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Waqar Younis acknowledges Wasim Akram was the better bowler despite winning ODI GOAT contest against him

Both Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis were experts of reverse swing and had mastered it during the course of their careers.

Waqar Younis © Getty Images
Waqar Younis has 416 ODI wickets to his credit  © Getty Images

Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis believes that his bowling partner Wasim Akram was a much better bowler than him. In a campaign by cricket.com.au called ODI GOAT (Greatest of All Time), Wasim and Waqar were pitted against each other and the fans get to choose who the better bowler among them was. Wasim got just 743 pecent of the votes, while Waqar won the race with 57 per cent votes to his credit. Waqar, who had recently resigned as the Pakistan coach, following the team’s disastrous show in the T20 World Cup 2016, tweeted about his appreciation to Wasim.  “Appreciate all the votes for me but in my eyes there is no match @wasimakramlive was far better bowler than me. #ODIGOAT #respect,” Waqar had tweeted.  READ: Waqar Younis blames Shahid Afridi for Pakistan’s defeats in World T20, Asia Cup 2016

ODI Goat is a knockout competition started by cricket.com.au, to decide who the fan thinks is the greatest ODI player of all time among the top 64 ODI players. Players like Sachin Tendulkar, VBiv Richards, Javed Miandad and others were also part of this competition.  From 64, it will go down to 32, then 16, 8, 4 and then the final two. READ: Misbah-ul-Haq says he had good understanding with Waqar Younis

Both Waqar and Wasim have staggering ODI records. In 262 matches, Waqar has picked up 416 wickets at 23.84 and an economy of 4.68. Wasim Akram on the other hand has represented Pakistan in 356 ODis and picked up 502 wickets at 23.52. He had a miserly economy of just 3.89.

Wasim is now a commentator, but Waqar was recently replaced by Mickey Arthur as the new coach of the Pakistan national team.

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