Kapil Dev: Imran Khan was the best leader and all-rounder – Cricket News Update
Former Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-Khan-c64237 as the best leader amongst all during his era, as the Pakistani team was not the easiest to handle on the field.
According to Kapil, “(Richard) Hadlee was by far the better bowler amongst us, (Ian) Botham the best batsman, and Imran Khan was the best leader... I mean handling those (Pakistani) guys. I told him before you handle your country, handle your team. He was
also the better all-rounder. But I was best athlete amongst all.”
The legendary all-rounder further rated West Indies’ duo of Viv Richards, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Michael-Anthony-Holding-c75756 and Pakistan’s Wasim Akram as the top class cricketers he had ever seen in cricket history.
However, Kapil said that England’s opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ravishankar-Jayadritha-Shastri-c84254 who used to do a similar job for us.”
During the 1980s, cricket had produced some of the finest all-rounders ever and there was a stiff competition amongst them, as each wanted to do better than the other.
However, Imran’s mental strength made him one of the finest leaders in the history of cricket. He came out of retirement to lead a young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 side in the 1992 World Cup and achieved what no one could have predicted before the start of the Mega Event.
The Men in Green had quite a few youngsters in the side such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Inzamam-ul-Haq-c64383. All had plenty of talent, but needed proper guidance to cope up with pressure of performing in a Mega Event.
The leadership they required was provided by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193, as he fought bravely until the end of the tournament.
Pakistan were almost knocked out of the event and required a miracle to qualify for the Semi-Finals. The team finally found some luck and managed to make it to the final four and went onto play the Final against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Imran’s brilliant captaincy helped the team win the World Cup and the legendary player is rated as one of the best skippers of all time due to his outstanding achievement.
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