WATCH: Sunil Gavaskar names his favorite cricketers from Pakistan

Sunil Gavaskar mentioned a lot of names when asked about his favourite cricketers from Pakistan. The former Indian cricketer named several players from his time who played with or against him in the 1970s and the 1980s as the players he loved the most from Pakistan. Most of them played a lot against Gavaskar and India. Gavaskar picked his favourite among modern players as well.

During the match between South Africa and India at Cape Town, Gavaskar was asked to pick his favourite cricketer from Pakistan. The former Indian cricketer picked Zaheer Abbas as his favourite cricketer from Pakistan. Popularly known as the Asian Bradman, Zaheer Abbas was a technically sound player. More importantly, he was an aggressive batter, which was very rare for his time.

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Along with it, Gavaskar included the names of three other cricketers as well. The former Indian opener named Imran Khan as his second favourite cricketer from Pakistan. Gavaskar added that he also loved playing against Javed Miandad. Gavaskar also named Wasim Akram as one of his favourite players from Pakistan. All the 3 players helped Pakistan to win the ODI WC in 1992, their biggest moment in cricket.

Sunil Gavaskar’s favourite Pakistan cricketer in recent times

Sunil is a good friend of Javed. Gavaskar also played a match for the Asian XI against the Rest of the World XI, where he played alongside Imran. Wasim Akram had named Gavaskar as the toughest batter he had bowled to in his playing days. Gavaskar had played against all of them in his playing days and often shared good memories he had with the players.

The fans in the stands further asked Gavaskar to name his favourite Pakistani cricketer in current times. The 1983 WC winner added that Babar Azam is his favourite cricketer in the current times. The Pakistani batter has not had a great year as a player in 2023 and would be hoping to have a better year in 2024 now that he is no longer the captain of the team in any format.