Who was the most naturally talented or gifted batsmen ever from the sub-continent?

[Harsh Thakor]

This is my list in order of merit of the the most talented or gifted  batsmen ever from the sub-continent.It does not consider statistical records , technique or overall class but only the degree of natural genius posessed by the batsmen.

 

1.Gundappa Vishwanath- Equivalent of a magician to batting taking artistry to regions of divinty.Wristwork of mythical proportions.,being  the best ever executor of the square and late cut.

 

2.Majid Khan-On his day could punish the good balls like Viv Richards taking batting aesthetics to depths of the sublime.The best ever exponent of the hook shot from the sub-continent

 

3.Virendra Sehwag-Took batting domination to its ultimate zenith and wizardy to regions unexplored.Some of his strokes were simply surreal like his square drive to balls 10 onches outside hi soffstum.

 

4.Sachin Tendulkar-Mastery like none able to hit the best of balls to the fence through the V'.Best ever batsmen in the 'V 'area and of the straight drive.

 

5.V.V.S.Laxman-Another version of Vishwanath taking artistry and inventivenes to mythical proportions.

 

6.Inzamam Ul Haq-In his era bated more like Viv Richards than anyone with lightning reflexes.

 

7.Virat Kohli-I have never seen a batsmen place a ball with more precision or insight.Best at the cover drive.

 

8.Zaheer Abbas-The batting equivalent of a poet or painter whose deft touches would send the best balls racing to the boundary.No batsmen was a better exponent of the drive through extra cover.

 

9.Saed Anwar-Almost as punishing as Sehwag but much more graceful and poetic.

 

10.Roy Dias-Artistry in region sof the sublime with his strokes like the sound of a flute.

 

11.Aravinda De Silva-Capable of taking any attack apart in any conditions  and turn a game.

 

12.Javed Miandad-Not elegant or graceful  a but a master in manipulating the field with his great improvisation.Posessed strokes which had touches of genius like his pull shot.

 

 

 

 

 

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Edited April 17, 2019 by Harsh Thakor

[SK_IH]

 

6.Inzamam Ul Haq-In his era bated more like Viv Richards than anyone with lightning reflexes

 

 

[Harsh Thakor]

1 minute ago, SK_IH said:

 

6.Inzamam Ul Haq-In his era bated more like Viv Richards than anyone with lightning reflexes

 

 

Sehwag more attacking but Inzy better against genuine pace and on fast tracks.

[Tattieboy]

24 minutes ago, Harsh Thakor said:

This is my list in order of merit of the the most talented or gifted  batsmen ever from the sub-continent.It does not consider statistical records , technique or overall class but only the degree of natural genius posessed by the batsmen.

 

1.Gundappa Vishwanath- Equivalent of a magician to batting taking artistry to regions of divinty.Wristwork of mythical proportions.,being  the best ever executor of the square and late cut.

 

2.Majid Khan-On his day could punish the good balls like Viv Richards taking batting aesthetics to depths of the sublime.The best ever exponent of the hook shot from the sub-continent

 

3.Virendra Sehwag-Took batting domination to its ultimate zenith and wizardy to regions unexplored.Some of his strokes were simply surreal like his square drive to balls 10 onches outside hi soffstum.

 

4.Sachin Tendulkar-Mastery like none able to hit the best of balls to the fence through the V'.Best ever batsmen in the 'V 'area and of the straight drive.

 

5.V.V.S.Laxman-Another version of Vishwanath taking artistry and inventivenes to mythical proportions.

 

6.Inzamam Ul Haq-In his era bated more like Viv Richards than anyone with lightning reflexes.

 

7.Virat Kohli-I have never seen a batsmen place a ball with more precision or insight.Best at the cover drive.

 

8.Zaheer Abbas-The batting equivalent of a poet or painter whose deft touches would send the best balls racing to the boundary.No batsmen was a better exponent of the drive through extra cover.

