Former Indian captain Kapil Dev, has criticised the current generation bowlers by saying they complain about the workload and getting tired after bowling only four overs.
“Cricket today is very basic. You either have to bat or bowl. In our time, we had to do everything. So cricket today has changed,” said Kapil in interaction with India Today.
“Sometimes it saddens me to see a player getting tired after bowling just four overs and I have heard they are not allowed to bowl more than three or four overs,” he added.
“I remember in our time — I won’t say whether it’s right or wrong — even the last player who would come out and bat, we would bowl at least 10 overs to them. The mindset was that it helps build muscles. Today perhaps those four overs are enough for them. So our generation feels a bit strange,” Kapil said further.
In the recent times we had seen a lot of bowlers getting injured and missing the major games. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, and the pace trio of the World Test Championship final also suffered injury months ago.
