Pakistan's all-time ODI XI

Spinners

#11 Saqlain Mushtaq

Saqlain Mushtaq was the first exponent of the famous 'Doosra'

Considering how Muttiah Muralitharan exploited the 'Doosra', one may be forgiven for mistakenly assuming that the Sri Lankan great invented this weapon. Today, it has become the most potent arrow in every off-spinner's quiver and is so commonly used that some off-spinners tend to bowl the Doosra more often than the stock off-spinner. It was Saqlain Mushtaq who first used this innovative delivery to great effect and flummoxed many batsmen.

In his heyday, he was an amazing wicket-taker and his overall ODI record of 288 wickets in just 169 matches is evidence of that. He also has two ODI hat-tricks to his name, a feat accomplished by Wasim Akram and Chaminda Vaas among others. It is unfathomable that a bowler of his calibre played his last ODI at the age of 27, in 2003. The wily tweaker from Lahore will be the frontline spinner in our team.