randycricfreak
State Vice-Captain
Who was Sri Lanka's best batsman in Intl' cricket?
For me its one of Sanga,Aravinda,Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardena.Sanga is easily the best test bat out of this lot,however in ODIs his records are bolstered by his heroics in the last 2-3 years of his career.
Aravinda on the other hand was complete opposite of Sanga dominated bowling attacks,when SL was considered a mediocre team, masterminded the 96 Final chase to win the country's only WC.OK -ish test record.
Mahela not the most consistent in Tests but a brilliant record in Tests in SC,with plenty of records to his name.As far as ODIs concerned, not all that consistent,But has the rare double of having a WC SF(2007) and Final (2011) hundreds.
Dilshan a batsman who became exceptionally consistent when he made that huge stride in his career around 2009 to move up the order and play as an opener in all formats.Top scored in 2011 WC,2009 WT20. A 190 odd in Lord's and a test hundred in Australia remains to be his best achievements in Test cricket.
So whats your say? Who was Sri Lanka's best.
Not to forget Jayasuriya,Marvan Atapattu,Thilan Samaraweera but felt the above players ticked most boxes as better bats in all formats
For me its one of Sanga,Aravinda,Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardena.Sanga is easily the best test bat out of this lot,however in ODIs his records are bolstered by his heroics in the last 2-3 years of his career.
Aravinda on the other hand was complete opposite of Sanga dominated bowling attacks,when SL was considered a mediocre team, masterminded the 96 Final chase to win the country's only WC.OK -ish test record.
Mahela not the most consistent in Tests but a brilliant record in Tests in SC,with plenty of records to his name.As far as ODIs concerned, not all that consistent,But has the rare double of having a WC SF(2007) and Final (2011) hundreds.
Dilshan a batsman who became exceptionally consistent when he made that huge stride in his career around 2009 to move up the order and play as an opener in all formats.Top scored in 2011 WC,2009 WT20. A 190 odd in Lord's and a test hundred in Australia remains to be his best achievements in Test cricket.
So whats your say? Who was Sri Lanka's best.
Not to forget Jayasuriya,Marvan Atapattu,Thilan Samaraweera but felt the above players ticked most boxes as better bats in all formats
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