He was failing & was dropped ATT.Currently it's hard to go past Sehwag; most disappointing part of the India/Oz series was that he didn't quite come off. Whetted the appetite with a glorious 50, but he's the kind of bloke you can watch all day so it's always a pity when he goes. Unless he's playing England, obv.
Seems scarcely believeable that he didn't make the party for the 2007 tour up here now.
Some of his hits are just plain brutal....Strong lad with good shot selection for sure.Hmm, Watson for me. He's managed to combine a very orthodox and pretty looking technique with attacking and even, at times, innovative cricket. He's not my favourite batsman to watch but of those I do like watching, he's the most exciting. I find it hard to get particularly excited by the usual suspects - Sehwag, Lara etc - because I don't really enjoy watching them bat much in the first place other than from a purely quality-appreciative perspective (in the same way I'm sure many people feel when they see someone like Chanderpaul knock up a ton).
Tendulkar in 1990's was just very exciting to watch.Tendulkar was hands down the most exciting batsman to watch for me in the 90's, only starting watching a lot more of Lara whenever possible after I saw that 153*.