Top 5 All Rounders In Indian Cricket

 All Rounders are the Key to Success in Limited Overs Format Nowadays. The World Cricket has Produced so many Great All Rounders like Kallis, Garry Sobers, Kapil Dev who had created an equal Impact both with the ball as well as the Bat.

What Makes All Rounders so Special? Well, they Provide the Exact Balance what the team needs, As well as they Provide a lot of Options for the Captain to choose from. In Modern day Cricket, The Value for One Dimensional Cricketers are getting reduced Day by Day, Teams looking for Players who provides more Skill Set.

In the History of Indian Cricket, there have been so many great all rounders, Mostly Spin Bowling all rounders, Some very few Fast bowling all rounders like Kapil Dev, Hardik Pandya, Irfan Pathan, Etc.

 As a Whole, Which 5 All rounders are the most Best? Here we’re to find it out.

#5. Vinoo Mankad

A Popular name, The Act “Mankad” is even named after him only. But Very few know that he was one of the Most Valuable All Rounder India had in that Era. He is a Right Handed Batsman who would Bowl Chinaman. He has played only Test Format in his career, But has been splendid both with the Bat and Ball

Just look at his Scintillating stats

He is known for his Record of Highest Opening Partnership of 413 Runs with Pankaj Roy during that Time which was broken only after 52 Odd Years.

#4. Ravichandran Ashwin

India’s Spear-Head Spinner, World’s Best Off Spinner, And there are Many More to Justify him as an All time great in Test Format, He has a very good stats in ODIs as well as in T20s too!! But as a Batsman, Ashwin has achieved some things which are unnoticed. He has 5 Centuries to his Name as a Batsman in Test Cricket, 2 of them came in Overseas. Some of his Memorable Batting Knocks came this Year, His Rock Solid Knock in the Sydney against Australia in the 3rd Test, His Century against England in a Rank Turner Respectively. Thus, Ashwin Certainly deserves to take the 4th spot in my List.

#3. Yuvraj Singh

A man who Fought both On-Field as well as Off-Field throughout his Career, 2011 WC Man of the Tournament. Yuvi Paji is Known for his Graceful Batting, He is also someone who could give you some Few overs Handily as a Left arm Spinner. Unlike Other in the List, Yuvi hasn’t been a great test Player, Limited Overs Format is his Strength. Yuvi has amassed 8000+ Runs in ODI cricket Despite of being a Finisher, Has also took 111 Wickets consisting of a 5 Wicket Haul in ODIs. Statistically, As Per ICC rankings, He is India’s 2nd Best T20 All rounder after Virat Kohli, Suprising? Isn’t it?

#2. Ravindra Jadeja

A Man for Everything, A Match Winner in all 3 Departments (Batting, Bowling, Fielding), A Match Winner in all 3 Formats, Equally Excelled in all 3 Versions of the Game. Is there anything which Jadeja cannot do in a Cricket Field?

Started his Career as a Bowling All Rounder, But Reincarnated himself as a Genuine all Rounder in the last 2 Years with his Tremendous Batting Form, It all started from the Knock he played against NZ in the semis of WC 2019, From there, The Curve of Jadeja’s Career kept on Raising. Not only his Batting and Bowling, His Fielding is “Out of the World”, Has a Gun Arm and shoots the Stump like an Arrow. Here are his Amazing Stats in all three formats

#1. Kapil Dev

Unarguably the Best All Rounder to wear the Indian Jersey, He is Compared with the Likes of Greats like Kallis, Imran Khan. A Tall Strong Fast Bowler who Beats the Batsman Every now and then with his Banana Swing. Equally a Good Batsman, Rescued India many times with his Stunning Batting. He is Known for his Natraja Shot.

A World Cup Winning Captain for India, Later also become the Coach of Indian Team but resigned soon for some Harsh Reasons. His “175 Not Out” Knock against Zimbabwe is my Personal Favourite, Which is also the Highest Run scored Knock playing that Position in ODI cricket.

Some Honourable Mentions are Hardik Pandya, Irfan Pathan, Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi Shastri.