Which batsmen batted most like Bradman in order of merit?

[Harsh Thakor]

I am here compiling lists of right-handed and left-handed batsmen seperately,who resembled Bradman most in batting style .Finally making a combined list.All in order of merit of resmblance.

Here in order of merit I am ranking the right-handed batsmen closest to Don Bradman in playing style.


1.Barry Richards/Sachin Tendulkar
3.Rohan Kanhai
4.Everton Weekes
5.Viv Richards
6.Virendra Sehwag
7.Steve Smith
8.Kevin Pieterson
9.Inzamam Ul Haq
10=Greg Chappell/Ricky Ponting
12.A.B.Devilliers




Left-handers who were a left-handed version of Bradman most in order


1.Brian Lara
2.Graeme Pollock
3.Alvin Kalicharan
4.Gary Sobers
5.Chris Gayle
6.Adam Gilchrist
7.Saed Anwar
8.David Gower/Clive Lloyd
10.Graeme Smith


Overall batsmen ranked in order of merit in similarity to Bradman

1.Barry/Tendulkar
3.Kanhai
4.Lara
5.Weekes
6.Viv Richards
7.Sehwag
8.Steve Smith
9.Graeme Pollock
10.Kalicharan
11.Sobers
12.Pieterson
13.Inzamam
14=Greg Chappell/ Ponting





Barry and Sachin were the most complete and clinically perfect batting machines, blending subtle elements of unorthodoxy in batting.Their improvisation was similar to the Don.Kanhai traversed regions in batting even Bradman did not, taking creative genius to heights of the sublime.For sheer imperiousness for a sustained period Lara was Bradman's greatest rival.At his best Weekes looked like a virtual clone being as mercurial but was much more of a back foot player.Viv surpassed Bradman for sheer domination striding on the cricket field like the greatest emperor ever but often resorted to violence.Sehwag was like a Viv Richards of his time giving art of batting a new dimension with domination in heights of the divine.Smith rekindled Bradman's characterize of a bating machine more than any Australian.Graeme Pollock took batting domination or craft by a left-hander to heights unexplored.Kalicharan was a left-handed Rohan Kanhai who in full flow looked more clinical than any left-hander.Sobers came closest to batting perfection as few ever did combining perfect technique with brutal power.Pieterson on his day could surpass any batsmen for sheer domination and resembled a machine when piercing gaps..Greg Chappell and Ponting emulated Bradman in terms of prolonged domination .Inzamam may have appeared lazy but on his day traversed regions few could ever with a willow,surpassing even Sachin or Lara for reflexes.


My criteria is how similar batsmen were to Bradman and not assessing mere level of domination,statistics or technique.Placed Bradman and Tendulkar as they had Bradman;s subtle nuances like nonone else in addition to take domination to heavenly proportions.Viv or Sehwag resorted more to violence or Weekes to an extent.There were more punishing batsmen like Gilchrist,Gayle or Devilliers but they lacked the clinical element to the extent of a Kanhai,Pollock,Barry,Tendulkar or Lara.Placed Sehwag because of his ability to register mammoth scores like the Don.

      

Edited May 29, 2020 by Harsh Thakor