Kapil Dev Quotes
When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
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Jacqueline Fernandez -
My mother had an incredibly strong accent - although I couldn't hear it - and she was the main person there, so I'll have learnt to speak English from her.
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When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
