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XtraTime Web Desk - Former India captain Kapil Dev is back at the golf course. The 1983 World Cup winning captain who was struck with a heart attack last month is back on the greens to play the sport he loves after cricket. The Haryana Hurricane was seen teeing off at the Delhi Golf Club on Thursday.
Sharing a video of him playing golf on his twitter handle, the legendary cricketer said, “You can’t express in words what fun it is to be back on the golf course or a cricket ground. It is beautiful to be back at the golf course, having fun and playing with friends. That’s what life is all about.”
Kapil has been an avid amateur golfer since his retirement from international cricket back in 1994 and also taken part in many events over the years. But a sudden heart attack shocked the cricket universe. He had to be rushed to the hospital and doctors performed an undergo an emergency angioplasty. Angioplasty is a procedure to open blocked arteries and restore normal blood flow to the heart. The operation was successful and Dev was discharged from the hospital only a few days later.