sept 24 (CRICKETNMORE) - India's greatest allrounder till date, Kapil Dev shared his views about Chennai tie test.According to him, India's tied Test match against Australia at Chennai would always evoke the spine-chilling tale.
“Some people will mention matches India have won, but for me, the greatest Test I was involved in was the tied Test against Australia in Madras in 1986. It was memorable also because I scored a century and was joint ‘Man of the Match’ with Dean Jones, but more because of the experience. It was a historic moment o be a part of. As for a Test series, it has to be the time we won 2-0 in England in 1986,” he said.
He spoke highly about Sunil Gavskar. “The more I played with Sunil Gavaskar, the more I realised how good he was. He was technically very sound, especially against genuine pace bowling. Those days, so many young kids wanted to be like Gavaskar. Then these young boys in the last 15-20 years. Rahul, Sachin Tendulkar. No point talking about Sachin. It’s like mentioning Don Bradman. Sachin is an obvious choice. Then Virender Sehwag turned it around, he changed Indian cricket. Sehwag, one has to say, was a genius, uncomplicated. Now there is Virat Kohli. But Sehwag opened the door for Indian cricket.”
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Talking about the current generation of players, he said, “Virat Kohli is an excellent player. There are some others, like Ashwin. He is getting better day by day. You can’t say there is anyone better than him. He is an excellent all-rounder. But you have to give all these boys 60-70 Tests before you can judge them properly."
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