Legendary Sunil Gavaskar has urged the Indian cricket team to win the ongoing Johannesburg Test match against South Africa on the birthday of 1983 World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
One of the greatest all-rounders, Dev turned 63 on Thursday as the second Test at Johannesburg is poised evenly heading into the fourth and what promises to be the final day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
South Africa are 122 runs away from levelling the series 1-1, while India need eight wickets from taking an unassailable 2-0 lead and registering their maiden Test series win in the country.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 72-year old Gavaskar termed Kapil Dev as India's greatest cricketer and feels that Team India can give a historic win as a gift to the legendary captain on his birthday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"And the way I look at it is, I mean, weather permitting… tomorrow happens to be the birthday in my view of India's greatest cricketer - Kapil Dev. So I think it will be a wonderful gift for Kapil from this Indian team. There are many admirers of Kapil Dev in this team. So from this team to Kapil Dev, that will be a fantastic present," Gavaskar said during the lunch interval of Day 3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"India have never won a series here. In fact, India have won very few Test matches here. The last time India came here in 2018, they won the one-day series but they lost the Test series 2-1. So this is going to be huge for India," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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