As I logged off from GS last night, a thought stormed into my mind. That innocent thought consisted of my all-time favorite superstars who once stood as a tall and mighty wall between the opposition and victory (as was the story narrated to me by the elders - Buzurgaan-e-deen & Alim-e-Uloom). I immediately thought of logging back in, but alas, I was in the middle of a heavy nervous system breakdown at that stage, hence postponed my plans for further delay.
Its hard to be conclusive that who is the best. But among these four, who are your favourite two:
My all-time favorites, in order -
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Mohammad Sami (I demand you show me someone better with the all-round capabilities as Mohammad Sami and the one with an average peaking at 48. Mohammad Sami gets better with every game, and my prediction is that he will cross 50 in the next 2-3 games, provided his hair grows back enough to give him a false illusion of where the batsman is standing upon delivery. Wasim Akram and Imran Khan can only dream of standing in the same league as the legendary Mohammad Sami. End of story!)
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Arshad Khan (This story, I tell you. Once I confronted a die-hard Arshad Khan fan who, for all measures, was equally qualified as the great Taaya himself in the bowling department and was just about to hand-in the delicate prize of Nishaan-e-Haider to the man before I stopped him dead on his tracks as he explained his reason to me - reason being, and I quote: “Arshad Khan is the best finger-spin artist currently in the country of Pakistan and he is being held back by some jasoos who keeps hacking in his place by the force of nature.” Several names have taken place and have come up due to this injustice by the PCB, names from the undeserving Shahid Nazir to uncapped Anwar Ali and Jamshed Khan, but Arshad Khan - who is not even close to hitting his prime yet - has taken Pakistan to many victories in the past. On the account of this, and seeing the tears in his eyes as he narrated me this breaking story, I instructed him to move forward in his quest. The latest is that Arshad Khan is still located somewhere on the outskirts between his hometown of Peshawar and Mandi Bahauddin. Only time will tell).
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Imran Farhat (It is not frequent that Aamir Sohail hangs his head in chullu bhar paani - and that too, while wearing his bandana. I urge you to wait for tomorrow morning’s Jang headlines as I suspect his picture, alongside Farhat’s million-dollar cut-throat bat, will be placed somewhere in between the articles of another routine bomb blast in Karachi and Musharraf’s acting role as a bunny by the media)
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Salman Butt (If you can score against Australia on their turf, you can score against anyone. Sadly, Salman Butt was standing on the opposite side of the spectrum while this equation was being handed near his local dhaaba, but nevertheless, he thrives to surprise us every week with bigger and better fishes. He has even promised to catch some lobsters and crabs next time around. What will it be? I suggest you be the guest, take the backseat and enjoy the show).
Curtains…
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