World Cup-Winning Captain Kapil Dev Discharged From Hospital
Updated - 08 Nov 2023, 01:30 PM
Kapil Dev, former Indian champion all-rounder and World Cup-winning captain, has been discharged from the hospitals after having undergone Angioplasty following a heart attack that he suffered earlier in the week.
Dev, 62, was admitted to the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, and on Sunday, the hospital released a statement where it said that the champion Indian all-rounder has recovered and will get discharged in a couple of days.
”Former Indian Cricket captain Mr. Kapil Dev , Age 62 years, came to Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (Okhla Road) emergency department at 1:00 am on 23rd October with a complaint of chest pain. He was evaluated and an emergency coronary Angioplasty was performed by Dr. Atul Mathur, Director of Cardiology Department, in the middle of night,” the statement read.
“Currently, he is admitted in ICU and under close supervision of Dr. Atul Mathur and his team. Mr. Kapil Dev is stable now and he is expected to get discharged in couple of days,” it added.
Meanwhile, Kapil Dev’s former teammate, Chetan Sharma, also took to Twitter to share the news, where he wrote-
”Good News Kapil Paji is absolutely fine & has been discharged from the hospital. Jai mata di.”
Dr Atul Mathur did Kapil paji angioplasty. He is fine and discharged. Pic of @therealkapildev on time of discharge from hospital. pic.twitter.com/NCV4bux6Ea
— Chetan Sharma (@chetans1987) October 25, 2020
Kapil Dev remains one of the biggest match-winner that the country has ever seen. Having made his debut in 1978 against Pakistan, the ‘Haryana Hurricane’ went on to feature in 131 Tests and 225 One-day Internationals, claiming 434 and 253 wickets respectively besides scoring 5248 and 3783 runs.
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