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Shoaib Akhtar says Imran Khan could have taken him to 400 Test wickets
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he might have reached 400 Test wickets if he had played under Imran Khan’s leadership. Speaking on Geo TV, Akhtar said he would have learnt much…
The Story in Brief
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he might have reached 400 Test wickets if he had played under Imran Khan’s leadership. Speaking on Geo TV, Akhtar said he would have learnt much from Khan, whom he described as his dream captain.
Akhtar took 178 wickets in 46 Tests before retiring from international cricket during the 2011 World Cup. He also claimed more than 400 first-class wickets. The former pacer described a punishing fitness and recovery routine, including cycling, gym work, treatment for locked knees and fluid drainage. He took 247 wickets in 163 ODIs and 21 in 15 T20Is.
The Indian Opinion
The easy story is that one captain alone would have transformed Akhtar into a 400-wicket Test bowler. That is speculation, not a record. Injuries, workload and a 14-year career shaped his actual tally of 178 wickets in 46 Tests. Akhtar’s comments are best read as a personal counterfactual, while his account of repeated physical damage is more concrete. The useful measure is not the imagined total, but how many Tests he could have completed without those injuries.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com
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