Imran Khan beats Virat Kohli in ICC poll

 Imran Khan beats Virat Kohli in ICC poll

Combo shows former Pakistan captain Imran Khan (L) and Indian skipper Virat Kohli (R).

A total of 536,346 votes were cast in poll

Imran Khan secured 47.3% of the votes

Virat Kohli came in second with 46.2% of votes

DUBAI: Former Pakistan cricket team captain Imran Khan on Wednesday was judged by Twitter users for being the simplest captain whose cricket thrived during captaincy.

Imran Khan was put up against India captain Virat Kohli, former South African captain AB de Villiers, current captain of Australia’s women Team Meg Lanning during a Twitter poll by the International Cricket Council (ICC) that was launched each day earlier.

A total of 536,346 votes were cast within the poll with Imran Khan securing 47.3% of the votes.

India's Virat Kohli was an in depth second within the poll and received 46.2% of the votes.

On the opposite hand, Ab de Villiers bagged 6% of the votes while Meg Lanning ranked last after securing 0.5% of the votes.

The ICC said that for these four players the captaincy stood out for them and have become a blessing for them. It said the players' averages improved once they became leaders of their room .

“You decide which of those ‘pacesetters’ were the simplest among these geniuses!” tweeted the ICC.

The ICC tweets show that Virat Kohli’s average shot up to 73.88 from 51.29 in ODIs when he took over the captaincy.

On the opposite hand, South Africa’s Ab de Villiers average was 45.97 when he wasn't the captain but during the captaincy, the typical shot up to 63.94.

Meanwhile, Meg Lanning also saw a spike in her average when she became the captain. The stats show that when she wasn't the captain she was averaging 43.87 but while playing because the skipper her average rose to 60.93.

Imran Khan, who is additionally the present prime minister of the country, had a test average of 25.43 with the bat and 25.53 with the bowl in Tests. However, the planet cup winning skipper’s Test average was 52.34 and bowling average was 20.26 when he was captaining.