Did the exit of Imran Khan hurt Aaqib Javed's career in the longer run?

[AlphaFighter]

I read an old Imran Khan autobiography from 1992 right after we won the WC and to my surprise beyond Wasim and Waqar, he goes out of his way to praise Aqib Javed for having a sharp cricketing brain, being a complete team man.

It puzzles me as to how he under achieved in his overall career. Sure with Wasim and Waqar it was hard for him to have a consistent place in the side.

But i do believe the exit of Imran Khan hurt his career later on. When Ik was captain he would give the same kind of confidence and backing to Aqib as he would to Wasim and Waqar, he would attack with him to take wickets. IK would make sure Aqib played in his team all the time.

Not sure what happened after IK's exit but Aqib never had a settled place in the squad after wards, successive captains never used him as a strike bowler. Plus in the Qayyum report, it was mentioned that Akram deliberately kept Aqib out of the team as captain.

 

[blackwidow]

Didn't the duo do the same with Akhtar - see these guys as competition?


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[Slog]

Even if it's true blame comes on Aqib because let's face it if he is being bullied to such an extent like a two year old this easily then he is not cut out for any top level sport

 

[Asim2Good]

lets for a moment forget about emergence of Azhar Mehmood, Shoaib Akhtar , Saqlain, Afridi, Razaaq &Mohammad Zahid (for brief time) during his last playing days and then say Kaptaan sahab would have handled his career better

 

[Asif khan]

Aaqib was a talented bowler, bowled a mean leg cutter and reversed the old ball. The problem was his lack of pace on subcontinent wickets caught up with him.



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[Pete Rose]

Aaqib was not a strike bowler and never used as such. He bowled good outswing and was a good bowler for odi's upfront. In terms of his output he would have a similar role to what Sohail Khan has at the beginning of the innings - always good for one wicket or two.
The difference is that we did not need an Aaqib then (given the talent pool) as much we need sohail khan now (given the talent pool).

 

[jeetu]

Emergence of Shoaib Akhtar and Azhar Mehmood in mid 90's pretty reduced him as a backup bowler. He was unfortunate to play in the era where Pakistan has lots of bowling options.

 

[Death lor888]

Aaqib was a talented bowler, bowled a mean leg cutter and reversed the old ball. The problem was his lack of pace on subcontinent wickets caught up with him.



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Aaqib could not reverse swing. He has talked about this in previous interviews. He claims to have to know hows of reverse swing but it was one thing he was not capable of bowling.

 

[Bilal7]

Imran Khan's exit did hurt. Several of the players that played under Imran were only moderately talented, but they were used very intelligently by their captain and thus, punched well above their weight.

 

[Bilal7]

Aaqib could not reverse swing. He has talked about this in previous interviews. He claims to have to know hows of reverse swing but it was one thing he was not capable of bowling.

Why would that be? After seeing Anderson and Broad reverse-swing the ball in the UAE, a lack of pace is not a good enough reason.

 

[Asif khan]

Aaqib could not reverse swing. He has talked about this in previous interviews. He claims to have to know hows of reverse swing but it was one thing he was not capable of bowling.

Towards the end of his playing days he was only playing ODI's and he used to reverse it on a regular basis. It was never very effective due to his lack of speed but it was there.

Pakistan played a spade of ODI'S vs India over that period and he was a regular fixture.

In tests he couldn't but then he never lasted long enough to develop the skill.


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[Last Monetarist]

Aqib wasn't good enough ultimately. He only took 50 odd wickets in more than 20 tests at an average of 35. He was a good support bowler in ODI cricket but no more than that. He was cannon fodder once the ball stopped swinging as he had no pace and his action wasn't suited to reverse swing despite playing with a tampered ball some of the time. If he was playing on the flat pancakes of today, he'd be considered worse than Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

 

[Lurker_Ind]

Pak team back in 90's was loaded with so many bowling options. Hard for anyone to have a consistent run unless you are Wasim or Waqar.

 

[muqarrab]

Aqqib was ok at best, maybe the correct question is why was he selected ahead of saleem jaafar, mohsim kamal and perhaps a genuine all rounder like naveed anjum. All three were ok new ball bowlers.

And the correct answer to your question is that when u lead a revolt against wasim, you should really expect him to fight for your selection...

 

[blue_champion]

Why would that be? After seeing Anderson and Broad reverse-swing the ball in the UAE, a lack of pace is not a good enough reason.

Huh? Anderson and definitely Broad are much quicker than Aquib ever was.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Huh? Anderson and definitely Broad are much quicker than Aquib ever was.

Exactly, Aqib's average speed was around 80 mph. Sadly he was no Mohammad Asif or Courtney Walsh to be able to get away with it.

 

[Savak]

Did Aaqib Javed's career suffer after the exit of Imran Khan?

I have watched many videos of Aqib. I believe under IK he looks to be an entirely different bowler and looks like a serious wicket taking option. His best performances came under his captaincy. Up to 1992 I see a bowler bowling with decent pace and swinging the new and old ball both ways.

However after the exit of IK, he became a complete sidekick to the two W''s. He had a chest and shoulder operation at the end of 1992 after which his action had changed and it appeared he had lost pace as well.

Didn't help he never got a consistent run in the team afterwards and got relegated to a fill in for Wasim, Waqar when they were injured and was regarded as an ODI specialist. There are other theories rendering his career being shortened due to match fixing issues back in those days

Would IK have allowed him to slip away to oblivion like he did under his watch?

 

[todfod 11]

He was a great bowler but After shoaib entered the scene he got overlooked. I still feel he under achieved alot in his career

 

[MenInG]

He was an excellent backup bowler but could not hold his place in team.

 

[MoJoJoJo]

He was a good bowler but pretty average stats. Average of 34.70 in tests. 31.43 in ODIs. One of my favorite bowlers though. Still remember his famous wicket on slower delivery.

 

[gazza619]

He was a good bowler but pretty average stats. Average of 34.70 in tests. 31.43 in ODIs. One of my favorite bowlers though. Still remember his famous wicket on slower delivery.

Lol Ishant Sharma who apparently is categorised as one of the Indian great pacer averages 35 in tests..
I would take Aaqib over Ishant any day of the week in all formats.
Having said that Aaqib was an ODI specialist.