Dubai; Former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan on
Wednesday was judged by Twitter users for being the best captain whose cricket
thrived during captaincy. Imran Khan was put up against India captain Virat
Kohli; former South African captain AB de Villiers; current captain of
Australia’s women Team Meg Lanning in a Twitter poll by the International
Cricket Council (ICC) that was launched a day earlier. A total of 536,346 votes
were cast in the poll with Imran Khan securing 47.3% of the votes. India's
Virat Kohli was a close second in the poll and received 46.2% of the votes. On
the other hand; Ab de Villiers bagged 6% of the votes while Meg Lanning ranked
last after securing 0.5% of the votes. The ICC said that for these four players
the captaincy stood out for them and became a blessing for them. It said the
players' averages improved when they became leaders of their dressing room. ‘You
decide which of these “pacesetters” were the best among these geniuses!’
tweeted the ICC. The ICC tweets show that Virat Kohli’s average shot up to
73.88 from 51.29 in ODIs when he took over the captaincy. On the other hand,
South Africa’s Ab de Villiers average was 45.97 when he was not the captain but
during the captaincy; the average shot up to 63.94. Meanwhile; Meg Lanning also
saw a spike in her average when she became the captain. The stats show that
when she was not the captain she was averaging 43.87 but while playing as the
skipper her average rose to 60.93. Imran Khan, who is also the current prime
minister of the country, had a test average of 25.43 with the bat and 25.53
with the bowl in Tests. However, the world cup winning skipper’s Test average
was 52.34 and bowling average was 20.26 when he was captaining.
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