NEW DELHI: Cricket icon Kapil Dev found a unique way to kill rumours about his death that floated in social media on Monday by recording a video for promotion of his upcoming interaction with a private bank.
Kapil recorded a 21-second video in which he looks hale and hearty.
India's first World Cup-winning captain had undergone a successful emergency coronary angioplasty on October 23 and was discharged from Fortis-Escorts Heart Institute Hospital, New Delhi, two days later on October 25.
Earlier on Monday, social media was abuzz with a rumour that Kapil, 61, was readmitted to the hospital and some even went to the extent of saying that he had passed away.
Later in the day, Kapil, wearing a matching purple coat and trousers, recorded the video.
"Hi, I am Kapil Dev and I am going to share my story with the Barclays family on 11th of November - some cricketing stories, some memories. [A] festival season is on. So, get ready on the 11th [for] your question-answer [session], and we can have a great time. Enjoy yourself and have a great time," said a beaming Kapil.
Sources close to Kapil were angry and flayed people who started the rumour about his ill-health and death.
"There are negative people all around. Hit the fake news [hard]. This video was made on Monday, after the rumours floated about him. The interaction with the bank will be online," one of them told IANS. IANS
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