Adil_94
ODI Debutant
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Iam aware of that and I dont claim KD to be a ATG bowler. Nor is DKL a ATG bowler for reasons that I have explained in my previous posts. Most of these experts that you refer to will also turn a blind eye to this aspect of DKL career where he was only good in 3 Countries : Eng/Aus/NZ. None of them will give you a fair explanation for his reluctance to touring Asia. There will be excuses like those given by Robert.
If I were asked to choose between DKL and KD I would go for KD in a heart beat. A champion player and someone who played to entertain the crowds. He would never back down and whinge if the conditions were flat like DKL did. I wont even bring his Batting, Fielding and Captaincy where there is no comparison to be made between him and DKL.
Failing in Asia doesnt make him rubbish. He bowled on a lot of flat decks in Aus too he is seen as the prototype of a fast bowler. During his inital years he was an express tearaway quick who ripped through batting line ups. But after injury he lost pace and reinvented himself with seamers and cutters and more variations but being equally as deadly. Kapil was a very good workhorse but he was a trundler for the most part of his career. He never had DKs X factor. Kapil has mediocre records in Pak NZ Eng and SA but that doesnt mean he was rubbish. Ask any of their peers and they will all say DK was miles ahead of Kapil as a bowler. Yeah as an all-round cricketer Kapil offers more but as a bowler it's DK all the way.
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