Former Australian wicketkeeper-batter, Adam Gilchrist has revealed his top three Pakistani batters of all time.
Topping the list was none other than Javed Miandad. Gilchrist said, “He was immaculate in Test cricket. But what makes him exceptional is the quality of attacks he had to face in his era. He faced the mighty West Indies, the formidable Australian attack, and many others. It was an era where most nations had really strong attacks, so he had to take them on against the best.”
Coming in at number two was Inzamam-ul-Haq, the ex-Australian player reflected on Inzamam’s career, especially his performance in the 1992 World Cup.
“He arrived in the 1992 World Cup at such a young age, and there’s a famous victory in Hobart in 1999 where we chased down the total. I don’t mention that because I got some runs, but the turning point in that game was when Mark Waugh took a blinder catch to get Inzi out. Inzi got a second innings hundred. If he doesn’t hold on to that, it was a turning point for Pakistan at that time,” Gilchrist explained,
At number three, Gilchrist picked Mohammad Yousuf, the former Pakistan batter who was known as Yousuf Youhana earlier in his career. Gilchrist highlighted Yousuf’s extraordinary achievement of being the leading run-scorer in a calendar year, where he scored nine Test centuries.
Pakistan vs Australia
Last week, Pakistan thrashed Australia in the third and final One-Day International (ODI) with their first series victory Down Under since 2002.
Shaheen and Naseem led Pakistan’s bowling attack as they took three wickets each. Meanwhile, Haris bagged two and Hasnain managed one wicket.
