Thursday 3 June 2021

Pakistan's top three batsmen of all time

 My choice for the top three Pakistani batsmen of all time are:

1) Younis Khan

2) Inzamam ul Haq

3) Javed Miandad


1) Younis Khan: I rate Younis Khan as the greatest Pakistani batsmen of all time because he is the only Pakistani batsmen to break the tally of 10,000 runs barrier in test cricket. No Pakistani batsmen has scored more runs than Younis Khan in test cricket. He was a great accumulator of runs and had a great match temperament. He never used to throw his wicket away and never used to gift his wicket to the opposition bowlers. It was very difficult to dismiss him because he had a rock solid defensive technique and scored a lot of valuable runs for Pakistan under pressure.

2) Inzamam ul Haq: I rate Inzamam  ul Haq as the second greatest Pakistani batsmen of all time. Inzamam ul Haq was a big match winner and won a lot of matches for Pakistan single handedly. It has been said and is a well known fact that Inzamam won more matches for Pakistan than Sachin Tendulkar did for India. In this way Inzamam was an even better match winner than Sachin Tendulkar. Another well known fact is that whenever Inzamam played a substantial innings Pakistan always used to win.

3) Javed Miandad: I rate Javed Miandad as the third greatest Pakistani batsmen of all time. Javed Miandad was a great fighter. He rescued Pakistani batting from difficult situations a lot of times by playing the sheet anchor role. Javed Miandad had a great technique, probably the best technique as compared to both Younis Khan and Inzamam ul Haq. It was Javed Miandad whom the opposition  used to fear that he can win matches single handedly for Pakistan from any situation especially against India.

I know that Babar Azam is breaking all the batting records but I wont include him in the list and in my ratings because he isnt as experienced as Younis Khan, Inzamam ul Haq and Javed Miandad.