IND vs SA: Kapil Dev hails contribution of Indian fast bowlers

Kapil Dev, 1983 World Cup winning captain, has lauded current Indian fast bowling line-up for changing face of country's cricketing landscape. He has also talked about reasons behind success of Indian bowlers and tremendous abundance of talent in main Indian team. se comments come after India have dominated South Africa in ir ongoing Test series so far. Let us take a look at what former all-rounder said.

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'Fast bowlers have changed face of Indian cricket'

Kapil added in a recent interview with a leading daily that in order to develop a pace attack, a team needs time. Tournaments like Indian Premier League have allowed selectors to come across talented pace bowlers much quicker than before. current Indian bowling lineup consists of bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Navdeep Saini, Umesh Yadav among ors. Dev believes that ICC bowler rankings did t matter as long as bowlers performed in a way that helped ir team win matches. He says that India have a fantastic bench strength which was very evident in way with which hosts beat South Africa in first Test at Vishakhapatnam despite  Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya in side, who are missing out due to injuries. In ir absence, or players stood up and took more responsibility on ir shoulders.

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India dominated Proteas in first Test

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Last week, India beat South Africa by 203 runs. Indian pacer Mohammed Shami helped home side pull off a stunning victory by taking five wickets in second innings. Shami only conceded 35 runs in  10.5 overs he bowled at an ecomy rate of 3.23. He bowled two maidens in what was a spectacular spell.

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