I have many heroes and yes he is one of them - Imran Khan, Zaheer Abbas, the two W’s, Windies pace quartet of the 80s and Viv Richards to name a few
There is no disputing his enormous knowledge of the game and batting know-how. Only his man-mangement skills are questionable.
And to Miandad’s credit even a reckless player like Afridi started showing some consistency with the bat in tests in 2005/6…scored something like 3 or 4 test centuries albeit all in the sub-continent