Pakistan's All-Time ODI XI | Road to ICC World Cup 2023 

No Pakistan all time XI is complete without Zaheer and Miandad

My All time Pakistan ODI XI. Keeping in mind the current pace of the game. Syed Anwar Imran Nazir Javed mia dad Inzamam ul haq Imran Khan (c) Moin Khan (w) Abdul Razzaq Shahid Afridi Wasim Akram Shoaib Akthar Saqlain Mustaq.

Where are Javaid Miandad & Zaheer Abbas? Javaid Miandad not only one of the most relaiable Pakistani ODI batsmen but also one of the best All time finishers

1. Saeed Anwar 2. Baber Azam 3. Zaheer Abbas 4. Javaid Miandad 5. Inzamam ul Haq 6. Imran Khan 7. Abdul Razzaq 8. Moin Khan 9. Wasim Akram 10. Saqlain Mushtaq 11. Shaheen Shah Afridi

Razzaq would have been much better option than Afridi

You lack knowledge on the game, as much as you are unaware about the history of the game from the standpoint of Pakistan cricket. I'll ask questions to rationalize my all - time 11. Have you seen the bat sizes of modern day cricket? Compare these thick meaty cannons (which are much lighter at the same time) with the heavy planks of wood they used to play with before 2002, after which ICC started changing bat thickness with sharper edges + 3 power plays in an ODI as compared to 10 over fielding restrictions in the 90s and 80s. What about the kind of ball they use today? Why doesn't it swing after the 7th or the 8th over? It was 1993 which marked the cuckoburrow ball as the new standard replacing Duke, that used to be a nightmare for batsmen in the 80s and 90s as it used to swing and seam for a longer period owing to the newness of the ball kept intact for an extended time i.e sometimes up to 45 overs. Difference in ball size, seam stiching and top quality batsmen to bowl to, make the bowlers of the 1990s and early 2000s the finest as they had to bowl with the challenging cuckuburrow. I often sympathize with bowlers of today also, but the fact remains there's not much talent in bowlers in modern day cricket anymore. My all - time 11: 1. Majid Khan 2. Saeed Anwar 3. Zaheer Abbas (called the Asian Bradman way back in the late 1970s and early 80s for no small reason) 4. Javed Miandad (Put Babar in his place with the heavy plank he hit a six with on that last ball in 86. Babar would certainly hit a six if the opposition was Nepal I guess) 5. Mohammad Yousuf (Could've put Inzamam here, but Yousuf wasn't just a flat track bully. He had the ability to adjust everywhere, be it green tops or bouncy hard surfaces like Australia) 6. Imran Khan (c) 7. Moin Khan (Preferring him over Rashid Latif in ODIs, however I'd like Latif in his place in tests) 8. Wasim Akram 9. Waqar Younus 10. Saqlain Mushtaq (Honorable mentions would be late Abdul Qadir, for both ODIs and tests as Richie Benaud rated him higher than Shane Warne. If Saqi invented "doosra, Qadir invented the "googly". So they're even.) 11. Shoaib Akhtar (Asif in his place in tests) Please do some research on the history of cricket I'd advise you as someone who takes alot of pride in being genuinely aware about this beautiful game. As a modern day viewer of today, please do not ignore those good old days when cricket truly was cricket rather than baseball entertainment that it has become in the contemporary times. Do not insult Pakistan cricket by including the likes of Sarfaraz or even Rizwan in the all - time 11. Please! And underline the word please several times!