The Most Underrated XI in Cricket History

These cricketers  have not got the credit they deserved
These cricketers have not got the credit they deserved

#7 Mark Boucher

South Africa v England - 4th Test Day One
Boucher was not as hailed as his longtime opponent Adam Gilchrist and was underappreciated

A complete wicketkeeper who could keep wickets with equal finesse to all kinds of bowlers, Mark Boucher, without a doubt one of the greatest wicketkeepers of all time.

The Proteas wicketkeeper-batsman holds the record for most number of dismissals in tests by 532 catches and 23 stumpings in 147 Tests.

Besides being a purist behind the stumps, Boucher had been a more than a handly explosive lower-order batsman with an average in excess of 30 across the formats.

His knock of 43-ball-50 in the record 434-run chase against Australia at the Wanderers in 2006, dismantling the potent Aussie bowling will remain etched in the record books as a special knock.

After being severely injured by a bail in his right eye during a warm-up in 2012, Boucher announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket.

For all his services to the cricket, Boucher was not as hailed as his longtime opponent Adam Gilchrist and was underappreciated.

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