Delhi: Former Pakistan veteran fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has named the spinner whom he holds in the category of Greatest of All Time. Surprisingly, Akhtar did not name veterans like Anil Kumble, Shane Warne and Muttiah Muralitharan in this list. Akhtar, who is considered the world’s fastest bowler, has described former Pakistani off -spinner Sakalain Mushtaq as the greatest spin bowler ever.
49 -year -old Shoaib Akhtar praised Sakalain Mushtaq and said, “In the mid -90s I saw the talent in the Pakistan team, it is not seen in any team of today. The Pakistan team of that era was very dangerous. At that time, every player was a match winner – Shahid Afridi, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Sakalain Mushtaq used to win the match with their brilliant bowling. After 2003, we reached the finals of almost every tournament. ”
He further said, “We used to think of winning every tournament at that time and played many finals. Look at Sakalain Mushtaq, he invented ‘second’. There was never such an innovation in cricket before, but Sakalain did it. I consider them to be a greatest of all time. I have not seen an off -spinner like him till date. “
It is clear from Shoaib Akhtar’s statement that he was very impressed by Sakalain Mushtaq’s bowling and considers him the best spinner in cricket history. Former Pakistan off -spinner Sakalain Mushtaq played a total of 49 Test matches in his career, in which he took 208 wickets. At the same time, in the ODI format, he took 288 wickets in 169 matches. Apart from this, Sakalain Mushtaq took 14 wickets in T20 as well.
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