Sunday 23 January 2022

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.

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