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Ex-PAK captain’s colossal comment on Inzamam’s ‘fitness’ after Sehwag’s claim

Earlier this week, former India opener Virender Sehwag named Inzamam-ul-Haq – the former Pakistan captain – as the best middle-order batsman to come out of Asia. Sehwag said that while Sachin Tendulkar was “above the league” and cannot be compared, Inzamam stands out among the rest as the “preeminent batsman” across India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The former Pakistan batsman has scored more than 11,000 runs in ODIs (11,739) and has an average of nearly 50 (49.33) in the longest format, representing the national team in 120 Tests.

File image of Inzamam-ul-Haq (Getty Images)

Now former Pakistan captain Salman Butt – who played under Inzamam – has spoken at length about Sehwag’s statement. Butt agreed with the former India opener’s comment, saying that it always seemed like Inzamam had “a lot of time” on his hands when challenging the bowlers.

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“Without a doubt Inzy bhai was one of the best players to have played cricket for Pakistan. He had plenty of time to play a stroke. He made the challenge of the bowlers too easy, almost as if he knew where the ball would come. It doesn’t matter who the fast bowler is,” Butt said on his official YouTube channel.

“If Inzy bhai had even 50 per cent of today’s fitness standards, he would have scored 60-70 hundreds in international cricket quite easily. His output was not as great as the player he was, and I think even he would agree that he could have put in a better performance,” Butt further added.

Inzamam ended his career with 25 hundreds in Tests and 10 in ODIs, but scored a mammoth 83 fifties in the fifty-over format. A key member of Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup winning team, Inzamam retired from international cricket in 2007 and has since been involved in various roles in Pakistan’s cricket set-up. He was the national team’s chief selector between 2016-2019, and is currently the president of Pakistan Super League side Peshawar Zalmi.

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