Ranking top 10 No. 4 Test batsmen of all-time
Traditionally, the No. 4 batting position is reserved for the best batsman in the team.
8. Younis Khan
Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan had an illustrious Test career. He is the only cricketer in the history of the sport to have scored a 100 in every Test-playing nation. He is also the highest run-getter and has the most centuries to his name in Test Cricket for his country. Khan is among the rare breed with a conversion rate of over 50%, with 34 100s and 33 50s in a career spanning 17 years.
Khan scored 4985 runs in 107 innings at a monstrous average of 53.03, with 17 100s and 17 50s to his name. He is considered as one of the greatest players of spin bowling, but he didn’t struggle away from home in pacer-friendly conditions. Particularly strong on the leg-side, he was a master-chaser in Test Cricket. He scored 991 runs in 23 innings at an average of 66.07( highest for anyone with minimum 500 runs), with 3 100s and 5 50s batting at 4.
One of Khan’s better performances was his 4th innings 171* vs Sri Lanka in 2015. Pakistan were chasing a massive target of 377, as he walked into bat with the score at 13/2. He stitched partnerships with Masood and Misbah in what was the architect of a famous Pakistan win in Galle.
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