Monitoring Desk
KARACHI: Indian cricket team head coach Ravi Shastri termed Prime Minister Imran Khan as one of the best captains and players the game has ever seen.
He mentioned the same in his recently released book called ‘Stargazing: The Players In My Life’.
Imran Khan, who is currently the Prime Minister of Pakistan, was one of the best all-rounders of his time. Imran went on to lead his side to victory in the 1992 World Cup, culminating in one of the greatest sporting careers.
“Imran Khan is one of the greatest captains and players the game has seen. No rocket science is needed to understand why am I declaring him one of the greatest cricketers of all time. Why I hold this view hardly needs qualification. His records speak of itself and if at all further validation is necessary, it comes from the experience of those who played with or against him,” Shastri said.
“I saw Imran Khan playing on the television for the first time in 1978 when the Indian cricket team visited Pakistan. When Pakistan came to India the next season, I made sure to get a place in the North Stand at the Wankhede Stadium,” he continued in his book.
Shastri added that the control of swing the former Pakistan player had was quite impressive. “Imran’s strength was his remarkable control over swing and reverse swing. The steeply curving late swingers or ‘indippers’ as they were called then, made life hellish for batsmen. His control on swing bowling had made the lives of batsmen hell.”