 

9.Saed Anwar-Almost as punishing as Sehwag but much more graceful and poetic.

 

10.Roy Dias-Artistry in region sof the sublime with his strokes like the sound of a flute.

 

11.Aravinda De Silva-Capable of taking any attack apart in any conditions  and turn a game.

 

12.Javed Miandad-Not elegant or graceful  a but a master in manipulating the field with his great improvisation.Posessed strokes which had touches of genius like his pull shot.

 

 

 

 

 

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Are you Majid Khan? He/ you  was decent but not in the sublime class you claim 

From a perspective of someone  from outside sub continent, Mohammed Azurhudin was most talented and gifted 

[Harsh Thakor]

3 minutes ago, Tattieboy said:

Are you Majid Khan? He/ you  was decent but not in the sublime class you claim 

From a perspective of someone  from outside sub continent, Mohammed Azurhudin was most talented and gifted 

Azhar was extremely stylish  and elegant but not as talented as a Sehwag,Vishy or laxman.Nevertheless only a shade below.Ofcourse posessed artistry in  region sof divinty.and ultimate genius in leg-side strokes like glance and flick.

[retired_hurt]

Anyone who thinks Sehwag was more talented than Sachin can't be taken seriously. Sachin could play all the shots which Sehwag did. He just chose not to.

[SK_IH]

16 minutes ago, Tattieboy said:

Are you Majid Khan? He/ you  was decent but not in the sublime class you claim 

From a perspective of someone  from outside sub continent, Mohammed Azurhudin was most talented and gifted 

Agreed Azhar was the most elegant I have seen. What a delightful player to watch.

[rkt.india]

30 minutes ago, Harsh Thakor said:

Azhar was extremely stylish  and elegant but not as talented as a Sehwag,Vishy or laxman.Nevertheless only a shade below.Ofcourse posessed artistry in  region sof divinty.and ultimate genius in leg-side strokes like glance and flick.

Azhar was certainly more talent than Laxman who did not have the extra gear which Azhar had.  he still holds the fastest test 100 for India with Kapil Dev.

Edited April 17, 2019 by rkt.india

[Harsh Thakor]

1 minute ago, rkt.india said:

Azhar was certainly more talent than Laxman who did not have the extra gear which Azhar had.  he still holds the fastest test 100 for India with Kapil Dev.

Sorry remember Laxman's classic batting in Kolkata and  Adelaide in Australia ?The ultimate match-winner in a 4th innings and better player of genuine pace than Azhar or Sehwag.Compare batting in Australia of the 2.

[Harsh Thakor]

25 minutes ago, retired_hurt said:

Anyone who thinks Sehwag was more talented than Sachin can't be taken seriously. Sachin could play all the shots which Sehwag did. He just chose not to.

Sorry if an error but the great  Viv Richards felt Sehwag resembled him more than anyone.Viru has more mammoth scores with 2 triple centuries and scored his double centuries at a better scoring rate than Tendulkar.For sheer domination even if my a slender margin he surpassed Sachin.

[rkt.india]

23 minutes ago, Harsh Thakor said:

Sorry remember Laxman's classic batting in Kolkata and  Adelaide in Australia ?The ultimate match-winner in a 4th innings and better player of genuine pace than Azhar or Sehwag.Compare batting in Australia of the 2.

that does not matter.  here we are talking about talent and not the results.  Even Azhjar some scintillating innings against pacers like in SA 1996.

[rkt.india]

21 minutes ago, Harsh Thakor said:

Sorry if an error but the great  Viv Richards felt Sehwag resembled him more than anyone.Viru has more mammoth scores with 2 triple centuries and scored his double centuries at a better scoring rate than Tendulkar.For sheer domination even if my a slender margin he surpassed Sachin.

So? Tendulkar was more talented than both Viv and Sehwag.  Don Bradman said Tendulkar reminded him of himself.

