We should be at the top: Waqar

We should be at the top: Waqar

KARACHI: Regarding Misbah-ul-Haq's recognized qualities as instrumental in Pakistan's eminent ascent to No. 1 in Test cricket rankings, previous chief Waqar Younis trusts the inconvenience hit group should be at the top. 

"It's a pleased minute for the entire country," Waqar said. "It's an enormous minute for Misbah and for the whole group, as all the diligent work at long last paid off. It's generally a definitive dream to wind up the No. 1 group on the planet, and there is no group other than Pakistan that should be at the top. 

"They endured a considerable measure in last seven-eight years however they have played extraordinary cricket from the beginning," he included. 

"There were a considerable measure of issues out of sight — those discussions and particularly cricket not being played in the nation and the young men being dependably out and about and far from home. 

"So that is the significant part I feel the group ought to be pleased with. We continued pushing ahead after each obstacle, never stayed down and continued battling despite seemingly insurmountable opposition. That battle makes this an astounding minute for the nation." 

Waqar was supplanted as head mentor by Mickey Arthur, who joined the group 10 days before the continuous England visit. 

"I am sincerely touched and, no, it's not about assuming acknowledgment for what I have done. I would rather give full credit to Misbah, who has demonstrated flexibility against his commentators and never talked a brutal word when things were turning out badly," Waqar said. 

"Individuals were pulverizing him down as a result of his style of play, however now I think those individuals ought to be pleased as Pakistanis. What else would you be able to need from him? He did everything in his own specific manner and, regardless of whether individuals like his direction, it is working for the nation and has taken us to the highest point of the world. What else would you like to accomplish?" 

Misbah's trustworthiness and inspiration in spite of confronting compelling feedback, Waqar demanded, was the prime element in Pakistan's monster jump. 

"It was Misbah's trustworthiness and great purpose that had a gigantic effect. His positive expectations and his qualities are remarkable. His serenity — I have never seen him reviling his pundits. 

"Despite the fact that previous and current players let him down, he never reacted. In any case, look what he has accomplished. This is the sort of thing that made him the best. Pakistan is the group that should be the No. 1 side," said Waqar. 

Then, another previous Pakistan skipper and quick knocking down some pins legend Wasim Akram accepts there is nobody in the present group to supplant Misbah. 

"Misbah is a quiet head and is exceptionally develop both on and off the field, which makes him an awesome pioneer," Wasim said while having a long communication with his fans on online networking. 

The left-arm pace knocking down some pins symbol additionally named Misbah a 'sensible and genuine pioneer'. 

A fan asked Wasim who might be the nearest successor to him in the present Pakistan group, the previous quick bowler conceded that it must be Mohammad Amir who, the 1992 World Cup legend said, is youthful and bowls his heart out basically the way Wasim used to do in his childhood days. 

Wasim additionally picked center request batsman Asad Shafiq as his most loved player in the present Pakistan group, saying he was exceptionally awed with the way the privilege hander batted at the No.6 in England. 

The way Asad returned with a wonderful century in The Oval Test in the wake of getting a couple in the third Test at Edgbaston demonstrates his mental sturdiness, noted Wasim.