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Dawood Ibrahim entered the Indian dressing room? You must have heard many stories about underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. Moreover, Dawood Ibrahim’s cricket connection is also widely known in Asia. A famous photo of the underworld don Dawood Ibrahim watching cricket at the Sharjah cricket ground in UAE can easily be seen on the internet, proving his love for the game. However, do you know that India’s world cup winning captain Kapil Dev once told underworld don Dawood Ibrahim ‘Chal yahan se bahar nikal’.
The story dates back to 1986 when Dawood Ibrahim had once reportedly entered the dressing room of the Indian cricket team. As per Kapil Dev’s teammate Dilip Vengsarkar, Dawood Ibrahim had once entered the dressing room of the Indian cricket team and offered a massive prize to the players of Indian cricketers. While India was scheduled to play a match in Sharjah in 1986, Dawood Ibrahim entered the Indian dressing room.
Introduced by famous actor Mehmood as a businessman, Dawood Ibrahim reportedly made an offer to the players of Team India where he said that “If the Indian team wins tomorrow’s final match, then all the players will get a Toyota Corolla car each as a gift.”
After Dawood reportedly made the offer, all members of Indian cricket team were shocked and before anything could happen, Kapil Dev entered the place and asked actor Mahmood Saheb to come out of the dressing room. After he saw Dawood Ibrahim, he got angry and said, Who is this man? Get out’.
After hearing Kapil’s comments, Dawood Ibrahim walked out of the dressing room without reacting. This incident is known as ‘Sharjah dressing room scandal’.
For those unversed, Dawood Ibrahim is an Indian mob boss, drug lord, and terrorist. As per media reports, Dawood heads the Indian organised crime syndicate D-Company, which he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s.
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