Srinagar: Former Australia cricketer turned coach Tom Moody has named former Pakistan captain Imran Khan among all time best all-rounders in the World of Cricket.
Tom Moody and former India opener Sanjay Manjrekar featured in an ESPNcricinfo video , where they were asked to name the six best all-rounders in the last 50 years.
“Imran Khan, Kapil Dev, Ian Botham, Gary Sobers, Jacques Kallis and Sir Richard Hadlee,” was Tom Moody reply.
Sanjay Manjrekar, added further insights by mentioning that apart from Jacques Kallis, the other five all-rounders started their careers primarily as bowlers.
“Imran, Botham and Hadlee started off as bowlers. They used to bat at number eight or nine and were slowly promoted in the batting because of their success there. Except for Kallis, they all mostly started as bowlers. Kallis was a proper batter who used to bat at top order,” Manjrekar said.
Imran is regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders in cricket history. He led Pakistan to their first-ever Cricket World Cup victory in 1992.