Now Can we call Zaheer an All Rounder?

[King Cricket]

^Really! Then that's some news. I thought the record belonged to Dimitri Mascarenhas.

 

[surendar]

^Really! Then that's some news. I thought the record belonged to Dimitri Mascarenhas.

Sorry, it was 4 sixes in the last over,

49.3 Olonga to Khan, SIX, fulltoss on the middle and leg, massive hit
over the mid wicket fence, great shot
49.4 Olonga to Khan, SIX, pitched up on the middle and leg, Khan gives
him self room and despatches it over the long on fence
49.5 Olonga to Khan, SIX, another fulltoss on the slot, another massive
hit over the mid wicket fence, the Young man is on a roll, 3 in a
row
49.6 Olonga to Khan, wide: no run, Olonga is having a bad time here,
tries for for a slow delivery, goes very wide out side the off
49.6 Olonga to Khan, SIX, pitched up on the middle and leg, another huge
hit over the long on fence, this one goes miles into the crowd, 4
in a row for Zaheer and Olonga

Source : Ball-by-Ball Commentary

It was India Vs Zimbabwe, Jodhpur, 2000 - 3rd ODI. But still I can call him only as a player who can hit well blindly

 

[Chetan0304]

Bhajji always has been attacking batsmen Vs Oz! both of them has helped India come out of a trouble situation (Bengaluru? Draw?)

Can't call them allrounder, let them focus more on bowling, or else we will have 2 more Pathan like situation

I thank Greg for that :d

 

[Prithvi]

Yup I.Pathan was also a bowler.. But he even came up as a batsmen to have ALL Status..

and coming up here, Why don't you consider Irfan as an all rounder??
He came up well with bat and bowl in a T20 against Sri Lanka... After which he lost his form..

Why can't Bhajji and Zak be the successors of Pathan??

 

[Leggie]

No, they are not Allrounders. I just reckon India have one of the best Tailends in the game ATM.

 

[deerkick]

Nah. Johnson is a better bat than Zak. He's been making consistent huge scores lately. Zak is prolly second tho.

 

[Cricketman]

Don't make them allrounders, please. Don't give them the burden of keeping up their batting too. Look what happened to Irfan!

They're both bowlers who can bat a bit. And that's good enough for me.

 

[Prithvi]

So I even feel that they can't be called as all rounders. I had several questions which made me felt that they are all rounders..

now I treat them as part time Batsmen..

 

[Leggie]

There's no such thing as a part time batsmen, they're just bowlers who can bat when needed.

 

[Arunava]

My question is can we people call Zaheer as an All Rounder??

His performance from Border Gavaskar trophy both with bat and ball was excellent. He got Two Half Centuries Out of which twice he remained Not Out..
And Even Harbhajan,
Can we call him All Rounder??

He even performed equally as Zaheer...

do you know who is called an all-rounder ?

 

[Leggie]

Irfan Pathan just about qualifies to be an allrounder. Shane Warne wasn't an allrounder but could bat usefully down the order.

 

[surendar]

First let Pathan learn how to bowl properly.. Then he can think about batting! : Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan are the not the bowlers who can bat a bit.. I would call them as bowlers who just simply enjoy hitting the ball around irrespective whether it's fetching runs for the team or wickets for the team. To be specific, they fall in the category of Muralitharan who is just enjoyable to watch during batting and hitting boundaries.. :cool:

 

[afridi118]

we can call him bowler who can bat and shewag batsmen who can bowl.
now close this thread done.

 

[Sureshot]

Your word is completely final. It's a shame that Jesus didn't have your power.

"I am the son of god, now kneel!"

 

[Bibu07]

Lol, great one SS.:rtfl.

OT: Zaheer is just a bit of fun to watch while batting, he plays all kinda "smack that if" shots. So, does Bhajji. The fact is that they end up in a strong wagging tail, but never as classy batsman. So they are/will be tailenders.

If these guys become all rounders, then who would be called a bowler?