Former India cricketer Surinder Khanna played down Yograj Singh's controversial remark where he claimed that he went to Kapil Dev's house with a pistol and wanted to shoot him after he dropped him from the Indian cricket team. "When Kapil Dev became captain of India, North Zone, and Haryana, he dropped me for no reason," Yograj said on the YouTube channel 'Unfiltered by Samdish'.

"My wife (Yuvi's mother) wanted me to ask Kapil questions. I told her that I would teach this bloody man a lesson. I took my pistol out, I went to Kapil's house in Sector 9. He came out with his mother. I abused him a dozen times. I told him because of you I have lost a friend and what you have done, you will pay for it.

"I told him, 'I want to put a bullet through your head, but I am not doing it because you have a very pious mother, who is standing here.' I told Shabnam, 'Let's go.' That was the moment I decided I would not play cricket, Yuvi will play," he added.

Khanna reacted to the remarks and said Yograj speaks stuff without thinking. The 68-year-old requested Yograj to avoid making such statements.

"Wo kuch bhi boldeta hai yaar. Jaisa bhi hai, humara yaar hai. Kapil bhi janta hai wo kuch bhi boldeta hai. Happy Lohri kehke khatam kardo iss baat ko. (He says anything, he's our friend. Even Kapil Dev knows he's a bit of a crack and speaks without thinking)," Khanna told Times of India.

"That was 1983, and now is 2025, my friend. Hi Yog, don't do this stuff (laughs)," he added.

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