Thu, Oct 07 10 07:57 PM
Kolkata, Oct 7 (PTI) India''s only World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev today said no award could actually determine the greatness of Sachin Tendulkar, who has been named as the ICC Cricketer of the Year. Reacting to the batting maestro''s winning his first ICC award yesterday, the legendary all-rounder said: "He doesn''t require any award. Sachin is so great that no award can measure him." While, hailing India''s thrilling one-wicket win over Australia in the first of the two-match series, Kapil said "Mohali Test once again brought back those good old memories," recalling his team''s win in Melbourne Test in 1981 and the tie Test in Chennai in 1986. The man, who took 434 Test wickets, also advised India to play more longer version cricket. "Playing 50 T20 matches and 50 ODIs is not good. The team must play a good amount of Test cricket," he told reporters during a promotional event here. Asked to compare between India''s Test victory in Mohali and the success at the ongoing Commonwealth Games, he said: "Every victory is important. But at the same time, you can''t compare it with other sporting events. Hockey, athletics and cricket are different games and it would be foolish to compare." Meanwhile, the former ICL chief Kapil denied any rift with the IPL. "There is no rift in cricket. There wasn''t any rift between IPL and ICL (Indian Cricket League). To me everything is the same. I''m only concerned with the development of the game." PTI TAP
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