Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday remembered former spinner Abdul Qadir as a 'genius' a day after the legendary cricketer died of a heart attack. Cricket hero-turned-politician Imran Khan and Qadir had a long and eventful association as team-mates. Qadir, who would have turned 64 on September 15, was a favourite of the former captain. "Abdul Qadir was a genius, one of the greatest leg spinners of all time," Khan tweeted, as fans all over Pakistan mourned the player's death. "And he was also the life of the dressing room entertaining the team with his wit & humour".

"Qadir's bowling statistics do not do justice to his genius," said Khan. "Had he been playing cricket now with the modern DRS system, where batsmen can be given out on the front foot as well, Qadir would have gotten as many wickets as the great Shane Warne".

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