Lurker Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 ** Thank you Rob :nice::nice: I had heard, read so much about these 3 deliveries. Ian Chappell rated it as this short spell from Kapil and another from Andy Roberts the best he had seen. And Dean Jones explains it brilliantly on how he was beaten all ends up by Kapil Dev and then clean bowled, while the batsman on the other end (David Boon ? ) was just too gobsmacked to provide any inputs. KQU4ySSXaNU What a phenomenal player! This when he was all but done really :nice::nice::nice:
vvvslaxman Posted December 1, 2012 Posted December 1, 2012 He was a real bunny of Kapildev that time.Even in ODIs when Dean Jones was in prime form struggled against especially one particular delivery. Kapil had this delivery that would give an illusion that is going to swing but it wouldn't. It would straighten. Quality stuff from Kapil here :hatsoff: . Outswing is such a beautiful delivery to watch when it is executed right.
Cricketics Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 What a ball. Wish I could watch more of Kapil Dev. I don't know what went wrong with kids in our country during that time that they didn't want to become a bowler. In late 90s, when Tendulkar was at his best, every kid wanted to be like him. They still do. Kapil MUST have bowled his heart out for India often. I wish he was born in my ERA so I could have idolized him. Lead in style to our first Major championship. It should never be forgotten.
BeautifulGame Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Funny how the best one of those three deliveries didnt fetch a wicket.
Sachinism Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Funny how the best one of those three deliveries didnt fetch a wicket. Sometimes a delivery does too much for a batsman to nick it, but now there's doubt in his mind. Which is very handy for a bowler
Lurker Posted December 2, 2012 Author Posted December 2, 2012 What a ball. Wish I could watch more of Kapil Dev. I don't know what went wrong with kids in our country during that time that they didn't want to become a bowler. In late 90s, when Tendulkar was at his best, every kid wanted to be like him. They still do. Kapil MUST have bowled his heart out for India often. I wish he was born in my ERA so I could have idolized him. Lead in style to our first Major championship. It should never be forgotten. You would have loved him 'Tics. Look at the bowling spell. Even if you forget about the deliveries for a second it would immediately stand out perhaps that even 13-14 years after playing his first Test, Kapil was a supremely fit athlete. Who do you think can even hold a remote candle to him? Zaheer? Sreesanth? RP Singh? Ishant? They all look unfit retards and Kapil took more wickets than them and never lost a single match due to fitness reasons. Beyond the numbers that he piled on, you have to watch him in play to see his art. In a fairly recent interview of Geoff Boycott at Cricinfo this is what he had said I enjoyed playing against Kapil Dev. He was one of the great allrounders with Imran Khan, Ian Botham and Richard Hadlee. With the new ball, he had the most fantastic action. All you saw was the back. You didn't see the shoulder, you saw his back - he turned his shoulders that much. He had such a fluid, high action, swung the ball out, which is the most dangerous delivery for any batsman. He was a real handful with the new ball. He got me out sometimes and other times I succeeded, and that's the challenge. If you can succeed against the truly great bowlers then that's what you want as a player. You're in there to test yourself, test your skill and character. That is the beauty of cricket. Beyond numbers. Beyond stats. Beyond wins and losses. When fans looks at a raging fast bowler in a delivery stride twisting his body to deliver the perfect outswinger. Kapil twisted his shoulders so much you saw his back. No less a player than Fred Trueman, who generally was cynically dismissive of most modern players, thought Kapil Dev had the perfect side-on action. And you know whats damn freaking funny??? Inspite of his immense talent as the bowler who led the charge day in and day out for India, it was his talent as a batsman that fans came to see!! Can you imagine the excitment he must have brought in when he walked in?? Even though I started following cricket at the tail end of his career I can proudly say Yes I have seen him..:hatsoff:
Lurker Posted December 2, 2012 Author Posted December 2, 2012 He was a real bunny of Kapildev that time.Even in ODIs when Dean Jones was in prime form struggled against especially one particular delivery. Kapil had this delivery that would give an illusion that is going to swing but it wouldn't. It would straighten. Quality stuff from Kapil here :hatsoff: . Outswing is such a beautiful delivery to watch when it is executed right. Those were his bread and butter deliveries. The perfect out swinger that sowed the seed of doubt in the batsman's mind and then the one that didn't swing as much, or none at all. No other bowler has taken more wickets in first spell than Kapil Dev did. In fact that probably sums up the cricket in 80s for India. Kapil dismisses openers (read Greenidge, Gooch etc) early on, opposition is 20/2 and then the middle order settles down against Madan Lal, Amarnath, Maninder Singh and Gopal Sharma. This was as much evident in LOI as well where often Kapil's first spell would be something like 5-1-7-1 and then middle overs would get opposition runs.
