{
    "id": "62385",
    "author": "13",
    "cnmid": "0",
    "title": "Ian Botham was a true all-rounder, could do damage with bat & ball: Kapil Dev",
    "lang": "en",
    "series": "1",
    "cup_year": "2020",
    "article_type": "General",
    "excerpt": "New Delhi, July 31:\u00a0\u00a0Former India captain Kapil Dev was part of a quartet of great all-rounders that plied their trade in the 1980's alongwith England's Ian Bothan, Pakistan's Imran Khan",
    "subtype": "",
    "editor1": "<p><strong>New Delhi, July 31:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;Former India captain Kapil Dev was part of a quartet of great all-rounders that plied their trade in the 1980&#39;s alongwith England&#39;s Ian Bothan, Pakistan&#39;s Imran Khan and New Zealand&#39;s Richard Hadlee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Among the four, Kapil felt that former England captain Botham was a &quot;true all-rounder.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Ian Botham was a true all-rounder -- in given conditions, he could win a match on his own. I wouldn&#39;t say Hadlee was the best batsman,&quot; the former India captain told former India cricketer and current head coach of Indian women&#39;s team W.V. Raman on the Inside Out podcast.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Botham could do damage to the opposition both with bat [and ball]. Imran could run through the (opposition) team, but his ability as a leader was far better. To control the Pakistan team, he had a challenge.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Kapil said that Hadlee was the best bowler among the four of them while Imran was the mos hard working. &quot;The best bowling was Richard Hadlee&#39;s -- he was like a computer among the four of us,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Wouldn&#39;t say Imran Khan was the best athlete or the most natural, but he was the most hardworking player we&#39;ve seen. When he started out, he looked like an ordinary bowler, but then he became a very hardworking fast bowler and he learned by himself. And then he worked on his batting as well.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>About himself, Kapil reckoned that he was not the greatest but the most athletic of the lot. &quot;I wouldn&#39;t say I was the greatest, but I was a better athlete than all three put together,&quot; he said.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
    "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Kapil-Dev.jpg",
    "alt_img": "Kapil Dev",
    "alt_title": "Kapil Dev",
    "image1": "",
    "video": "",
    "seo_title": "Ian Botham was a true all-rounder, could do damage with bat & ball: Kapil Dev On Cricketnmore",
    "seo_desc": "New Delhi, July 31:\u00a0\u00a0Former India captain Kapil Dev was part of a quartet of great all-rounders that plied their trade in the 1980&#39;s alongwith England&#39;s Ian Bothan, Pakistan&#39;s Imran Khan",
    "seo_keywords": "Ian Botham, Kapil Dev",
    "tag": "",
    "tagging": "Ian Botham,Kapil Dev,",
    "status": "1",
    "img_rpt": "0",
    "google": "1",
    "standout": "0",
    "edapps": "0",
    "pulse": "0",
    "no_index": "0",
    "feed": "0",
    "fixture": "0",
    "slug": "ian-botham-was-a-true-all-rounder-could-do-damage-with-bat-ball-kapil-dev",
    "user_id": "0",
    "read_count": "0",
    "ians_date": "0000-00-00",
    "ians_time": "00:00:00",
    "server_time": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "trash": "0",
    "view_count": "6099",
    "page_break": "0",
    "instant_articles": "1",
    "auto_link": "1",
    "created": "2020-07-31 23:36:37",
    "updated": "2020-07-31 23:36:37",
    "img_from": "IANS",
    "img_source": "",
    "schedule_publish": "0000-00-00 00:00:00",
    "news_keywords": "",
    "livescore_text": "",
    "livescore_link": "",
    "btn_text": "",
    "resend_feed": "0",
    "google_feed": "0",
    "read_more": "0",
    "posted_by": "1",
    "jio_date": "2020-07-31 23:36:37",
    "scheduled": "0",
    "news_now": "1",
    "breaking_news": "0",
    "google_date": "2020-07-31 23:36:37",
    "featured": "0",
    "pred_match_id": null,
    "article_content_type": null,
    "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/ian-botham-was-a-true-all-rounder-could-do-damage-with-bat-ball-kapil-dev-62385"
}