Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan)
Wasim Akram once said that if a pacer, after being whacked for six appreciates the batsman, he is not a true fast bowler. Similar was the case with the Rawalpindi Express Shoaib Akhtar. With his 150 kmph bullets and lethal stares, he was a rue fast bowler pumped with aggressiveness. Whether it was opening up Gary Kirsten with a cracking bouncer, attacking a team-mate with a bat or getting into verbal wars with Harbhajan Singh or Gautam Gambhir, Akhtar is regarded as one of the top short tempered cricketers of the world.