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Waqar Younis

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Waqar Younis Maitla HI (Punjabi, Urdu: وقار یونس میتلا; born 16 November 1971) is a Pakistani cricket coach, commentator and former cricketer who captained Pakistan national cricket team. A right-arm fast bowler, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He is the former head coach of the Pakistani cricket team. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Waqar Younis has received more than 2,142,715 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Waqar Younis is the 66th most popular cricketer (down from 56th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 175th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Pakistani Cricketer.

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  • 17

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  • 1.18

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  • 3.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Waqar Younis ranks 66 out of 136. Before her are Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Jacques Kallis, Zaheer Khan, Glenn McGrath, and Babar Azam. After her are Matthew Hayden, Shoaib Malik, Imran Tahir, Mushfiqur Rahim, Steve Smith, and Shreyas Iyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1971, Waqar Younis ranks 1,036. Before her are Biplab Kumar Deb, Ryoichi Fukushige, Takehisa Sakamoto, John Roberts, Graham Alexander, and Daisuke Ishihara. After her are Matthew Hayden, Robert Gibbs, Takashi Onishi, Kenya Moore, Tony Sanneh, and Shinya Hagihara.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Waqar Younis ranks 196 out of 217. Before her are Shoaib Akhtar (1975), Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (1980), Atif Aslam (1983), Fawad Khan (1981), Babar Azam (1994), and Sabatina James (1982). After her are Shoaib Malik (1982), Amjad Sabri (1970), Imran Tahir (1979), Ali Zafar (1980), Muniba Mazari (1987), and Misbah-ul-Haq (1974).

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Among CRICKETERS In Pakistan

Among cricketers born in Pakistan, Waqar Younis ranks 6. Before her are Wasim Akram (1966), Shahid Afridi (1980), Inzamam-ul-Haq (1970), Shoaib Akhtar (1975), and Babar Azam (1994). After her are Shoaib Malik (1982), Imran Tahir (1979), Misbah-ul-Haq (1974), Younis Khan (1975), Mohammad Amir (1992), and Mohammad Hafeez (1980).

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