Shoaib Akhtar is the toughest bowler I've faced, says Dhoni

[Joyous]

On 10/06/2017 at 4:55 AM, Khota said:

You are getting free money. They are taking money from us. there is no love.

Haha who told you that? Lil bro

[Khota]

2 hours ago, Joyous said:

Haha who told you that? Lil bro

Little birdie.

[Laaloo]

@Rasgulla  IPL is over. Stop trolling.

[Rasgulla]

5 minutes ago, Praggy said:

@Rasgulla  IPL is over. Stop trolling.

Mtc ever saw his posts ? Baised much 

 

Deleting posts where you get owned lol @velu

Edited June 11, 2017 by Rasgulla

[New guy]

On 6/10/2017 at 1:57 AM, cric_fan said:

Who can forget this epic moment. A billion silenced.

 

 

 

 

Yep. And look at how long, fruitful careers both Sachin and Dravid had and look at where Akhtar ended up, far beneath his potential Kind of charts both country's future, cricket or otherwise, starting from around 2000s

[Gambit]

Akhtar is better than any Indian pacer in history. And watching him was pure box office.

[rkt.india]

On 6/10/2017 at 9:49 PM, vvvslaxman said:

Virendar sehwag  was very good against Akhtar.

 

[rkt.india]

Look at the delivery above. It shows 91 mph beating Sehwag for pace. Bumrah, Yadav, Shami all have bowled at that pace but the way Shoaib could beat batsmen for pace, our bowlers are not able to do that. 

[express bowling]

48 minutes ago, rkt.india said:

Look at the delivery above. It shows 91 mph beating Sehwag for pace. Bumrah, Yadav, Shami all have bowled at that pace but the way Shoaib could beat batsmen for pace, our bowlers are not able to do that. 

After the advent of T20 leagues, batsmen have become much more used to playing the stump directed quick ball.  They play it day in and day out.

 

At that time, it was not that common.

[vvvslaxman]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

Look at the delivery above. It shows 91 mph beating Sehwag for pace. Bumrah, Yadav, Shami all have bowled at that pace but the way Shoaib could beat batsmen for pace, our bowlers are not able to do that. 

In tests he has faced 90 odd balls against Akhtar and made 114 runs.

[Rightarmfast]

To be honest, Akhtar was a pretty entertaining bowler and he spiced up cricket. Let's be honest and acknowledge that he brought back express bowling to world cricket and he forced people to start using 'Speed guns'.

 

I for one wouldnt vouch for his bowling action, but he did have an effect on batsmen. Just like@rkt.india quoted.

 

Ofcourse, Pakistanis go overboard about him.

[rkt.india]

41 minutes ago, vvvslaxman said:

In tests he has faced 90 odd balls against Akhtar and made 114 runs.

Yes, even Dhoni hit Akhtar for runs in that 148 he scored at Faislabad. Scoring runs is a different thing. You can find a bowler difficult and can still score of him. A good batsman can do that and in tests, Sehwag faced him mostly on those pattas of 2006 Pak tour in Faislabad and Lahore. Those were graveyards for bowlers. We had a 410 run opening partnership between Sehwag and Dravid in that same series. Sehwag scored 254 in that game. 

[lebron_fan]

y'all such kids lmao. Why cant you guys accept good players for their talents and who they are. Not everything and every player needs to be judged through lens of nationality. Tbh, Akhtar was very entertaining to watch as a kid, it was fun watching him bowl with pace and swagger.