If you look at his overall ODI career average maybe he will look good to you but not great with his average of 26 but his bowling in World Cups was always excellent. The best thing about Imran was he always performed his best against top opponents or in pressure situations. 1987 Semi-Final and 1992 Final are best examples.
I removed minnow nations but some of your will say Sri Lanka was a minnow in that era but even if we remove Lanka from statistics he still average same
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