India’s first World Cup-winning captain and arguably the greatest all-rounder India has ever produced, Kapil Dev, said that Sunil Gavaskar was not able to see his newborn son for months. He said that in comparison to current India captain Virat Kohli’s paternity leave, which he also termed a privilege that cricketers in his era couldn’t have.
“Don’t think we could afford to go and come back. That’s for sure. Sunil Gavaskar didn’t see his son for many months. It was a different thing. Look, things change. If I talk about Kohli, when his father died, he came back playing cricket the next day. Today he is taking a leave for his baby. It's fine, you can afford it,” Kapil said while speaking via video conference at HTLS 2020.
The Septuagenarian former cricketer said that he was happy for the 32-year-old Indian captain that he was able to be with his family in moments of such intimacy.
“You can buy a plane and go back and come back again in three days. I feel happy and proud that today sportsmen have reached a level where they can do this. I’m happy for Virat. He’s coming back to see his family. I understand you have passion but the biggest passion is that he’s having a baby,” he said.
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