Saturday was a day when Kapil Dev turned a golf coach — the former all-rounder giving a few tips to the West Indian legend Brian Lara at the Boulder Hills golf course here.
Kapil, who walked on to the course just as Lara was having a feel with a few strokes, struck up a conversation with the latter and was seen discussing the swing from a particular stance for better results. He even demonstrated a few strokes and then saw Lara attempt the same.
The result — Kapil was in awe. “I wonder whether you are a natural lefty or a right-hander,” he said.
For his part, Lara admitted Kapil to be a better golfer than him.
“I have great respect for him. His career was just fading away when I entered the scene. We played together in the 1992 World Cup. I always admired his cricketing skills,” Lara said.
Kapil, meanwhile, shied away from predicting either the forthcoming tour of Australia or the 2019 World Cup saying they were too far away. He also avoided any reaction on Indian captain Virat Kohli’s recent social media comments. “Everyone has a right to express his or her opinion. I don’t want to get involved in this,” he said.
