With the kind of disdain, he would dispatch deliveries in the arc between square-leg and midwicket irrespective of where they were pitched, Mohammed Azharuddin dismissed suggestions of Hardik Pandya being the next Kapil Dev. Speaking to reporters at a school sport’s event here where he was the chief guest, Azharuddin simply said: “There will never be another Kapil Dev.”All talk of Pandya, therefore, to the former India captain was just that: talk. Because there can never be another Kapil Dev. Just think of the amount of hard work he did and the workload he too over a period of time,” said Azharuddin. Not many people can do that.”

Source: Hindustan Times January 30, 2018 11:48 UTC