Edited April 17, 2019 by rkt.india

[velu]

mohammed azharuddin - bat in his hand was like a magician with his magical wand .. got the wrists which are flexible next only to a single atom thick gold foil .. 

[Ankit_sharma03]

No rohit or kambli 

[Khota]

Tendulkar.

[Khota]

2 hours ago, Harsh Thakor said:

This is my list in order of merit of the the most talented or gifted  batsmen ever from the sub-continent.It does not consider statistical records , technique or overall class but only the degree of natural genius posessed by the batsmen.

 

1.Gundappa Vishwanath- Equivalent of a magician to batting taking artistry to regions of divinty.Wristwork of mythical proportions.,being  the best ever executor of the square and late cut.

 

2.Majid Khan-On his day could punish the good balls like Viv Richards taking batting aesthetics to depths of the sublime.The best ever exponent of the hook shot from the sub-continent

 

3.Virendra Sehwag-Took batting domination to its ultimate zenith and wizardy to regions unexplored.Some of his strokes were simply surreal like his square drive to balls 10 onches outside hi soffstum.

 

4.Sachin Tendulkar-Mastery like none able to hit the best of balls to the fence through the V'.Best ever batsmen in the 'V 'area and of the straight drive.

 

5.V.V.S.Laxman-Another version of Vishwanath taking artistry and inventivenes to mythical proportions.

 

6.Inzamam Ul Haq-In his era bated more like Viv Richards than anyone with lightning reflexes.

 

7.Virat Kohli-I have never seen a batsmen place a ball with more precision or insight.Best at the cover drive.

 

8.Zaheer Abbas-The batting equivalent of a poet or painter whose deft touches would send the best balls racing to the boundary.No batsmen was a better exponent of the drive through extra cover.

 

9.Saed Anwar-Almost as punishing as Sehwag but much more graceful and poetic.

 

10.Roy Dias-Artistry in region sof the sublime with his strokes like the sound of a flute.

 

11.Aravinda De Silva-Capable of taking any attack apart in any conditions  and turn a game.

 

12.Javed Miandad-Not elegant or graceful  a but a master in manipulating the field with his great improvisation.Posessed strokes which had touches of genius like his pull shot.

 

 

 

 

 

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You have a man crush for evverything green. Majid Khan was a thug and there was nothing great about him. Inzmam and Anwar were the two best bats coming out of Pakistan.

[retired_hurt]

3 hours ago, Harsh Thakor said:

Sorry if an error but the great  Viv Richards felt Sehwag resembled him more than anyone.Viru has more mammoth scores with 2 triple centuries and scored his double centuries at a better scoring rate than Tendulkar.For sheer domination even if my a slender margin he surpassed Sachin.

Did you see Sachin bat in 90s? Just because he put a great price on his wicket and didn't throw his bat after every ball doesn't make him less talented than Sehwag. 

 

Just out of curiosity, how do you define talent? Are you measuring it by looking at how aggressive the batsman was? Or how he could easily put good deliveries to boundary? 

[R!TTER]

Talent is what the great Khan - savior of naya Pak, said about Inzi - he's more talented than SRT, now only if he could 

[putrevus]

Sehwag was not talented than Sachin. Sehwag was better in attacking spin bowlers than Sachin but he had no clue  against fast bowlers on seaming wickets.

 

Sachin is the most talented batsman from any country in last 75 years that includes Gary Sobers.It is the genius of Sachin that people like me still feel he has underachieved in his career.His genius lied in his simplicity in his technique, all other batsmen like Viv , Sehwag were done the moment their reflexes slowed down.Sachin could score 200 in an ODI after 20 years of playing international cricket. 

 

How the heck is Majid Khan talented sorry guys who avg in 30s don't fall in talented category and where is Azhar, Mahela and Sanga. Mahela and Sanga were 100 times more talented than Roy Dias.

Edited April 17, 2019 by putrevus

[vvvslaxman]

Nikhil Naik the guy who batted for KKR