1983 Heroes Get Emotional, Observe Minute’s Silence In Yashpal’s Memory

1983 heroes get emotional, observe minute’s silence in Yashpal’s memory

New Delhi : , Dec 25, 2013: Former India cricketers Kapil Dev and Kirti Azad became very emotional as they remembered their teammate Yashpal Sharma.
Several of ‘Kapil’s Devils’ were present at the Friday screening.

 1983 Heroes Get Emotional, Observe Minute’s Silence In Yashpal’s Mem-TeluguStop.com

There was misty eyed watching as Yashpal, played by Jatin Sarna in the film, blazed a 120-ball 89 which helped India beat West Indies in 1983 World Cup’s first game in Manchester.

In memory of the cricketer, who was 66 years old when he died from a heart attack on July 13, 2011, a minute of silence was observed.

India won by 34 runs after Sharma’s innings.India had made 262/8 thanks to Sharma’s contribution.

India won the tournament in Manchester thanks to that win.Yashpal also played two outstanding knocks at the 1983 World Cup.He scored 40 runs against Australia and 61 against England.He scored a total of 240 runs over eight matches.

Right-handed batsman and backbone of India’s middle-order during the 1983 World Cup played 37 Tests (1 606 runs) as well as 42 ODIs (83 runs).He played 160 matches in first class for Haryana, Punjab and Railways and ran 8,933 runs.

Sharma was the last to join ‘Kapil’s Devils’ in Gurugram on June 25, when Sharma and the rest of the team gathered for the launch ‘Opus,’ a book that captures 1983’s historic World Cup victory.

Kapil was shocked to learn of the death of his colleague on a Mumbai TV program.He exclaimed, “I cannot accept it.I love you Yash.” He ran to Delhi, where he paid his final respects.

Jatin Sharma, the actor in the film, told IANS that on the 13th of July, the legend cricketer died, he had asked him to watch the cricketer’s reactions to “83”.

Sarna, last seen in Sacred Games, told IANS that he had met the cricketer and was impressed by his cool demeanour.He was so quiet that I watched him silently.His speech and walking style.We went to practice the next day, and he began teaching me how he plays his shots and his style of batting.

Sarna said that he was saddened and demoralized when he spoke about the death of the cricketer.I only have two words to describe it.This was unexpected.Although I was responsible for performing well in the past, it’s now my job to get him back on track.

Although he is much bigger than I am, it’s still my responsibility to make him visible to others.

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