Pakistan batting great Younis Khan has picked his all-time favourite cricket XI and it is West Indies which dominate the make-up of the team.
The former Pakistan international has picked up West Indies players in his side – Brian Lara, Sir Garfield Sobers and Sir Viv Richards.
Speaking to the Lord’s Cricket Ground’s social media team on Thursday, Younis selected his choice of XI which included two compatriots from Pakistan.
Former batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar was the only Indian player to feature on the Pakistan man’s list.
“I will start with two little masters — Hanif Mohammad and Sachin Tendulkar. Why is that? Because they are both little masters,” Younis said.
🗣 “It’s a hell of a strong team…seriously!”
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The all-time leading Test run-scorer for Pakistan opted for South African legend Jacques Kallis in the number three slot, calling him as one of the ‘greatest’ all-rounders to have ever played the game.
“Then the Prince, Brian Charles Lara. Then the King, again another West Indian, Sir Viv Richards. And then Sir Gary Sobers,” Younis added.
As his skipper, Younis elected to go with World Cup-winning Pakistan captain Imran Khan, calling him his all-time favourite cricketer.
For the wicket-keeper’s role, Australia great Adam Gilchrist was Younis’ choice. When it came to the pace battery, the former Pakistan batsman went for a New Zealand-Australia partnership.
“Sir Richard Hadlee. The great companion, the fastest bowler. After that the great, Glenn McGrath from Australia. The way he performed everywhere made me a great admirer of him,” he went on to add.
Sri Lanka stalwart Muttiah Muralitharan completed the XI, taking up the sole spinner’s slot.
Younis, who retired from all forms of cricket after Pakistan’s series against the West Indies last year, made 10,099 runs in 118 Tests for his country, registering 34 hundreds along the way.
