He certainly is the most complete bowler of the lot.I would say he is the most promising and the complete Emerging/Young bowler in the world.Here a few reasons why:
.Is good in all forms of the game.Has a thinking head.I don't know about you guys but every time he runs in and bowls you get the feeling something is gonna happen.
.Has the ability to get the batsman out my outsmarting/outthinking them.For example look at the India series.Bowled Kohli the inswinger while getting him to think that he was going to bowl the outswinger.In the against WI bowled Sameuls the bouncer and got him completely unaware.Shortly has a good head on his shoulders.
.Can bowl anywhere in the inning and on any kind of surface.If the surface is not doing much he can bowl good tight lines and keep it wicket to wicket from both sides of the wicket.I think his ability to go around the wicket is really underrated.There aren't a lot of bowlers who can go around the wicket at will and still maintain the consistency in length and line.He seems to do it with ease.I think he bowled his entire spell from around the wicket in his last game.
.Is good with the new bowl and can reverse it with the old one.Has all the weapons in the armory, the inswinger,the outswinger, the yorker,bouncer, slower one,you name it.
.Is really good at the death.But I believe he can still become better.This is one area where in my opinion he has to improve.He bowls good 4-5 balls and then one ordinary one.I think he tries to do too much and hence ends up bowling 1-2 bad ones(In his entire spell mind you,the other gift is only with the great Wahab Raiz). In the last game Vs WI for example he bowled that short one to Sammy and got hit for a six.It was one time too many.
.If he isn't getting wickets he can hold his end tight.Has a very good economy of under 4.5.
.Has good pace.Can crank it up in the mid 140's if he likes.
.Has a good record in both ODI's and tests and he has some truly great spells in the later where it's not even a competition as to who is better.An average of under 25 in odi's at an economy of under 4.5 is excellent.In test he averages 29 which will get better in future.
.As a captain/coach/fan I would definitely want Junaid Khan in my team as he bring a long range of options or abilities others don't.Irfan is great but he can't give me what Junaid can.If we are playing on a dead pancake as is the case in Dubai or generally in ODI's Junaid can utilize the new bowl,can give me a bowling option at the death.Has the ability to reverse.Can come around the wicket to try a new angle.Has that surprise yorker.Can bowl any where in the innings and if all fails can give 10 overs at a good economy rate.
.So yeah Junaid Khan is my first in the Pakistani team ahead of everyone else.
