Pakistan's all-time ODI XI

All-rounders

#6 Imran Khan

Imran Khan is one of the most charismatic cricketers ever

In Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis, Pakistan produced two of the greatest modern-day pace bowlers. Even after their retirement, there has been no dearth of young and exciting pace talent in the country, although none have been able to emulate the 'two Ws.' All this though might not have been possible without Imran Khan, the biggest superstar of Pakistani cricket and the man who glamorised pace bowling in the country. His phenomenal success as a pacer was a massive source of inspiration to the young fast men in his country.

He belonged to the golden quartet of allrounders (other three being Richard Hadlee, Ian Botham and Kapil Dev) that enthralled the spectators of the game in the 1980s and is regarded by many pundits as the greatest of them all.

His extraordinary skill as a pace bowler and effectiveness as a batsman won many matches for Pakistan and made him the most treasured member of the team. His Test record looks more spectacular than his ODI record, but he was one of the leading all-rounders of his time in the shorter format too.

There can never be a Pakistan all-time XI without the name of the greatest cricketer from the country. Imran, who captained the Pakistani side to their only World Cup triumph in 1992, will lead this side as well.