Who were the most artistic Asian batsmen of all in order of merit?

[Harsh Thakor]

 

 

1.Zaheer Abbas/Vishwanath

3.Azharuddin

4.Mushtaq Ali

5.V.V.S.Laxman

6.Majid Khan

7.Mohammad Yousuf

8..Aravinda De Silva

9.Mahela Jayewardene

10.Vijay Manjrekar

11.Sachin Tendulkar

12.Yuvraj Singh

13.Roy Dias

14.Virat Kohli

15.M.L.Jaisimha

16.Salim Malik

17.Dilip Vengsarkar

178Inzamam Ul Haq

19Asif Iqbal

20.Vinod Kambli /Javed Miandad.

 

 

Zaheer,Vishy and Azhar carried a bat like a painters brush and at their best their strokes bestowed the grace of the divine,as though the Lord was working through hem.Their feather touches sent a ball rattling over the fence with remorseless ease.There are hardly adjectives to describe the poetry in the leg-glance of Azhar,the square or late-cut of Vishy or the drive on either side of extra-cover of Zaheer.All represented artistry in regions of the sublime like making curves on a board.Zaheer and Vishy rated ahead of Azhar as they had better footwork and more classical in stroke execution.I could not seperate  Zaheer and Vishy .Vishy was more a master of sheer wristwork and better against genuine pace while Zaheer was better executor of drives and tackled spin better.

 

Mushtaq Ali in full flow resembled a  trapeze artist in a circus carrying a willow like a wand.

 

Laxman was art personified gliding the cricket ball with unmatched ease and control.

 

Majid had limited footwork but took wizardry to metaohysical proportions.

 

Aravinda could manipulate gaps  or bissect a field in the same depth as Tendulkar or Lara and with finesse few batsmen posessed.

 

Mohammad Yousuf was grace personified posessing a silken touch,reminiscent of a putting a child to sleep.

 

Jayewardeme resemble a flute player when batting  with a unique sweetness in his batting.

 

Manjrekar's batting posessed a characteristic grace possesing touch of the divine.

 

Tendulkar was not so elegant or stylish but had elements of creative genius in his repertoire like his backward punch or upper-cut.

 

Yuvraj even when tearing an attack to shreds revealed the touches of a weaver.Few batsmen flourished in match-winning causes in ODI's with such sheer sublime touch.

 

Roy Dias took batting artistry to a supreme height when dominating bowling.Reminiscent of Rohan Kanhai.

 

Virat Kohli placed a ball better than any batsmen of our era with arguably more skill than even Tendulkar.

 

Jaisimha was artistry personified resembling a lotus blooming.

 

Salim Malik could be brutal or savage but still posessed subtle elements of grace in his batting when finding the gaps.

 

On his day Vengsarkar could take batting artistry to regions few could traverse.

 

Inzamam may have appeared a bit crude but still posessed subtle batting aesthetics when piercing the gaps.

 

Asif Iqbal at his best revealed untold glory in his driving .with a characteristic touch.

 

Vinod Kambli was talent personified stroking the ball with effortless ease.

 

Javed Miandad was hadrly elegant but some of his strokes posessed touches of genius ,like his pull shot.

Edited May 31, 2020 by Harsh Thakor

[Harsh Thakor]

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[Khota]

What has artistic style got to do with batting??? It is all about runs on the board.

[Harsh Thakor]

7 minutes ago, Khota said:

What has artistic style got to do with batting??? It is all about runs on the board.

But  is not cricket also about art with a poetic element to it?Aesthetic aspect too?

Edited May 31, 2020 by Harsh Thakor

[Vilander]

2 hours ago, Harsh Thakor said:

Majid had .. metaohysical proportions.

[Khota]

22 hours ago, Harsh Thakor said:

But  is not cricket also about art with a poetic element to it?Aesthetic aspect too?

Not to me. It is all about wins and losses. Ugly win is far superior to an artistic loss. 

Edited June 1, 2020 by Khota

[Harsh Thakor]

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