SLICKR392 Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 ^ TFS :icflove: You seem to go a long way back!
Cricketics Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 You would have loved him 'Tics. Look at the bowling spell. Even if you forget about the deliveries for a second it would immediately stand out perhaps that even 13-14 years after playing his first Test, Kapil was a supremely fit athlete. Who do you think can even hold a remote candle to him? Zaheer? Sreesanth? RP Singh? Ishant? They all look unfit retards and Kapil took more wickets than them and never lost a single match due to fitness reasons. Beyond the numbers that he piled on, you have to watch him in play to see his art. In a fairly recent interview of Geoff Boycott at Cricinfo this is what he had said That is the beauty of cricket. Beyond numbers. Beyond stats. Beyond wins and losses. When fans looks at a raging fast bowler in a delivery stride twisting his body to deliver the perfect outswinger. Kapil twisted his shoulders so much you saw his back. No less a player than Fred Trueman, who generally was cynically dismissive of most modern players, thought Kapil Dev had the perfect side-on action. And you know whats damn freaking funny??? Inspite of his immense talent as the bowler who led the charge day in and day out for India, it was his talent as a batsman that fans came to see!! Can you imagine the excitment he must have brought in when he walked in?? Even though I started following cricket at the tail end of his career I can proudly say Yes I have seen him..:hatsoff: Well said bro. I hear you. After playing for about 15 years, yet having such class is simply amazing. I wish we can have a bowler similar to him who can put that much effort which he used to put for the team. "Bowled his heart out" must have been said for guys like him.
yoda Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Kapil Dev, the true GOD of Indian cricket :winky: The best Indian cricketing athlete, natural, put Indian cricket on the map. There is always a BKD and AKD in Indian cricket.
maniac Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Was this at Perth?if then wasn't this the test were he got no.400?
maniac Posted December 2, 2012 Posted December 2, 2012 Guess not http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/63563.html Going by the scorecard looks like it was this one,btw it was the same series though
Lurker Posted December 3, 2012 Author Posted December 3, 2012 Kapil Dev, the true GOD of Indian cricket :winky: The best Indian cricketing athlete, natural, put Indian cricket on the map. There is always a BKD and AKD in Indian cricket. :hmmm::hmmmm2::hmmm:
Lurker Posted December 3, 2012 Author Posted December 3, 2012 Before and After :winky: Ah okay. Silly me :cantstop:
saket123 Posted December 3, 2012 Posted December 3, 2012 The 2nd delivery was just awesome! no option but to play it, but the length is perfect to snag a wicket (almost). I grew up watching Kapil Dev.. who was considered the God of Cricket..before Tendulkar's rise to fame that is. I don't think any other Indian fast/medium pace bowler has managed to captivate the public with their bowling as Kapil did. Not to mention, he was often quite good with the bat. As someone else had said here.. those days young kids aspired to become a bowler and bowl like Kapil.
gaurav92 Posted December 4, 2012 Posted December 4, 2012 Great delivery :hatsoff: Only if our superstar bowlers adhere to such lines and length.
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