The three cricketers to have scored 100+ runs and taken 10+ wickets in a Test match

#3 Imran Khan

There was a healthy competition between Imran Khan, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and Richard Hadlee for the tag of the best all-rounder of the 1980s. Given the competitive spirit of the former Pakistan captain, I’m sure that he would have been determined to match Botham’s achievement of a 100 and 10 wickets in the same game.

He didn’t take long as in 1983, just 3 years after the English all-rounder’s unique feat, Imran Khan scored a 100 and took 11 wickets against India in Faisalabad himself.

The cricketer, who has since turned, politician toiled hard in the 1st innings on a pretty flat surface to take 6/98 in the 1st innings. When it was Pakistan’s turn to reply to India’s total of 372 in the 1st innings, Imran cashed in by making a quick-fire 117 off 121 balls which took Pakistan’s total to a colossal 652.

The Indians were trailing Pakistan by 280 runs going into the 2nd innings and needed a big effort from their batsmen. Sunil Gavaskar, the Indian captain, not one to give in easily, put in a resolute performance scoring 127*, but he didn’t get support from the other end, as Imran ran through the rest of the batting line-up with a match-winning spell of 5/82 from 30 odd overs.