Top 5 Entertaining Indian Batsmen to watch

[Prabhdeep Singh]

Sehwag

Rohit

Yuvraj 

Tendulkar

Laxman

 

[Kron]

17 minutes ago, Prabhdeep Singh said:

Sehwag

Rohit

Yuvraj 

Tendulkar

Laxman

 

Bit biased but pant for me

[express bowling]

 

1. Sehwag 

2. Tendulkar

3. Jaiswal

4. Pant

5. Yuvraj

5. Younger Dhoni

[zen]

Viv Richards (watched him in the late 80s so counts as “watched”) 

Jayasuriya (A beast at his peak)

Sehwag 

Gilchrist 

Lara (esp. in Tests) 

 

Edited July 19, 2024 by zen

[tweaker]

Sehwag

Tendulkar

Pant

Yuvraj

Young Dhoni

[Sandz]

From active players

 

Jaiswal

Rohit

Pant

 

[Chakdephatte]

There was a time I used to enjoy each six I watch. That's because there were very few sixes. 

 

With too much T20s, there are just too many domestic Indian batsmen hitting powerful sixes. Most batsmen are now like machines. In some years, all of them will be having similar techniques with almost nothing parting them. I am not sure if I like to enjoy some batsmen more than others. 

[R!TTER]

Peak SRT > peak Yuvraj > Peak Sehwag > peak VVS > peak SCG

[Lord]

1 hour ago, Chakdephatte said:

There was a time I used to enjoy each six I watch. That's because there were very few sixes. 

 

With too much T20s, there are just too many domestic Indian batsmen hitting powerful sixes. Most batsmen are now like machines. In some years, all of them will be having similar techniques with almost nothing parting them. I am not sure if I like to enjoy some batsmen more than others. 

 

Yes earlier six hitting needed to be a combination of power, timing, shot selection. Now just power is enough to carry mishits over short boundaries

[singhvivek141]

Purely on entertainment

1. Sehwag

2. Yuvraj Singh

3. Ajay Jadeja

4. MSD of 2004-07

5. Rishabh Pant

 

 

[Kron]

3 hours ago, zen said:

Viv Richards (watched him in the late 80s so counts as “watched”) 

Jayasuriya (A beast at his peak)

Sehwag 

Gilchrist 

Lara (esp. in Tests) 

 

Good list. No place for pant head? 

[Lord]

Sehwag

Yuvraj

Gayle

AB

Rohit

[zen]

32 minutes ago, Kron said:

Good list. No place for pant head? 

List is limited to 5. Missed listing ABDV too.

[Kron]

3 minutes ago, zen said:

List is limited to 5. Missed listing ABDV too.

Ah fair enough. 

Yea so many choices tbh. Can't go wrong with any of them. 

 

What would your picks be for current era? Like post 2020. 

 

For me

Pant

Head

Klassen

Marsh Mitchell

Jaiswal

[zen]

25 minutes ago, Kron said:

Ah fair enough. 

Yea so many choices tbh. Can't go wrong with any of them. 

 

What would your picks be for current era? Like post 2020. 

 

For me

Pant

Head

Klassen

Marsh Mitchell

Jaiswal

Now I mostly take time out to watch the IPL so the list would have some limitations (and be LOI focused), but anyways in no particular order: 

 

Klassen - brilliant esp. against spin when he gets going. Effortless hitting!

 

Rashid Khan - I like that he can “manufacture” power where a slight flick of wrist can clear the ropes. 
 

SKY - for his 360 degrees batting. Looks to get going from ball 1 so you know there is always something happening when he is at the crease. 
 

Buttler - A good mixture of power & timing. 
 

5th can be almost anyone playing well on his day. There is some new talent like DC’s Aus player McFraser or something (I tend to forget his name).

Edited July 19, 2024 by zen

[Kron]

9 minutes ago, zen said:

Now I mostly take time out to watch the IPL so the list would have some limitations (and be LOI focused), but anyways in no particular order: 

 

Klassen - brilliant esp. against spin when he gets going. Effortless hitting!

 

Rashid Khan - I like that he can “manufacture” power where a slight flick of wrist can clear the ropes. 
 

SKY - for his 360 degrees batting. Looks to get going from ball 1 so you know there is always something happening when he is at the crease. 
 

Buttler - A good mixture of power & timing. 
 

5th can be almost anyone playing well on his day. There is some new talent like DC’s Aus player McFraser or something (I tend to forget his name).

Just IPL then yea for sure. Fraser mcgurk

Abishek

Even dube did well lol

 

[zen]

1 minute ago, Kron said:

Just IPL then yea for sure. Fraser mcgurk

Abishek

Even dube did well lol

 

Dube is mostly power when the ball is in his slot. No too good against short stuff too. But, yeah, when he gets going, he can be entertaining. 
 

Even Dhoni with his 3-4 balls cameos! 

[Praveen 06]

Gayle

Abd

Maxwell

Patidar

DK

[BacktoCricaddict]

3 hours ago, zen said:

List is limited to 5. Missed listing ABDV too.

List is also limited to Indian bats ;-)

[BacktoCricaddict]

"Entertainment" can come in multiple forms. So, my list:

 

(1) Srikkanth

(2) Yuvraj

(3) Gundappa Vishwanath

(4) SKY

(5) Sehwag

Edited July 19, 2024 by BacktoCricaddict