Indian pacers are an improved lot: Kapil Dev

India’s first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev felt the Indian seamers have improved a lot when compared to the yesteryear. The seamers, Umesh Yadav and Ishant Sharma, picked up four wickets and troubled the England batsmen with bounce and pace on the second day of the fifth and final Test at the M A Chidambaram Stadium.

By :  migrator
Update: 2016-12-17 15:37 GMT
File photo of Kapil Dev and MS Dhoni

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"It is not about 140-plus speeds the Indian bowlers have achieved but it is about the line and length, which is very important. If you can bowl 135 kmph and get movement, that is good enough. But again, if you have pace, you always have an advantage. These days the boys work on that. It is good to see that they have the pace. Bhuvneshwar, Ishant, Umesh and Shami all have improved a lot," Kapil said on the side lines of the Test match.

Commenting on the captaincy, the former all-rounder said Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been doing a good job and should continue to lead the side as long as he is good enough for the job. "I think the answer people should look for is are we ready to ask Dhoni to take a back seat. It is more important. I think if he is good enough he should carry on. When the time will come Dhoni may quit all the other two formats. But I think at the moment it is very important for him to continue as he is doing a good job. I think he has enough experience," Kapil added.

The Haryana player said both Dhoni and Virat Kohli are have two different characteristics and comparing them wouldn’t be the right thing to do. “The two individuals are different. Kohli is very expressive, while Dhoni is calm and quiet. I think it is very difficult to compare because both have different teams and different attitude. Every captain brings in his own input and aggression and motivation but it all depends on how you use these things with your team for best results. That is captaincy. It is not that you have to be aggressive and if you are not aggressive still you win the match, it is good enough," Kapil added.

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