All-time Indo-Pak greatest Test XI

9. Wasim Akram

The King of Swing, Wasim Akram is one of those players who played international cricket even before domestic cricket. He is a naturally gifted bowler, who also admitted that he did not know how to swing the ball, especially in his early days. However, as and when he started playing more and more, he was mounting to success. He is also the only pacer in the world to take 500 wickets in One-day cricket.

Wasim Akram is widely regarded as the best pacer in the world and his in-swinging yorkers were nothing less than death for the batsmen. Even on the dead tracks, Wasim always found a way to provide Pakistan with an early breakthrough. He led Pakistan’s bowling line up for years and made Pakistan’s bowling a strong force to toy with. Many know him only as a bowler, but he was a handy batsman as well, especially down the order.

With the ball, Wasim Akram took 414 wickets at an average of 23.62 whereas with the bat, he scored close to 3000 runs, including a double century. Against India, Akram took 45 wickets at an average of 28. With the bat, he was not as good as he managed to score less than 300 runs against India at an average of just under 20. All in all, Wasim Akram would definitely be the ace pacer in an Indo-Pak XI.