Kapil Dev, India’s first World Cup winning cricket captain to have successfully undergone emergency coronary angioplasty here, is safe and sound and already thinking of hitting the golf course for another round.
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There is a WhatsApp group of the 1983 World Cup winning team from India and it shares all the news related to the members of that wonderful group. His former teammates from India wished the 61-year-old Kapil a speedy recovery in this group and the legendary cricketer’s response shows that as a trainee he is in very good shape in the hospital.
“Hello everyone. I am in a good mood and doing well. On my way to a speedy recovery. I can’t wait to get back to my golf game. You are my family. Thank you,” Kapil wrote in response to the wishes. of his former colleagues from India.
A member of the World Cup winning team said: “The man with the powerful heart, Kapil, has recovered very quickly. True to his character, he had turned the hard times around.”
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Kapil was admitted to Fortis-Escorts Heart Institute Hospital in South Delhi around 1 a.m. Friday, a hospital statement said. He is now stable and would be discharged in a couple of days, he added.
“Former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev arrived at the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (Okhla Road) emergency department at 1 am on October 23 with a complaint of chest pain. Atul Mathur, Director of the Department of Cardiology, said evaluated and performed an emergency coronary angioplasty in the middle of the night, “the statement said.
Angioplasty is a procedure to restore blood flow through the artery.
“He is currently admitted to the ICU and is under the close supervision of Atul Mathur and his team. Kapil Dev is stable now and is expected to be discharged from [a] a couple of days, “it said.
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Another doctor, who did not want to be named, had previously told IANS that the angioplasty was performed under local anesthesia and that normal patients remained in the hospital for 48 to 72 hours before being discharged.
If heart patients have long-term sugar problems, like Kapil, it could be a problem for them, but the former captain of India is apparently absolutely fine.
“In diabetic patients, the blood vessels have more calcium deposits. So that’s a problem that could happen to patients who have angioplasty. But he’s stable,” she added.
Kapil held the world record for most proving grounds (434) for over six years until it was broken by Courtney Walsh of the West Indies.
Kapil’s other major achievement was leading India to the Wold Cup triumph in 1983, when the team considered itself minnows in limited overs cricket.
In an illustrious international career spanning 1978-1994, Kapil captured 434 wickets and scored 5,248 runs in 131 events and bagged 253 wickets and made 3,783 runs in 225 ODIs.
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In addition to leading India to the unexpected glory of the 1983 World Cup, Kapil led India to the four-nation triumph of the Rothmans Cup in 1985 in Sharjah. He was best known for his powerful hitter who represented many batting fans.
Kapil has won almost all the major sporting and civil awards in India and also abroad. In 1979-80, the Indian government awarded him the Arjuna Prize, the Padma Shri in 1982 and the Padma Bhushan in 1991.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) inducted him into their Hall of Fame in 2010, while the Indian Cricket Control Board (BCCI) honored him with its highest accolade, the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, in 2013.
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Wisden, considered the last word in cricket, chose him among their Five Cricketers of the Year in his 1983 almanac and in 2002 chose him as the Indian cricketer of the 20th century in a one-time award.
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