5 Greatest all-rounders to have ever played the gentleman's game

#4 Sir Ian Botham (England)

Bedser and Botham

Sir Ian Botham is England's most prominent personality the gentleman's game has ever witnessed. He was leaps and bounds ahead of his contemporaries and remains one of the greatest mascots to have graced the game.

He is the only second player in the history of the game to have picked up a 10-wicket haul in a match, and a century too in the same game. In his career as a Test cricketer, Botham was a part of 102 Tests, where he picked up 383 scalps with 27 five-wicket hauls in an innings, and 4 ten-wicket hauls in a game.

When it came to batting,

he was an equally potent player, as he accumulated a total of 5,200 runs at an average of 33.54, with 14 centuries and 22 half-centuries.

#3 Kapil Dev (India)

Kapil Dev

The Haryana Hurricane is the reason behind India's triumphant victory in the 1983 World Cup. His blistering knock of 175 against Zimbabwe in the World Cup campaign came at a point when India had zero chances of bouncing back into the scene, and from that knock onwards, they went on to lift the most coveted World Cup.

Talking about his Test statistics, he has 434 wickets in 131 Tests to his name, and 5,248 runs at an average of 31.05 with 8 centuries and 27 half-centuries which make him an exemplary figure in the World of cricket.

With 23 five-wicket hauls in an innings, and 2-10 wicket hauls in a match, it's no surprise for his name to lie so high in the greatest all-rounder category.