India great Kapil Dev stable after angioplasty


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 23 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kapil Dev, former Indian cricket captain and a member of the country's cricket board BCCI's Cricket Advisory Committee, speaks during a news conference to announce its team's coach, in Mumbai, India, August 16, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Cricket great Kapil Dev, who captained India to their 1983 World Cup triumph, is stable after undergoing an emergency coronary angioplasty having suffered chest pain, according to a hospital statement on Friday.

The 61-year-old former India captain was admitted after midnight at the Delhi hospital and underwent the procedure in the early hours on Friday.

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