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Rank your top five Asian all-rounders ever in ODIs and Tests

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Below I have ranked the top 5 all rounders from Asia across formats.

Tests

Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Shakib Al Hasan
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ravindra Jadeja

ODIs

Sanath Jayasuriya
Kapil Dev
Imran Khan
Shakib Al Hasan
Shahid Afridi

How would you rank the top 5 all-rounders to have played the game from Asia?:afridi
 
I would give Mudassar Nazar consideration in ODIs.
 
Razzaq was a better odi all rounder than afridi
 
When it comes to genuine all-rounders, I would argue that in tests, Jayasuriya should not be considered. He got 90 odd wickets in 110 tests he played. Also, add Vinoo Mankad in test cricket. He was an opening batsmen(has a double hundred) and a Jadeja level bowler.

My ranking would be

Tests:-

Imran Khan
Kapil Dev
Vinoo Mankad
Shakib Al Hasan
Ravindra Jadeja

ODIs:-

Kapil Dev
Sanath Jayasuriya
Imran Khan
Shakib Al Hasan
Abdul Razzaq/ Shahid Afridi( probably Razzaq)
 
For Tests
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Bat Av [/td][td]100 [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Bowl Av [/td][td]5W [/td][td]Ave Diff [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imran Khan (PAK) [/td][td]1971-1992 [/td][td]88 [/td][td]3807 [/td][td]37.69 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]362 [/td][td]22.81 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]14.88 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RA Jadeja (INDIA) [/td][td]2012-2020 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]1869 [/td][td]35.26 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]213 [/td][td]24.62 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]10.63 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH) [/td][td]2007-2019 [/td][td]56 [/td][td]3862 [/td][td]39.4 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]210 [/td][td]31.12 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]8.27 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Ashwin (INDIA) [/td][td]2011-2020 [/td][td]71 [/td][td]2389 [/td][td]28.1 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]365 [/td][td]25.43 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]2.67 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Kapil Dev (INDIA) [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]131 [/td][td]5248 [/td][td]31.05 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]434 [/td][td]29.64 [/td][td]23 [/td][td]1.4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IK Pathan (INDIA) [/td][td]2003-2008 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]1105 [/td][td]31.57 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]100 [/td][td]32.26 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]-0.68 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MH Mankad (INDIA) [/td][td]1946-1959 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2109 [/td][td]31.47 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]162 [/td][td]32.32 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]-0.84 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RJ Shastri (INDIA) [/td][td]1981-1992 [/td][td]80 [/td][td]3830 [/td][td]35.79 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]151 [/td][td]40.96 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]-5.16 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdul Razzaq (PAK) [/td][td]1999-2006 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]1946 [/td][td]28.61 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]100 [/td][td]36.94 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]-8.32 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

Imran is easily the best Asian Test AR. Kapil comes at 2.
3, 4 , 5 spot gets has 4 genuine contenders , all are spin AR.
I'll go with Mankad at 3rd because he was good enough to open the inning.
4th Ashwin for his bowling
5th Shakib for his batting.
6th Jadeja (may go few spots up in time)
7th Razzak
8th Pathan
9th Shastri
10th Akram (for 3 centuries and ATG bowling)
 
For ODI's
[table=width: 600, class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Bat Av [/td][td]100 [/td][td]Wkts [/td][td]Bowl Av [/td][td]5W [/td][td]Ave Diff [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shakib Al Hasan (BDESH) [/td][td]2006-2019 [/td][td]206 [/td][td]6323 [/td][td]37.86 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]260 [/td][td]30.21 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]7.64 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Imran Khan (PAK) [/td][td]1974-1992 [/td][td]175 [/td][td]3709 [/td][td]33.41 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]182 [/td][td]26.61 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]6.79 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Abdul Razzaq (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2011 [/td][td]261 [/td][td]5031 [/td][td]29.94 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]268 [/td][td]31.53 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]-1.59 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Kapil Dev (INDIA) [/td][td]1978-1994 [/td][td]225 [/td][td]3783 [/td][td]23.79 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]253 [/td][td]27.45 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]-3.65 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ST Jayasuriya (SL) [/td][td]1989-2011 [/td][td]441 [/td][td]13364 [/td][td]32.51 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]320 [/td][td]36.67 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]-4.16 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RA Jadeja (INDIA) [/td][td]2009-2020 [/td][td]165 [/td][td]2296 [/td][td]31.88 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]187 [/td][td]36.57 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]-4.68 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Prabhakar (INDIA) [/td][td]1984-1996 [/td][td]130 [/td][td]1858 [/td][td]24.12 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]157 [/td][td]28.87 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]-4.74 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]IK Pathan (INDIA) [/td][td]2004-2012 [/td][td]120 [/td][td]1544 [/td][td]23.39 [/td][td]0 [/td][td]173 [/td][td]29.72 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]-6.32 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shahid Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]1996-2015 [/td][td]393 [/td][td]8027 [/td][td]23.81 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]393 [/td][td]34.53 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]-10.71 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]NLTC Perera (SL) [/td][td]2009-2020 [/td][td]164 [/td][td]2316 [/td][td]20.13 [/td][td]1 [/td][td]172 [/td][td]32.95 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]-12.81 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

I'll go with
1. Kapil
2. Imran
3. Shakib
4. Razzak
5. Jayasuriya
6. Afridi
7. Prabhakar
8. Pathan
9. Jadeja
10. Parera

Kapil and Imran are easily in Top 2 and Interchangeable as both have merits.
 
In tests
Imran khan
Kapil dev
Mankad
Shakib
Jadeja

In odi
Imran
Kapil
Jaysoriya
Shakib
Afridi
 
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