Dream team - Picking Pakistan's greatest Test team from the last 30 years 

Why was even a discussion on number 3? YK is probably Pakistan's all times best batsman in Tests.

Interestingly, nobody even mentioned Sarfraz as wicketkeepr, while his record is not bad at all, especially when we compare him to Moin or Rashid.

What a fab podcast !! Was laughing out loud at many moments

Lost me at Afridi as opener 🤦‍♂️ #sillypoint

Thanks for this. I was having a bad day till I watched this. It was a fun discussion. I just couldn't stop laughing like hell. And Ahmer and Osman were fun to listen to. And I have to say Ahmer is one of the biggest fans of Asif. But thanks for this. Wonderful discussion with the laughs ☺️.

Glad Asim Kamal was mentioned. He brought solidity to Pakistani middle order. Also, Yasser Hamid was a good batsman to watch.

I'm surprised they ignored Amir Sohail as opener, who has been a natural opening partner with Saeed Anwar and a handful bowling option as well.

You missed that Wasim and waqar would compete against each other. They motivated each other and their rivalry brought great drama..

Asad Shafiq is never in form and never out of form .. is most hilarious pitch ever.m

Excellent choices guys! I will still miss Razzak in this test side for sure.

You could choose Hafeez as opener instead of Afridi, and go for Yasir Shah as leg spin option considering Hafeez is quite competent with his offies.

Afridi as opener? You guys must be smoking really good stuff! How many innings has he played as an opener? That place belongs to Azhar Ali only. There's absolutely no competition.

Instead of Afridi, one could easily pick Aamir Sohail, Salman Butt or Hafeez, I would go with Aamir Sohai and Instead of Misbah better to go Salim Malik much more capable player, he played till 1999 or to go for more flamboyant Moin Khan or Razzaq.

Here is my choice for the best three pacers from Pakistan: 1. Wasim Akram 2. Waqar Yunus 3. Mohammad Asif 4. Shoiab Akhter 5. Mohammad Amir 6. Wahab Riaz As you wanted only 3, so pick the no. 1, 2 & 3. But if you go for 1 for no. 3 from the rest 4, 5 & 6, that, too, will be equally awesome. 👌 This selection or the choice of mine is entirely out of love for cricket all over the world. Regards, Aminul Islam Limon Asst. Prof. (English) Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Saeed Anwar + Hafeez as openers obviously. 3,4,5,6 : Younus Khan, Inzi, Babar Azam, Youhana Moin Khan as WK Bowlers : Wasim, Waqar, Shoaib, Saqlain. Easy

Very disappointed with the panel selection. Surely you guys got it wrong when you say a dream Xi. A dream Xi should be a team that could beat any other team in the world.

Captain - Wasim I think Amir Sohail can be given a go 😃

37:08 SAVE YOUR TIME

Ahmer Naqvi shouldn't have been there. He was trying to be too cocky, and in an attempt to be "out of the box" he's made a mockery of the whole show. Don't bring such people to talk on cricinfo, degrades the value of the content. Well done to Usman who handled him pretty well.

How was peak Saqlain even a discussion vs a shoo in? As an Indian who lived through the '99 series, I still have nightmares of our amazing batsmen trying to pick him.. Also no mention of Peak Basit Ali? Also would have gone for Ijaz vs Younis

Misbah should lead this side as he’s proven plenty times despite having a late start to his career that he’s one of the most resilient and collected personalities in all of cricket

Definetly including M.Asif

Top right man was looking like father of inseya in secret superstar

13 member pakistan squad i like S anwar M hafeez Younus khan M yousuf Inzmam Jawed miandad Salim malik Moin Saqlain Wasim akram M. Asif Waqar Shoiab akhtar

Ahmer is the funniest cricket journalist I've ever seen 😂😂😂😂

Never knew Ahmed Naqvi is so childish! Afridi over Azhar Ali or even Hafeez? Ijaz Ahmed over Younus Khan? Babar Azam can be a great but he has only started Similarly Asif only played around 25 matches or so. Shoaib over Waqar? You must be having a laugh ffs! And finally, no one in this eleven comes close to Misbah in captaincy record and yet.....

