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In what order do you rank Martin Crowe,Aravinda De Silva,Mohammad Azharrudin and Salim Malik?


In what order do you rank Martin Crowe,Aravinda De Silva,Mohammad Azharrudin and Salim Malik?  

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  1. 1. In what order do you rank Martin Crowe,Aravinda De Silva,Mohammad Azharrudin and Salim Malik?

    • Crowe,Azhar,Aravinda,Malik
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    • Malik,Azhar,Crowe,Aravinda
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    • Malik,Aravinda,Azhar Crowe
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4 of the most talented batting stars of the 1980's and 90's were Martin Crowe, Aravinda de Silva,Salim Malik and Mohammad Azharrudin.On their day they devoured the best of any bowling attacks in any conditions.All averaged around 45 apart from Aravinda whose average was 42.

For sheer elegance Azhar and Crowe were supreme taking batting artistry to regions of the sublime..Azhar was the connoisseur of wristy strokes while few batsmen ever executed more velvety drives than Crowe .Aravinda brilliantly blended technical skill with artistry.On his day Salim Malik's strokeplay was simply breathtaking.

Aravinda championed a crisis better than any of them stitching broken threads like very few batsmen of his era.I would have backed Aravinda on a bad wicket as much as even Tendulkar or Lara.Facing sheer pace or on fast wickets Crowe stood out with his near perfect technique like when scoring 188 in the West Indies.Salim Malik was at his best in a crisis and on bad wickets like when scoring 99 at Leeds in 1987,237 v Australia at Lahore in 1994 and 2 fifties at Leeds in 1992.Azhar was the best on flat tracks blazing away like when scoring 120 at Lords in 1990.

Of the 3 only Crowe's record overseas was close to his home batting average.He averaged over 66 in Australia which is remarkable.Aravinda had a 167 in Australia to his credit Malik and Azhar were not at their best in Australia.

With a gun on my head I would select Crowe followed,by Azhar,Aravinda and Mailk in that order.Crowe was the most complete of them while Azhar was the supreme artist.Aravinda was the epitome of consistency while Malik on his day was flamboyance personified.

Edited by Harsh Thakor
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