'I played cricket & live life on front-foot'
Posted on Jul 06, 2008 at 15:39 | Updated Jul 07, 2008 at 01:27
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Anuradha SenGupta: With the match-fixing allegations, you have defended yourself, the CBI interview has come out and everything is over now and is history. But have you come to terms with it and overcome it or is it still the worst time of your life?
Kapil Dev: I think it’s education, let’s put it more positively. I think those kind of things only teach you how to become a better person and a stronger person. If somebody points a finger at you, it is important to know if you are wrong or right.
The only thing I felt that entire episode is that the media should be more responsible, not for me but for the country the media should be a little more responsible rather than make sensational news.
Anuradha SenGupta: You decided not to file a defamation case.
Kapil Dev: When I was talking to my lawyer and he turned around and said, which was the most interesting point in my life, ‘Kapil, there is no problem; it will take you a minimum of 25 years to get this. But no way you can lose; you are a winner.’ And I said if I’m the winner, then I don’t need 25 years and I just tore the file and threw it in the dustbin.
If I get a result of what happened after 25 years then I don’t think I’d like to wait for a negative report for 25 years. And that’s when my life changed.
Anuradha SenGupta: Have you forgiven Manoj Prabhakar?
Kapil Dev: Who am I to forgive him? I’m not big enough to forgive him or anybody. I said then also that I’d go to the temple and wish for him.
Anuradha SenGupta: When you played cricket, you were at the top of your game but you also found other things to do whereby you could continue to lead a lifestyle that you were used to.
Kapil Dev: Perhaps better because at that time life was different. But today, thanks to everybody, the advantage of being a sportsman and if you think like a businessman, you have an edge over other people because you have played the game, you can go and meet people. And in business, they say if you can put your project across to other people, half the battle is won.
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