Who would be your top 10 greatest Asian cricketers?

[_KiLLeR_]

1. Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
2. Saeed Anwar
3. Inzamam-ul-Haq
4. Shahid Afridi
5. Rashid Latif (Wk)
6. Virender Segwag
7. Imran Khan
8. Wasim Akram
9. Harbhjan Singh
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Waqar Younus

 

[AaronK]

No Inzi..wow

I think he was the second best Batsman that came out of Asia..

 

[Sir Alex]

No Inzi..wow

I think he was the second best Batsman that came out of Asia..

Not even 2nd best to come from his own country imho...

 

[AaronK]

Dude.. a batsman's true test is during the pressure time.. Inzi most of the time batted under pressure.. during his career, he mostly played when pakistan's top ordered failed.. so that means every time that he came to bat pakistan was down 2 to 3 wickets for less then 50 runs..

While the likes of Dravid had Ganguly, Laxman, Sachin and later Sehwag, Inzi batted most of the time with guys like yousuf, Salman butt, yasir hameed, Younis khan, Imran Farhat and so many other new batsman who couldn't even established themselves.. Pakistan didn't have a specialist number 3 batsman till early 05.. that means they were mostly down 3 when inzi came to the crease.. Yousuf did help and later Younis khan but it is hard to deny that Inzi batted most of his career under pressure..

just for that i rate him higher than any other batsman with the exception of Sachin..

 

[Teja.]

Dude.. a batsman's true test is during the pressure time.. Inzi most of the time batted under pressure.. during his career, he mostly played when pakistan's top ordered failed.. so that means every time that he came to bat pakistan was down 2 to 3 wickets for less then 50 runs..

While the likes of Dravid had Ganguly, Laxman, Sachin and later Sehwag, Inzi batted most of the time with guys like yousuf, Salman butt, yasir hameed, Younis khan, Imran Farhat and so many other new batsman who couldn't even established themselves.. Pakistan didn't have a specialist number 3 batsman till early 05.. that means they were mostly down 3 when inzi came to the crease.. Yousuf did help and later Younis khan but it is hard to deny that Inzi batted most of his career under pressure..

just for that i rate him higher than any other batsman with the exception of Sachin..

Talking about performing under pressure without support, The first name that should come to mind is that of Hanif.

 

[Sir Alex]

Dude.. a batsman's true test is during the pressure time.. Inzi most of the time batted under pressure.. during his career, he mostly played when pakistan's top ordered failed.. so that means every time that he came to bat pakistan was down 2 to 3 wickets for less then 50 runs..

While the likes of Dravid had Ganguly, Laxman, Sachin and later Sehwag, Inzi batted most of the time with guys like yousuf, Salman butt, yasir hameed, Younis khan, Imran Farhat and so many other new batsman who couldn't even established themselves.. Pakistan didn't have a specialist number 3 batsman till early 05.. that means they were mostly down 3 when inzi came to the crease.. Yousuf did help and later Younis khan but it is hard to deny that Inzi batted most of his career under pressure..

just for that i rate him higher than any other batsman with the exception of Sachin..

Hanif Mohammad, Miandad even Mohd Yusuf has case to be compared or even rated above him..

 

[The Sean]

1. Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
2. Saeed Anwar
3. Inzamam-ul-Haq
4. Shahid Afridi
5. Rashid Latif (Wk)
6. Virender Segwag
7. Imran Khan
8. Wasim Akram
9. Harbhjan Singh
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Waqar Younus

Tendulkar over Imran as captain?

 

[Teja.]

Tendulkar over Imran as captain?

Thought the post wasn't worth replying to as soon as I noticed he placed Aamer above Waqar.

 

[Fusion]

Tendulkar over Imran as captain?

And Afridi in an all-time Asian XI?

 

[asty80]

India nominees:
Sachin, Gavaskar, Kapil, Sehwag, Dravid.

