Switchblade Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Quote https://www.crictracker.com/when-i-was-18-i-wasnt-as-powerful-as-prithvi-shaw-brian-lara/ When I was 18, I wasn’t as powerful as Shaw Prithvi Shaw scored a century and a half century in his debut series. Lara minced no words in saying that he wasn’t close to Shaw at the same age. While he mentioned that his was a completely different era, Lara added that the youngster is a great striker of the ball. “First of all, Prithvi is a right-hander and he is more of a mix of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. I remember when I was 18, I was not as powerful as he is. Also, the way we were accustomed to bat was very different back in those days. Prithvi strikes the ball very well and looks a very good player, very solid,” he was quoted as saying by DNA. Shaw has a great appetite to learn Lara continued to shower praises on the youngster. The U19 World Cup winning captain has elevated to higher levels in a really short time. The Windies legend described Shaw as someone who had an immense hunger to learn. He was confident to watch him improve even more as time passes. “I see Prithvi as somebody who has a great love and passion for the game. I see in him a great appetite to learn and that is the most important thing as no matter how much talent you possess, you must keep learning and he has that humbleness. I know he will keep improving.” Lara said in the interview. velu 1 Link to comment
mishra Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 But you were most elegant bat to watch. That unmatcheable bat lift and swing, Man! Lara was a treat Cricketics 1 Link to comment
jusarrived Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 I dont think its power , rather heavier bats sandsaims, nevada and Switchblade 3 Link to comment
rkt.india Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 54 minutes ago, mishra said: But you were most elegant bat to watch. That unmatcheable bat lift and swing, Man! Lara was a treat for me, yuvraj was the most watchable left handed batsman, not lara. diehardpacer and raki05 2 Link to comment
Switchblade Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 minute ago, rkt.india said: for me, yuvraj was the most watchable left handed batsman, not lara. Lara in full flow was great to watch though. Link to comment
mishra Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, rkt.india said: for me, yuvraj was the most watchable left handed batsman, not lara. Yuvi had that punch . But In case of Lara their was that foot movemvert, transfer of weight, backfoot, front foot. He had very good(slim fit) physique to look it so elegant. Edited October 17, 2018 by mishra Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Too much hype given to this kid which might actually affect his game. Why cant oldies like Sachin/Lara etc just let the kid play at least 10 tests first? Hope these praises don't jinx him Switchblade, AuxiliA, Vilander and 3 others 1 5 Link to comment
Switchblade Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 20 minutes ago, Austin 3:!6 said: Too much hype given to this kid which might actually affect his game. Why cant oldies like Sachin/Lara etc just let the kid play at least 10 tests first? Hope these praises don't jinx him Agree with you he is a great talent but Windies are a weak side real test would be in Australia where he has to face Starc,Cummins,Lyon or Hazlewood but he will be touring for the first time so have to be easy on him. Austin 3:!6 1 Link to comment
Rightarmfast Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 1 hour ago, rkt.india said: for me, yuvraj was the most watchable left handed batsman, not lara. Had Yuvraj established himself in Test cricket, then the world would have acknowledged this. Switchblade 1 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 For me ,the most devastating and flamboyant left hander was none other than Adam GILCHRIST I know many would differ here,but he was my favorite batsman among all express bowling 1 Link to comment
Suhaan Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) this kid could go in Vinod Kambli way,the most dreaded fear. These legends are actually his greatest enemies Edited October 17, 2018 by Suhaan Link to comment
GolGappe Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Too many expectations from the little kid. Will know half way thru the Aussie tour if he is a finished product or still work in progress. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 3 hours ago, rkt.india said: for me, yuvraj was the most watchable left handed batsman, not lara. Yuvraj was treat and one of the most elegant batsmen ever against fast bowling. But Lara I would say overall was class when playing spin also. Lara’s elegant game against spin was the most fun part about Lara. Those coverdrives and backfoot cut and sweeps to spinners along with dancing down the track, made Lara a sight to behold against spinners. Switchblade and velu 2 Link to comment
GolGappe Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Lara's unorthodoxy made him such a joy to watch. Switchblade and express bowling 2 Link to comment
Vilander Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 man fcuk...all this is because of cheerleader. Now Sachin and Lara also followed through... pray and imagine Shaw does well lol. Adi BB and Switchblade 2 Link to comment
Muloghonto Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 4 hours ago, rkt.india said: for me, yuvraj was the most watchable left handed batsman, not lara. then you didn't watch Lara at his peak. Simple. Much more elegant than Yuvraj, who just has elegant drives. MCcricket and ravishingravi 1 1 Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 (edited) don't know, but for me Sachin was the more elegant when compared to Lara. To put it precisely, those batsmen that made batting look so simple were the more pleasing to the eye for me. In short these batsmen made all the movements, namely forward movement of the feet , back lift of the bat, and the push at the ball appear as if to happen as uniformly( all at the same moment of time as possible it could be)) as possible when they played the shots. In that sense Anwar,Laxman,Martyn,Mark Waugh & Hooper were those batsmen who appeared the most pleasing to the eye for me. But it might had been that they tried to be as pleasing when ever they played each and every shot which is not at all possible and hence they got out more often than those ATG batsmen in playing those risky shots and there by their inconsistancy that resulted in all of them being 'good to very good' batsmen at best. In that sense Sachin's movements at the crease were more uniform at the crease when compared to Lara for me. Lara's high back lift, too much shuffle at the crease, and relatively harder push at the ball made lesser pleasing to the eye . Edited October 17, 2018 by rtmohanlal Link to comment
zen Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 To me Lara was the best test batsman of his generation .... If Shaw can replicate Lara's performance, he could take the crown of the best test batsman of his generation too Link to comment
rtmohanlal Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 1 hour ago, UnknownGenius said: Sachin's movement at the crease were ugly tbh. His main movement was to keep adjusting his abdomen guard and undies by doing that funky 1/8th of a squat every body has his own preference when it comes to pleasing to eye element. I have my own and have provided the reasons. That's all. Link to comment
diga Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 9 hours ago, Rightarmfast said: Had Yuvraj established himself in Test cricket, then the world would have acknowledged this. Agree... But that 1999 series against Australia and the way he handled murali was classic. Link to comment
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