Captains should learn to
control emotions: Kapil

Former India captain Kapil Dev has taken exception to skipper Sourav Ganguly's act of stripping off his shirt after India's incredible victory over England in the NatWest series final at Lord's. He said captains should learn to keep their emotions under control.

"A captain getting carried away is quite normal, but then he should also know how to show his emotions," Kapil told a press conference in Kolkata on Wednesday.

"I was taken aback when he took off his shirt, though I know it was an emotional outburst," he added.

Kapil, who led India to the World Cup triumph at the same venue in 1983, said his reaction has nothing to do with the 'sanctity' of Lord's.

"Had such an act been done by a youngster, I wouldn't have minded. But Ganguly is, after all, the skipper."

Kapil, however, hastened to add that cricket has changed a lot since his playing days.

"Maybe, twenty years from now nobody would bother about such things."

Ganguly's act of taking off his shirt and waving it to the crowd from the balcony of the dressing room after the two-wicket win last Saturday has come in for criticism from some quarters. However, Board of Control for Cricket in India president Jagmohan Dalmiya strongly defended his action, saying it was only an emotional outpouring after an unbelievable victory.

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