Legendary Indian all-rounder Kapil Dev said he felt proud to watch Indian fast bowlers Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah wreak havoc in the second Test against South Africa that helped the visitors seal the second Test and level the series 1-1. Having been a genuine fast bowler himself, Dev could easily relate to what was unfolding in the middle as the pacers hunted in pack to unsettle the Proteas.
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00:00I think you have to move on, let other people talk. I don't like to talk too much about our
00:06time. I think today's cricket is more important. We should talk about these cricketers. They are
00:12wonderful. They are done so well. I think it's a wonderful, you know, it's a network and you're
00:20playing a tournament, you're competing yourself as a sportsman. Even I stopped playing, you know,
00:28my sports and come out and compete with myself only. I'm not trying to compete with anybody.
00:35I think it's a wonderful, this is a great sports where you take a challenge and try to prove your
00:41talent. I think once a sportsman is always sportsman. Yes, once I go to the field or to
00:47the golf course, then I like to compete. I just want to go happy. Yes, I played better than
00:53yesterday. That's all what we look for. I think it's a wonderful to see, you know, the Indian
00:59fast bowler coming out and bowling so well and we feel very proud and happy. Siraj is not Bhoomra
01:07also. It's a group of fast bowler. When they come out, then it becomes much more difficult for the
01:13opponent. Not one fast bowler, a group of fast bowler. So I feel very happy and proud to see
01:20Indian fast bowler is recognized by the world. I'm very humble and I feel very happy. Our hero
01:27talking about ourself and Sunil Gavaskar was everybody's hero during our time and if he talked
01:36something this big, you feel very proud and happy. I think end of the day in a team, if you start
01:43getting respect and I think you feel very happy, you don't mind working hard over there, thanks to
01:52IPL, thanks to Indian cricket, the way they organize the cricket. Now, it's not only you are talking
01:58about spinners, you're talking about fielding, running between the wickets and the fast bowling
02:04was the weakest point in our cricket always. Spinner, we always produce so well. But I think
02:10if you have to make a team, you have to cover all the corners. So I must say that I feel very happy
02:18to see the fast bowler coming to an age where we can feel proud about it. I think that
02:24whole world requires that. And you can't really say a fast bowler is an all-rounder.
02:30An all-rounder is an all-rounder and a wicket-keeper can be an all-rounder. A spinner can bat and bowl.
02:36I think the top of the list always remains, do you have the capacity of best
02:43fielding side also. So I consider all-rounder, not batting, bowling, in all corners of cricket,
02:52all sides of cricket, you have to play well. I think you have to move on, let other people talk.
02:59I don't like to talk too much about our time. I think today's cricket is more important.
03:05We should talk about these cricketers. They are wonderful. They are done so well.
03:09And their ability and talent and their fitness is unparalleled. After the event, the easiest
03:16things to talk. Yes, true. It's not right. I think it's not right to criticize the way they played.
03:23The tournament is more important. They played fantastic. Yes, the final hurdle is very, very
03:29important. They couldn't cross that. But I must say that they played cricket during the World Cup
03:35like a champion. I think it's not fair for me to talk about that. The responsibility given to the
03:41selector, they will pick up somebody, you know, good. It's the most important that somebody
03:49have to be worthy in the team all the time and good enough to be there. And then you have to
03:55look into that. Today, due to the IPL, they got a lot of experience to do the captaincy. I wish
04:04Hardik Pandey should have been fit enough to play test cricket. He's the candidate because you can
04:10pick any youngster and give him time to lead the country. First, he has to be good enough to be
04:18there all the time. If one player is good enough to play all kinds of cricket, I think it's good
04:24enough. But if you think you can share the workload to the other people also, I think it's
04:31nothing wrong. The experiment by other countries have done and it looks good. It all depends on
04:39what kind of player you have, what kind of a captain you have. You want to give workload to
04:45one captain in all the three formats. That's what you have to see when you sit on the table.