Waqar Younis biography
Among all the fast bowlers who love to crush the toes of the batsman. There’s one name who stands tall and made the records of outswing yorker bowled. Pakistan is the hub of fast bowlers and this man belonged to his hub. Waqar Younis, the world knows him as toe crusher, outswinger, and many more.
Waqar Younis has given Pakistan so many victories and moments to his fans that no one can ever forget it. When he arrived, he was deadly from the beginning. Every batsman used to be scared of facing Waqar Younis’s Yorkers and they knew what’s coming for them.
His life was filled with ups and downs along with achievements as well.
Facts:
Date of Birth: November 16, 1971
Nationality: Pakistani
Wife: Dr. Faryal Waqar Younis
Son & Daughter: Azaan Waqar (Son), Mariam Waqar, Maira Waqar (Daughters)
Early Era
Waqar Younis was born in born in Vehari Pakistan on 16 November 1971. He was raised by his father who used to work as a contract worker in the United Arab Emirates. But he returned to Pakistan and Waqar started playing cricket in his teenage.
Waqar Younis always got the spark of doing something. Every player debut in their prime, but none of them had one the way Waqar had.
In 1989, Waqar Younis debuted against the rival India that every single Pakistani bowler would love to do it. Waqar got the chance to show his pace and power. Believe it or not, he did by taking four important wickets in his debut. He took the wickets of Sanjay Manjrekar, Manoj Prabhakar, Sachin Tendulkar, and Kapil Dev.
In that test match, Waqar shined and secured the spot for the ODI debut. He debuted in ODI against West Indies where he didn’t pick any wickets but his economy rate was good.
Rise Of Waqar’s Journey
Waqar was doing good, but not good enough. His success journey begins when he is paired with Wasim Akram where they both were the deadly combos of Pakistan. One was Swing of Sultan and another one was Toe Crusher.
They both were called “Burewala Express”. What made Waqar superior was his technique to bowl. A yorker with a late swing at the last moment makes the ball unplayable for players. In 1994 against New Zealand, he got the hat trick which raised the bar for him and exhibited his bowling pace.
Believe it or not, he changed the perception of bowling. His style was different from others, he didn’t use to bowl short ones instead he always goes for full length. As mentioned above, he had ups and downs but his down was not good for him.
At the time of his staying at the peak, he was dropped in 2000 after the conflict with Wasim Akram. Everyone knows no matter how deadly they were together but they didn’t like each other at all.
The same year, he got himself banned for ball tempering was fined half of the match fee. He was also the first player to be banned from a match for such inappropriate action. All of this happened while he was a captain.
In the 2003 world cup, he was off bowling attack due to his beamer at Australian player Andrew Symonds. His captaincy career wasn’t good at all.
On the domestic side, he grabbed the fine attention of the English side and he played with Surrey in the 90s. in 1991, he was the lion as he took the club on his shoulder with his bowling attack and picked 113 wickets in 582 overs.
Achievements & Records
Waqar Younis holds the record of best strike rate for any bowler with almost over 350 test matches. He also holds the best bowling figures as a captain in ODI (7/36). He was also the first captain to get seven wickets to haul in ODI.
Most four wickets haul in ODI cricket with the consecutive five-wicket hauls in terms of innings and he’s the only player to achieve this milestone.
Retirement & Coaching
After the sudden retirement from international cricket, Waqar Younis joined the Pakistan cricket team as a coach in 2006. But didn’t continue and resigned in a year to start his journey as a commentator.
But in 2009 he came back like bowling and along with that fielding coach. Later he became the head coach but didn’t work out. Due to the team’s not up to the mark performance and some personal reasons forced to retire from the position after the 2011 World Cup.
He also coached an IPL team sunrises Hyderabad in 2013 and he was again re-appointed as a bowling coach for Pakistan in 2014.
This year Waqar and Misbah both resigned from their respective position due to again some personal reasons in the mid of the contract.
Waqar Younis had a great time, but some people say that at the time when he should be the main one he was overshadowed by Wasim Akram and that led to his darkness.
