The “Sultan of Swing” aka Wasim Akram is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former Captain of the Pakistan National Cricket Team. Wasim Akram was one of the most talented bowler ever produced by Pakistan. Wasim Akram was the dream cricketer for all the youngsters. He has a complete mastery over swing and seam and sometimes moves the ball both ways in one delivery. Wasim Akram is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, and several critics regard him as the greatest left-arm fast bowler of cricket history. In October 2013, Wasim Akram was the only Pakistani cricketer to be named in an all time Test World XI to mark the 150th anniversary of Wisden Cricketer’s Almanack. Wasim Akram was a left-arm fast bowler who could bowl with the significant pace. He also holds the world record for most of the wickets in A list cricket, with 881. He is also second only to Sri Lankan off-spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan in terms of ODI wickets, with 502 in total. He is considered to be one of the founders, and perhaps the finest exponent of, reverse swing bowling.
He was the natural successor to Imran Khan as Pakistan’s leader and captain, but the match-fixing controversies of the 1990’s harmed him, blunting his edge.
