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Current (not past) most explosive batsman...

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masterblaster10

Cricket Spectator
This could be a one day or test batsman doesn't really matter.

When I mean explosive, I mean the power and timing behind the shots (like a bullet...)

One's that immediately come to mind - Sehwag, Lara, Gilchrist, Afridi, Cairns, Tendulkar...so who is your vote?
 
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Tim

Tim

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Cairns can be lethal but he doesn't do it as consistently as a Gilchrist, Flintoff etc.
 
Mr Mxyzptlk

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Gilchrist in my mind, because that's typically his game plan. The likes of Lara, Ponting, Tendulkar and (yes) Kallis are all capable of dispatching high quality bowling too, but they're not the same kind of player as Gilchrist.
 
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masterblaster10

Cricket Spectator
I would have to agree Adam Gilchrist currently is the most explosive. Tendulkar started out like that (but not currently).

Likes of Ponting (who can forget hitting in world cup 03 final), Cairns, Flintoff, etc. can all hit, but not consistenly. I mean some days they would come with a mind set to hit, and some days they look just really poor in form.

In that sense, Gilchrist, knows only one way.

Watch out for another dude...Sehwag.
 
Josh

Josh

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Gilchrist, Sehwag, Symonds (needs a little more consistancy tho), Gayle
 
marc71178

marc71178

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masterblaster10 said:
I mean some days they would come with a mind set to hit, and some days they look just really poor in form.
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Actually, in the case of Flintoff, that is him maturing as a player and building an innings before going hell for leather. At the same time he is getting more big scores - hardly poor form.
 
Pratters

Pratters

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No one has ever been as explosive as Shahid Afridi.

No one has ever been so explosive with so much consistency as A.C.Gilchrist.
 
SJS

SJS

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Pratyush said:
No one has ever been as explosive as Shahid Afridi.

No one has ever been so explosive with so much consistency as A.C.Gilchrist.
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EVER ??
 
Pratters

Pratters

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SJS said:
EVER ??
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Even if Afridi plays in one dayers, I doubt any one has been as explosive in the game as he has. There was the big Australian fella I have heard from the past but thats about it.

Consistently as explosive too, no one comes close to Gilly seeing his test strike rate as it stands.
 
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masterblaster10

Cricket Spectator
Pratyush said:
No one has ever been as explosive as Shahid Afridi.

No one has ever been so explosive with so much consistency as A.C.Gilchrist.
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I would have to disagree with the EVER comment. We all know what Tendulkar did to the game of one day cricket when he started out. Totally devastating. Any bowler, any where, and with consistency too.

But then again, let's not quite get out of context here if you will, lets not talk about the EVER scenario, cause we would not like to go in the past (Richards, etc.)
 
bestfriendh

bestfriendh

Cricket Spectator
Imo

wel this is strictly ma opinion..........the three most explosive players are


sehwag

gilchrist

ajit agarkar(its juss tht i enjoy his batting...uhm when he bats long enuff)
 
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