Forget Sachin Tendulkar, this batter gave Wasim Akram sleepless nights | Cricket News – Times of India

Former Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram has revealed the identify of the batter, who gave him and his new ball bowling associate Waqar Younis sleepless nights and apparently it’s not Sachin Tendulkar. “In one-day cricket, the best batter I bowled was Adam Gilchrist. He was fearsome. He scared me and Waqar (Younis),” Akram mentioned on the podcast Stick To Cricket.“Gilly was the toughest to bowl in the ODIs and so was Sanath Jayasuriya. I am forgetting another great Sri Lankan cricketer Aravinda da Silva,” he added. However, Akram picked Tendulkar as one of his high 5 favorite cricketers.

“Imran Khan, Viv Richards, Martin Crowe, Brian Lara, and Sachin Tendulkar. These are my five picks,” he mentioned. “Javed (Miandad) bhai must be at six. I didn’t bowled much to Ricky Ponting in Tests, but he was also good,” he mentioned. When requested about the very best bowler, he mentioned: “Malcom Marshal. He got wickets in across conditions. He was good in England, Australia, South Africa and even in the sub-continent pitches, he was equally devastating,” he mentioned. On the India vs Pakistan state of affairs, Akram mentioned: “I hope to see a Test series between India and Pakistan in my lifetime,” he mentioned.“Politics apart, I am not a politician. They are patriotic about their country, we are patriotic about ours. Let’s not go below the belt. Talk about the triumphs of your country; the same goes for Pakistan and the same goes for India.”