There is something inherently graceful about the way a left-hander bats and David Gower was no exception
#8 Wasim Akram (Pakistan-left arm fast and left-hand bat)
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Wasim Akram was the Sultan of Swing
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Arguably one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, Wasim Akram occupies the No.8 position. Not only did he have the ability to swing the new ball, he was deadly with the old ball and was the best exponent of the reverse swing. Besides that, he was a hard-hitting lower order batsman and contributed to the team’s score on many occasions.
Akram was at his imperious best in the 1992 World Cup and his dream spell against England in the final is still etched in everyone’s memory. The way he swung the ball away from the batsman coming around the wicket was simply astounding.
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Akram is the only fast bowler in the world to pick 500 wickets in ODIs, a feat which he achieved during the 2003 World Cup. He finished his ODI career with 502 wickets in 356 matches at a staggering bowling average of 23.52 per wicket. He was also one of the most economical bowlers in world cricket.
Akram played his last ODI in the 2003 World Cup against Zimbabwe at Bulawayo.
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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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