London: India captain Saurav Ganguly said on Wednesday that the panel, which chose Kapil Dev as the nation's 'Cricketer-of-the-Century' had a tough choice.

Speaking at Lord's, ahead of Thursday's first Test against England, Ganguly said, "All three nominees are great Test cricketers - (Sunil) Gavaskar was, Kapil was, Sachin (Tendulkar) is.

"It must have been a tough choice. I don't know what rating system was used or how they were judged but there's very little gap between all three of them," Ganguly added.

Copyright AFP 2001

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Kapil declared Indian Cricketer of the Century