Pakistan's best of All time all rounders

 

According to me, Pakistan's best three all rounders of all time are:

1) Imran Khan

2)  Shahid Khan Afridi

3) Abdul Razzaq

1) Imran Khan : I rate Imran Khan's as the best all rounder of Pakistan of all time. A great exponent of reverse swing , it was Imran Khan who taught Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis how to bowl late swing and reverse swing. It was because of Imran Khan teaching of the art of swing Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis became great bowlers and both had a long and illustrious careers. Imran Khan's stock ball was the off cutter and inswinging deliveries he used to bowl at will. At the peak of his career Imran Khan's dangerously fast bowling was matching the speeds of the legendary Jeff Thomson. Imran Khan was not only a great bowler but a batsmen of high quality too who can rescue Pakistani batting out of tough situations with his aggressive and long hitting.

2) Shahid Afridi: I rate Shahid Afridi as the second best All time All rounder in the history of Pakistani cricket. Shahid Afridi was the biggest crowd puller I have ever seen and he literally used to thrill the crowd with his hard hits and striking the ball infact smashing it to all parts of the stadium. He had one of the highest batting strike rates amongst the batsmen in the history of cricket. As a bowler he had many variations in his bowling including the quicker one which used to surprise many great batsmen, googly, flipper, top spinner and leg break.

3) Abdul Razzaq: I rate Abdul Razzaq as the third best All time all rounder in the history of Pakistani cricket. Abdul Razzaq can play any role as a batsman whether the sheet anchor role or the aggressor. Abdul Razzaq won many matches for Pakistan with his hard hitting for sixes and fours in a lot of matches and was responsible from rescuing Pakistan out of losing situations and winning those matches which were surely lost. As a bowler it is said that Sachin Tendulkar was Abdul Razzaq's bunny as Sachin Tendulkar was dismissed by Abdul Razzaq several times during his career. Abdul Razzaq was a true match winner with both bat and ball.

So these are my ratings for the best All rounders to ever play the game for Pakistan. Do you agree with my ratings. Please comment.

Pakistani Cricket (in depth): Pakistan cricket team in the Calendar Year 2021

Pakistani Cricket (in depth): Pakistan cricket team in the Calendar Year 2021:   Pakistan overall had a successful 2021 year in cricket. In 27 Twenty20 Internationals they won twenty matches, in 9 test matches they won ...

Pakistan cricket team in the Calendar Year 2021

 

Pakistan overall had a successful 2021 year in cricket. In 27 Twenty20 Internationals they won twenty matches, in 9 test matches they won 7 matches and only in ODI's they had a terrible year as they won just 2 ODI's out of 6 matches. In ODI cricket the dismal record of Pakistan cricket team is due to the horrible tour of England where they won just one Twenty20 match against England and were whitewashed 3-0 by a second string England side in the ODI series.

Pakistan had a terrible start to 2021 when they lost to New Zealand in the second test match of the series on the tour to New Zealand. But then in the home series PCB made changes by bringing in Babar Azam as captain of the test team and making Mohammad Wasim as chief selector.in place of Misbah ul Haq. The changes proved vital to the Pakistan cricket team as they defeated South Africa for the first time since 2003 in a test series 2-0 at home.  They went onto win 2-0 in Zimbabwe, drew 1-1 with West Indies and defeat Bangladesh in Bangladesh 2-0.

Pakistan had a disappointing year in ODI's in 2021 just because of their tour of England. Pakistan defeated South Africa in the ODI series played in South Africa 2-1 but on the tour of England Pakistan were clean swept by a second string England cricket team. On paper Pakistan were favourites to beat a second string England side missing several star players but the opposite happened and Pakistan unexpectedly were beaten badly.

Pakistan had a stellar year in Twenty20 cricket, winning a record 20 matches in a calendar year. In the twenty20 World Cup Pakistan defeated tough teams such as arch rivals India and New Zealand before losing heartbreakingly so to eventual champions Australia in the Semi Finals. Muhammad Rizwan played a vital role in Pakistan's success in Twenty20 cricket as he scored a world record runs tally in a Calendar year. The Babar Azam-Muhammad Rizwan opening pair four times reached the partnership of 150 plus runs.

Overall I will count 2021 as one of the best year in Pakistan cricket history performance wise. In 2021 Pakistan cricket team proved itself to be a force to be reckoned with in cricket.