Clive Llyod holding the 1979 Prudential World Cup Trophy
#2 Sir Garfield Sobers
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The greatest all-rounder of all time
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The greatest all rounder of all time, Sir Garfield Sobers would have been a great addition for West Indies in the T20 format. Though Sobers played only 1 ODI, his aggressive batting in Tests is enough to prove his destructive approach.
His exceptional Test batting average tells very little about the manner in which he scored his runs which was marked by elegant yet powerful strokeplay. He had every shot in the cricketing book up his sleeve but was more dominant on the off side. He would have made the Test team as a bowler alone. He was a versatile spinner bowling two kinds of spin up his sleeve. The traditional left arm orthodox as well as wrist spin.Sobers scored his maiden century against Pakistan in 1958 and expanded it to 365 beating Len Hutton’s 364 set in 1938. It was a terrific innings by the legend after he failed to realise his potential in the first few matches of his career.
Sobers played 93 Test in his career scoring 8,032 runs at a staggering average of 57.78.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
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