As recently announced by ICC, Men and Women players from different countries are announced according to their performances in the recent decade
With his unreadable Doosra and variations in flight, Ajmal is one of the most feared bowler of his time.
He developed into a pivotal spinner for Pakistan in his last 5 years of career. He was the best spinner for his country and showed his mettle in international tours as well. He made his Debut against India in 2008 Asia cup where he stunned everyone with the amount of spin he generated.
He was considered the best spinner for Pakistan in all formats especially in the shorter formats.
And if we talk about Imran Tahir, His variations make him impossible to get away in the limited formats of cricket, where he found great success. He made his ODI debut in 2011 as he was eligible to play for South Africa and immediately selected for ODI team. Fast forwarding, soon he became the world class bowler.
If we compare both with each other and talk only about ODI stats, It may be little hard to select on from rest, as both were king of their own game.
Imran Tahir played 107 ODI matches in his career and bowelled 5541 balls picking up 173 wickets conceding 4297 (economy 4.65) runs with an average of 24.84, economy was just under 5 (4.65) .
For Saeed Ajmal, he played 113 matches with 6000 balls bowled by him, picking up 184 wickets with an average of 22.72 and conceded 4180 runs with economy of 4.18.
If we talk about strike rates in ODIs, both have s/r of round about 32.
Critics have shown anger on the decision makers of awards that it would have and honest decision if they had picked up Saeed Ajmal in place of Imran Tahir.
Detailed Stats of both legends are as below.
In our opinion ICC should have considered Saeed ajmal in place of Imran Tahir, obviously no offence to Imran's performance.
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