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sri lanka got anjelo mathews and Pakistan got abdul rassaq who can bat and bowl seam.and there are plenty of fast bowling allrounders who can bat a bit in sri lanka and pakistan. sri lanka - maharoof,thissara perera,chaminda vass bats a bit.(got a test 100 as well.) and etc..some upcoming players also there in the..especially danushla gunathilaka from U19 side opening batsman who can bowl seam.

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Err..Because Indians dont want to work hard...thats it, as simple as it can get...Why bother to work hard when u can earn enough money being a FTB batsman or a trundler ? And lolz at people blaming the weather and pitch for not producing allrounders. You need to have the heart , will, focus to become a genuine pace bowler or an allrounder. Its not as if Indians didnt have good potential allrounders. Srinath, Zaheer, Agarkar etc all could really have become decent allrounders. but poor work ethic, a stupid cricket board and perhaps lack of personal goals stunted their growth as allrounders. Even pace bowling wise if u see, we did have few bowlers who could have bowled at genuine pace for long. Nehra, Munaf , Zaheer ( to some extent ) , Ishant and a few bowlers of the past...( like Atul Wassan, kulkarni ).. but again, poor work ethic, lazy attitude I feel and not pushing the body hard enough to become stronger led them to lead a life of mediocrity and medium pace !

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Err..Because Indians dont want to work hard...thats it, as simple as it can get...Why bother to work hard when u can earn enough money being a FTB batsman or a trundler ? And lolz at people blaming the weather and pitch for not producing allrounders. You need to have the heart , will, focus to become a genuine pace bowler or an allrounder. Its not as if Indians didnt have good potential allrounders. Srinath, Zaheer, Agarkar etc all could really have become decent allrounders. but poor work ethic, a stupid cricket board and perhaps lack of personal goals stunted their growth as allrounders. Even pace bowling wise if u see, we did have few bowlers who could have bowled at genuine pace for long. Nehra, Munaf , Zaheer ( to some extent ) , Ishant and a few bowlers of the past...( like Atul Wassan, kulkarni ).. but again, poor work ethic, lazy attitude I feel and not pushing the body hard enough to become stronger led them to lead a life of mediocrity and medium pace !
yeah... pakis are hardworkinmg... we can see it...:nervous:
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If PK works hard on his batting, then he can become a goo lower order batsman (or maybe no 7) and good support bowler for India. It's hard to find good all-rounders. Best way is to improve the batting of genuine bowlers and vice-versa.

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none of them were consistent performers. apart from Wasim ofcourse, but you cant call him a allrounder. also u calling Malik a allrounder? :hysterical:
So u mean to say that Imran Khan was not a true allrounder ? puhleez, enlighten me on this coz this is certainly news to me ! U mean possibly the worlds 2nd best allrounder of all times wasnt an allrounder ? N u seriously mean Razzaq and Mahmood were not true allrounders ? What have u been smoking, my brother ? Or is it just because they are Pakistani's ? Seriously, you cannot question these 3 players. They have been true allrounders with Imran being a legend. And yes, Irfan Pathan was an allrounder. How can u doubt that ?
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yeah... pakis are hardworkinmg... we can see it...:nervous:
Well, Pakistanis of the past were..Dont forget that Imran Khan turned a medium pacer Wasim Akram to a genuine pace bowler in 6 months time...
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Well' date=' Pakistanis of the past were..[b']Dont forget that Imran Khan turned a medium pacer Wasim Akram to a genuine pace bowler in 6 months time...
I can only forget something if I know it to be true in the first place. Can you substantiate this statement?
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I can only forget something if I know it to be true in the first place. Can you substantiate this statement?
Sunil gavaskar quoted this fact umpteen times. I have heard him say quite many a time the first time he met Wasim, he was only medium pace. And Imran assured Sunny that Wasim was special and he would bowl genuine pace in abt 6 months time. And he did ! ( With Imrans training ) It was the same case with Imran too. The first time Sunny faced Imran, he was only medium pace, in english county. And with Snow's training, he became genuine pace. I heard it from sunny and wasim . Dont have a link on the internet though.
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Sunil gavaskar quoted this fact umpteen times. I have heard him say quite many a time the first time he met Wasim' date=' he was only medium pace. And Imran assured Sunny that Wasim was special and he would bowl genuine pace in abt 6 months time. And he did ! ( With Imrans training ) It was the same case with Imran too. The first time Sunny faced Imran, he was only medium pace, in english county. And with Snow's training, he became genuine pace. I heard it from sunny and wasim . Dont have a link on the internet though.[/quote'] Cool.
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Sunil gavaskar quoted this fact umpteen times. I have heard him say quite many a time the first time he met Wasim' date=' he was only medium pace. And Imran assured Sunny that Wasim was special and he would bowl genuine pace in abt 6 months time. And he did ! ( With Imrans training ) It was the same case with Imran too. The first time Sunny faced Imran, he was only medium pace, in english county. And with Snow's training, he became genuine pace. I heard it from sunny and wasim . Dont have a link on the internet though.[/quote'] hey imran's transformation was some 2-3 years dude. when he was 19 he was military medium with a bad radar... but he started running a lot in the cold english weather and did a lot of training and when he was 22 he was fast. there was a time when he was the fastest in the world after thompson and more than holding too. he was bowling top pace until he was 30. iam hearing about wasim's 6 month transformation for the first time here.
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So u mean to say that Imran Khan was not a true allrounder ? puhleez, enlighten me on this coz this is certainly news to me ! U mean possibly the worlds 2nd best allrounder of all times wasnt an allrounder ? N u seriously mean Razzaq and Mahmood were not true allrounders ? What have u been smoking, my brother ? Or is it just because they are Pakistani's ? Seriously, you cannot question these 3 players. They have been true allrounders with Imran being a legend. And yes, Irfan Pathan was an allrounder. How can u doubt that ?
i think Imran Khan is OBVIOUS so i din need to say it.... Mahmood was NEVER consistent. Raqak true allrounder but not a star player.
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hey imran's transformation was some 2-3 years dude. when he was 19 he was military medium with a bad radar... but he started running a lot in the cold english weather and did a lot of training and when he was 22 he was fast. there was a time when he was the fastest in the world after thompson and more than holding too. he was bowling top pace until he was 30. iam hearing about wasim's 6 month transformation for the first time here.
Never said Imran transformed in 6 months. I said Wasim increased his pace in about 6 months time. I know that as I have heard Sunny talk about it on numerous occassions. Upto u to believe or not ...Only quoting what I heard him say !

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