All-time Indo-Pak greatest Test XI

11. Waqar Younis

Lastly, another pacer which directly makes it to all-time Indo-Pak XI is Waqar Younis. Thanks to those pacy reverse swing deliveries, Waqar Younis made his impact felt instantly. Together, him and Wasim Akram toyed with every batting line up in the world and destroyed those line ups. Waqar always bowled full and fast, trying to target the toes of the batsmen.

Waqar was one of the only few bowlers who were as lethal with the old ball as they were with the new one. The reason behind that is how he would target his opponents’ toes and get them to give their wicket to him. He was also termed as ‘ The Toe Crusher ‘ thanks to the toe crushing deliveries he would bowl at the batsmen. He also had the best strike rate back in the day, before Dale Steyn broke took over the record.

Waqar Younis took 373 wickets in test cricket at an average of 23 and a strike rate of just 43. Having a strike rate of 43 is simply insane, especially in test cricket. Against India, however, Waqar did not perform as good as he usually did against other teams. Waqar could only scalp 8 wickets against India at an average of close to 50. That does not, however, his position in the all-time greatest Indo-Pak XI.