Delhi: New Zealand’s 30-year-old all-rounder Mark Chapman has praised two legendary all-rounder players of Pakistan, Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq. He described both the players as the most dangerous hitters in world cricket and also called them his favorite cricketers.
Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi played 27 Test matches in his career, in which he scored 1716 runs. He has 5 centuries, 8 half-centuries and 62 sixes to his name in Tests. Afridi scored 8064 runs in ODI cricket, which included 6 centuries, 39 half-centuries and 351 sixes. At the same time, in T20 International, he scored 1416 runs in 99 matches and hit 73 sixes. Afridi also performed brilliantly in bowling. He took 48 wickets in Tests, 395 wickets in ODIs and 98 wickets in T20 Internationals.
Whereas, Abdul Razzaq scored 1946 runs in 46 test matches, which included 3 centuries. He also took 100 wickets in Tests. Razzaq scored 5080 runs in ODI cricket, which included 3 centuries and 23 half-centuries. In bowling, he took 269 wickets in ODIs.
On the other hand, till the time of writing this news, Mark Chapman has played 28 ODI matches so far, in which he scored 655 runs and scored 2 centuries. In T20 International, Chapman has scored 1617 runs in 81 matches, in which he also has 1 century in his name.
It is noteworthy that the Kiwi player did not take the names of legendary all-rounders like Jacques Kallis of South Africa, Kapil Dev of India, Andrew Flintoff of England and Ben Stokes.
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