Former Pakistani pacer, Shoaib Akhtar was undoubtedly the most lethal bowler ever cricket has got. He was one of the fastest bowlers ever with his record of bowling at 161.3 still remains unbroken. He used to bowl at an average of 150 during his days which is unachievable for many pace bowlers.
However pace along with the aggression made shoaib akhtar what he is. Though there were many occasions when batters outshined him in the cricket field and that’s too obvious since a bowler might get smashed and concede some runs here and there .
The Pacer hadu faced a number of brilliant batters throughout his illustrious career and it is definitely hard to pick one out of them who was the best batsman that he ever faced. However, it is the work of reporters and writers to cunningly extract these facts from players and that is exactly what happened in a recent interview that Shoaib Akhtar had with Sportskeeda.com.
Upon being asked who was the most dangerous batsman Shoaib Akhtar has ever faced in his career, the Rawalpindi Express took the name of former Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist.
“Adam Gilchrist is the most ruthless and most dangerous batsman in the World that I’ve Bowled ever,” he said.
However Indian fans have pointed out that naming Gil Christ doesn’t make any sense despite having a good record against him. But Indian batters like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Saurav Ganguly could have been since they have better stats against him. But it’s more likely because of the political tension between India and Pakistan for which Akhtar couldn’t name Indian batters. Though previously Akhtar said that Rahul Dravid is the nicest guy he ever played against.
Shoaib Akhtar names the most dangerous player he ever faced: It’s not an Indian player!
