year-old said Sobers was in a league of his own as an all-rounder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think, well, we had all-rounders, but not on his scale. I don\u2019t think anybody can come close to him, the way he played batting, bowling, fast bowling, spin bowling, fielding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything \u2014 he had the ability and the knack for entertaining. At the end of the day, many cricketers will emerge, but very few will be true entertainers,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Kapil, himself a premier all-rounder in his playing days, said there was so much to learn from the Bajan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he was a brilliant cricketer, we lost him, but one can learn from the way he played cricket. Hats off to him, as he just enjoyed his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the evening, he used to sit and talk and we were just good listeners. He talked, but he used to talk more about other things in life rather than cricket,\u201d he remembered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jul 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/kapil-dev-tribute-sir-garfield-sobers-dead-condolence-cricket-community\/article71238318.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legendary Sir Garfield Sobers was a trend-setting revolutionary who altered cricketers\u2019 mindset and approach to the sport, reckoned former India skipper Kapil Dev. Sobers, 89, died at his home in Barbados on Friday. During an illustrious career, the West Indian had amassed 8032 runs in 93 Tests at an average of 57.78 with 26 hundreds&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image20-202026-07-18T192502.836.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":194233,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=194233","url_meta":{"origin":194539,"position":0},"title":"Tributes pour in post passing away of cricket legend Sir Garfield &#8220;Garry&#8221; Sobers","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"July 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Tributes have poured in from across the world after the death of Sir Garfield \u201cGarry\u201d Sobers, with players, administrators, teams and boards describing his passing as an \u201cirreplaceable loss\u201d and celebrating him as one of the sport\u2019s greatest icons. 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