Yasir Hameed was decent opener.. but I would pick Azhar Ali at the moment because he has been decent performer for the last five years and in middle order he won't get slot

Fawad Alam should come as an opener...

Saeed Anwar Shahid Afridi Younis Khan Rizwan Inzamam Ul Haq Misbah Ul Haq Abdul Razzaq Wasim Akram Shaheen Afridi / Shoaib Akhtar Waqar Younis Mohammad Asif

1. Saeed Anwar 2. Salman but 3. Yunus khan 4. Yusuf 5. Inzamam 6. Kamran akmal 7. Abdul razzaq 8. Waseem akram 9. Waqar Yunus 10. Mustak Ahmed 11. Saqlain/ MD Asif

strange why did you not even mention salman butt?!! I see Afridi there :D

Reason behind afridi as opener 😂

Was there any need to even compare Shoaib with Waqar? Waqar's record at his peak is as good as anyone in any era of cricket. Yes, it deteriorated later on, but his record is still better than Akhtar.

1. Saeed Anwar 2. Moin Khan 3. Izamam Ul Haq 4. Younis Khan 5. Mohammad Yousef 6. Misbah Ul Haq (c) 7. Imran Khan 8. Wasim Akram 9. Saqlain Mustaq 10. Waqar Younis 11. Shoaib Aktar 12th man Shahid Afridi Azhar Ali, Miandad, Abbas, Shoaib Malik, Akmal bros, Hafeez, Asif, Kaneria all missed out

Unpredictable Pakistan 💜❤️

Any spinners guys?

Or bring Fazal Mehmood from the 1960's, a genuine superb Fast Bowler

Shahid Afridi as an opener. Worthless selection

So basically the argument made by these guys is "Pakistan has had shit teams throughout the years so we dare not select a team that is good enough to compete consistently."

All time 11 Hanif Mohammed Saeed Anwar Zaheer Abaas Younis Khan Md Yusuf Inzmam Ul Haq Rashid Latif Imran Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Abdul Qadir Extras Javed Miadad Shoaib Akhtar Saqlain Mushtaq Mohammed Asif

Anwar Azhar Ali Younis Yousuf Inzi Misbah Kamran Akhter Waqar Wasim Saqlain

Everything is perfect except Afridi as opener..

Saaed anwar Shahid afridi Javed miandad Mohammad Yousuf Younis khan Inzmam ul haq Kamran Akmal (WK) Imran Khan (C) Wasim akram Abdul qadir Shoaib akhtar

My Pak top 11 Anwar Miandad Inzi Yousuf Younis Misbah Umar akmal (wk) Imran khan Wasim Waqar Danish Kaneria

My Pakistan All time test XI Saeed Anwar Younis Khan Zaheer Abbas Mohammad Yousuf Inzamam Javed Miandad Imran Khan(C) Moin Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Saqlain Musthaq

They missed to speak about the Pakistani team of this generation.....They could have gone for babar, Shaheen,amir,Hasan Ali... But from this generation they could have picked Babar and Shaheen

Where is Ahmad shehzad?😂

Pak 11: S Anower S Afridi J Miadad I Haq M Yousuf M Khan (wc) I Khan (c) W Akram S Mostaq W Younus S Akter ♥♥♥

Saeed Anwer Aamir Sohail Javed Miranda Inzimam M Yousuf Younis Khan Rashid Latif Waseem Akram Saqlain Mushtaq Waqar Younis Mohd Asif 12. Shoaib Akhtar

Why is Raunav Kapoor not in the panel. Proves again that typical Indian attitude. Kartik anytime than Raunav as a host 😍

Saeed Anwar Mohammad Hafeez Younis Khan Mohammad Yousuf Inzamam ul haq Misbah ul haq Rashid Latif Wasim Akram (c) Saqlain Mushtaq Waqar Younis Shoaib Akhtar

From 90's I think Saeed Anwar Shahid Afridi Inzi Mohammed yusuf Younis( W) Azhar Ali Mohammed hafeez Yasir shah Wasim Waqar Asif Akhtar (12th)

Pakistan have really been weak on test match talent over the last 30 years. It's a shame because I've always enjoyed them at their aggressive, attacking best. Some good players there, but only 3 or 4 of genuine world class talent.