Pak nominees:
Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Inzi, Anwar

SL nominees:
Murali, DeSilva, Jayasuriya, Jayawardena, Sangakarra

Based on this, my top 10 players would be:
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Wasim Akram
3) Muralitharan
4) Imran Khan
5) Virender Sehwag
6) Rahul Dravid
7) Mahela Jayawardena
8) Waqar Younis
9) Inzamam Ul Haq
10) Kumar Sangakkara

This is my top 10 that can play ANY format. Obv there are players like Gavaskar who are better in tests than many of those ranked above but would be a total misfit in any other format.

 

[Himannv]

All time Asian 11? Something like this would be closer I'd say:

Hanif Mohammed
Sunil Gavaskar
Kumar Sangakkara +
Sachin Tendulkar
Javed Miandad
Aravinda de Silva
Imran Khan *
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Muralitharan

Dravid or Sehwag could probably walk into that lineup just as easily though.

 

[AaronK]

Hanif Mohammad, Miandad even Mohd Yusuf has case to be compared or even rated above him..

only Miandad could make such a claim but I rate inzi higher than him simply because Inzi was a natural aggrassive batsman..He had to adjust so many times to the situation that at times u forgot about him being an aggrassive batsman.. i don't think M. Yousuf and Younis were (at thier best) and are in his league.. I can't comment on Hanif cuz i haven't seen him batt..

but i would take Inzi any day over Dravid, laxman, yousuf, Younis, Arvinda De silva, Gavasker, Sangakara, Jaywaradne, Sehwag and afew other Asian batsman..well lets put this way..except Sachin.. over anyone else..

 

[bagapath]

certainties from pak: imran, javed, wasim
from india: gavaskar, kapil, tendulkar, dravid
from sri lanka: murali
i will add waqar and sehwag to that list and rank them like this:

imran
tendulkar
murali
gavaskar
kapil
javed
akram
dravid
sehwag
waqar

 

[Xuhaib]

certainties from pak: imran, javed, wasim
from india: gavaskar, kapil, tendulkar, dravid
from sri lanka: murali
i will add waqar and sehwag to that list and rank them like this:

imran
tendulkar
murali
gavaskar
kapil
javed
akram
dravid
sehwag
waqar

thats a good list though I would have Sanga for Sehwag.

 

[Xuhaib]

1. Sachin Tendulkar (Captain)
2. Saeed Anwar
3. Inzamam-ul-Haq
4. Shahid Afridi
5. Rashid Latif (Wk)
6. Virender Segwag
7. Imran Khan
8. Wasim Akram
9. Harbhjan Singh
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Waqar Younus

disappointed at lack of Sami

 

[Xuhaib]

And Afridi in an all-time Asian XI?

I reckon he has an out side chance for all time Asia odi xi

 

[Shri]

Don't post then.

Okaaaay.

You expect to get questions if you post in an internet forum understand?

Yes sir, I understand that. But I just can't stand you. Its fine when others question me.

Who do you think you are?

Someone who is not considered to be a troll around these parts, unlike you.

If you don't want anyone to question you, put everyone else on ignore. OK?

Oh, jeez! Thanks man, forgot about that little tool completely! Guess who is going into that list first?

 

[Fusion]

I reckon he has an out side chance for all time Asia odi xi

Yeah, outside chance for making the ODI XI (he wouldn't be in mine's) but I assumed the poster I was responding to was considering all formats.

 

[weldone]

Dude.. a batsman's true test is during the pressure time.. Inzi most of the time batted under pressure.. during his career, he mostly played when pakistan's top ordered failed.. so that means every time that he came to bat pakistan was down 2 to 3 wickets for less then 50 runs..

While the likes of Dravid had Ganguly, Laxman, Sachin and later Sehwag, Inzi batted most of the time with guys like yousuf, Salman butt, yasir hameed, Younis khan, Imran Farhat and so many other new batsman who couldn't even established themselves.. Pakistan didn't have a specialist number 3 batsman till early 05.. that means they were mostly down 3 when inzi came to the crease.. Yousuf did help and later Younis khan but it is hard to deny that Inzi batted most of his career under pressure..

just for that i rate him higher than any other batsman with the exception of Sachin..

And Gavaskar didn't bat under pressure? And Miandad? No?

 

[weldone]

I reckon he has an out side chance for all time Asia odi xi

He has every chance of being outside the Asia ODI XI