The U-19 World Cup-winning captain of the 2012 edition for the Indian team, Unmukt Chand, has looked back at the statement of the former World Cup-winning captain of the Blue Brigade, Kapil Dev, during an event when he made a comment out of context. Chand reckoned that the reason for his attending the event was due to the request of a high-profile BCCI official to whom he couldn’t refuse.

Chand, who was the leading run-getter for India in that event with 246 runs in six innings at an average of 49.20 and a strike rate of 75, highlighted that cricket was always his top priority as he returned to attend the event to continue training in the camp.

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“I feel the statement has been taken out of context. I agree with what he said. As a senior, he should say this. I don’t try to defend that. But we had a camp going on in the NCA. A very high BCCI official had said that I needed to attend this event. I could not say no to that. I had to be at that event. It wasn’t like I had quit cricket and gone there. I was told to return the next day.” Chand told The Lallantop.

Unmukt Chand responds to Kapil Dev’s opinion on the batter joining 2012 event

Just a few days after the end of the 2012 U-19 World Cup, the batter had shared the stage with Kapil at an event, where the 1983-winning captain blamed the former for having prioritized being at the event over attending the camp.

“What are you doing here? Why have you come here? If I were his coach or manager, I would not have let him come here even if I were given a million dollars. I would have kicked his backside for coming here.” Kapil Dev addressed that event. 

“I finished practice till 12 pm, took a flight from Bengaluru, attended the event, and returned so that I didn’t miss practice. But maybe he wasn’t aware of it and told what he did because of that.” Unmukt Chand concluded the recent discussion.