The most entertaining best XI discussion! Ahmer you legend! 🤣

Well, their arguments were as if they were picking actors for a box office film than a cricket team. Afridi as a test opener? Misbah? Has there been a ugly looking batsman than him? Inzy and Waqar walk into the side eyes closed but picked so reluctantly?

Babar should be there

Nobody can live without a pesonal bias.

ESPN what the hell? You could have gone with Hafeez in opening because he has double the hundreds Afridi has, double the matches played, higher average, shit Hafeez has more wickets also man.

People are pissed at Ahmer Naqvi in the comments, and I know why.

This Naqvi guy is rather annoying. Was looking forward to watch this video but had to quit after 7 minutes coz of him.

Razzaq is missing as no 7 batsman and 4rth fast bowler And Shoaib Akhtar is on Not shitty asif

I will not lie but they lost in the first 4mins 🤣🤣

Saeed anwar !!

Save ur time 36:03

Who is Ahmer naqvi?

Saeed Anwar ?????????????(Not Sure) Younis Khan Misbah Ul Haq Inzamam Ul Haq Mohammad Yousuf Rashid Latif Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Shoaib Akhtar/Mohammad Asif Saqlain Mushtaq

Why not sohail

Where is Imran khan

I am very disappointed with this panel. If you guys think we are all here for a free laugh, please look at Sky Sports fantasy teams. They have humour but also sensibility. This Ahmer Naqvi guy is just here for "we need mercurial players". Idiot. He's so dismissive. They are selecting Afridi. Dismissing Inzi Yousuf. I am. Not going further into the video.

Ye kon ha sub????

How the fuck did Asif got picked

why not amir sohail at the top ?

Asif was talented Bt still he do not deserve place in this dream XI . It is unjustifiable to Shoaib

Mazak chal raha hae

Javaid miadad??

BABAR should be in it n also Aamir

Hilarious 11

Non serious people, just laughing like immature people

Ahmer naqvi is such a cheap selector, he puts silly reasons for selections and forcefully imposes his selections on other panel members, kick him out of the selection panel for these dream team selection meetings, its a disrespect to cricket and us viewers to have hav such ppl as members of selection committee on such a big platform ( ESPNcricinfo), #espncricinfo plz go through this comment

Imran khan??

This is poor, we need to have serious discussions. Cracking a joke is fine sense of humor is brilliant but this is mockery

Ahmer Naqvi is not as smart as he thinks he is.

Just laughing for nothing

Ahmed Naqwi with all his knowledge of cricket is better he chose another job rather than this. His knowledge of on the field cricket is so low that he isn't worth listening his prejudice itself 😏

Was actually looking forward to this. What a let off. This guy Naqvi has is so annoying and irritating. Whatever knowledge and attitude he has on cricket is not enough to select a Dream XI. Imagine his choice of selected XI playing against India or Australian Dream XI 🤣🤣🤣

To the losers making your own teams in comment section, there's a good reason why you were not sitting on that panel. To Osman, Danial, Ahmar and Karthik...loved it...even the selections where I didnt agree at first, you guys totally convinced me. PS: Agree 200% with Ahmar that Pakistan's dream team is an oxymoron. Even this team can find ways to lose in the most humiliating ways.

Ahmer naqvi ko india walo ne kya bola leya ye banda pagal hogaya hy ..

Pakistan's best Test XI since 1990 Saeed Anwar Salman Butt Younis Khan Inzamam Mohammad Yousuf Moin Khan Wasim Akram Waqar Younis Saqlain Mushtaq Shoaib Akhtar Mohammad Asif

By far the most dumbest discussion. Complete waste of time.

First comment

Ahmer naqvi is so childish.... has he any idea about cricket.... or is he here to mock Pakistani cricketers.... such a fool

Terrible panel….afridi in dream XI!!! Shocker. Lost interest as it was more of fun rather than serious discussion..

What a pathetic panel. See how they are laughing and making fun of their own players. Wish we had some decent sports journalists on ESPN.

Disgusting

The players u choose should play atleast 40 test matches, such silly considerations!, That's y we Indians say pakistanis r so cheap, showmanship itseems, record and impact into the game from atleast 40 test matches should be considered!

Such a waste of time........ these guys dont know anything about cricket

Afridi as a test opener is a joke