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How good was Imran Khan?
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OverratedSanity
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Vijay Raaz stole the show imo
Compton
International Debutant
Mitch Marsh is chock-full of potential.
honestbharani
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Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
As his career went on he just improved and improved with the bat. Wasn't the most fluent batsman nor great to watch, but he was pretty reliable and sound.
smash84
The Tiger King
this
listento_me
U19 Captain
People talking like they don't know anything about him. As captain alone he averaged in excess of 50 with the bat and over 60 against the Aussies with a bowling average in the ball park of...you know...20!
The greatest all rounder, possibly ever, depending on how one views Sobers but with the latters bowling average being particularly high, he fits in the description of a batsman who could bowl, quite well but not good enough to be a bowler in a team in his own right. Khan fits in as both batsman and bowler in probably any team of his generation and many others since.
In terms of all time XIs, I have both Khan and Sobers, so I don't need to bother picking between the two. Sobers in as a middle order batsman, Khan at 6 or 7 and front line bowler alongside the likes of Akram and McGrath, or Marshall...wow
The greatest all rounder, possibly ever, depending on how one views Sobers but with the latters bowling average being particularly high, he fits in the description of a batsman who could bowl, quite well but not good enough to be a bowler in a team in his own right. Khan fits in as both batsman and bowler in probably any team of his generation and many others since.
In terms of all time XIs, I have both Khan and Sobers, so I don't need to bother picking between the two. Sobers in as a middle order batsman, Khan at 6 or 7 and front line bowler alongside the likes of Akram and McGrath, or Marshall...wow
honestbharani
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Really amazing side that. Forget the fact that they are all ATGs there. Just compositionally, h4x batting depth, I mean Warne at 11, come on... And most varieties of bowling covered. I would argue if you put in Wasim there for Imran, you still wont lose much but will gain basically the most complete side in terms of composition of all time, as well as being THE All Time XI of cricket. Weakest link is probably Richards bowling offspin but he will be the 3rd spinner even in the most turning track of all time. Great job, RH
Zinzan
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He did include Malcolm Marshall.
honestbharani
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If I can be Keith Miller though, I may pass on Imran Khan Niazi 
Daemon
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He's from Pakistan man, it's a bit of a hole
ImpatientLime
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khan at 6?
jesus, what a waste of a huge list of all time great batsman.
the bloke tonned up 6 times in 88 games.
Zinzan
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Not a bad call, but I'd argue Sobers myself. Allan Border would also disagree, he's often said he'd like to come back as Akram.
Daemon
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Got Bradman so he's effectively 7