Ahmed_Tariq
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Well, yeah. This question has been circling my mind lately. Which of the two edges out the other as the other batsman? I will now discuss in detail features of both the batsmen and view their records.
Virender Sehwag:
An explosive right-handed batsman who plays both forms of the game. A big hitter of the ball and nearly impossible to stop when gets going. An overall excellent career so far and he's still got loads of time before he retires as he's only 29 at the moment.
You couldn't possibly expect to find a better batsman in Test Cricket. He's got 14 fifties and 15 centuries, imagine!
A batting average of 53.14 ain't bad either. 
He's played 59 Test Matches and has scored 5,102 runs. Holds the record for the fastest Test triple century (300 in 278 balls) and is one of only 3 players to score two triple centuries in Test Cricket alongside Don Bradman and Brian Lara. A top score of 319 can't be called bad too. 
Wow, what stats in Test Cricket!
The story's a bit different in the ODIs. 9 centuries compared to 29 half-centuries. Not bad but not exceptional too. 5,810 runs scored 191 matches with a batting average of 32.45. A top score of 130. Not bad. Pretty good, in fact.
Sehwag can also bowl part-time and is quite handy with his off-spinners. 24 wickets in 59 Tests at 37.00 with best bowling figures of 3/12. Has taken 45 catches in Test cricket too.
80 wickets in 191 ODIs at 41.41 each and with best bowling figures of 3/25. 74 catches to his name too.
Sanath Jayasuriya
Maybe one of the best left-handed opening batsman of the world. A clean hitter of the ball and one of the best weapons in the armoury of the Sri Lankan batting line-up. A magnificent and illustrious career. Sanath's 39 at the moment but he says that he is still fit to play for 2-3 years.
Great record in Tests. Has scored 6,973 runs in 110 Tests. A pretty decent batting average in Tests of 40.07. Has got 14 hundreds and 31 fifties with a top score of a mammoth 340.
Jayasuriya is the player who has played the most number of ODIs up-to-date. He is the only player to score over 12,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in ODIs. He has scored 12,724 runs in 419 ODIs with a healthy average of 32.70. 27 hundreds and 65 fifties and a top score of a fantastic 189 scored against India.
Sanath Teran Jayasuriya has been highly successful with his Slow left arm unorthodox bowling style. He has captured 98 wickets in 110 tests with a bowling average of 34.34. Has also taken 5 wickets in an innings 2 times. Best bowling figures of 5/34 and 78 catches to his name.
An amazing 310 wickets in 419 ODIs with a bowling average of 36.46. He has taken 5 wickets in an innings 4 times in ODIs with best bowling figures of 6/29. Has also taken 117 catches in ODIs.
There we go. A sneak peak on the careers of two truly glorious opening batsman. Let's take this as a battle of the explosives and decide who's the better man through and through.
Sehwag or Jayasuriya? 
Information Source:-
http://www.wikipedia.org/
Virender Sehwag:
An explosive right-handed batsman who plays both forms of the game. A big hitter of the ball and nearly impossible to stop when gets going. An overall excellent career so far and he's still got loads of time before he retires as he's only 29 at the moment.
You couldn't possibly expect to find a better batsman in Test Cricket. He's got 14 fifties and 15 centuries, imagine!
A batting average of 53.14 ain't bad either. He's played 59 Test Matches and has scored 5,102 runs. Holds the record for the fastest Test triple century (300 in 278 balls) and is one of only 3 players to score two triple centuries in Test Cricket alongside Don Bradman and Brian Lara. A top score of 319 can't be called bad too. Wow, what stats in Test Cricket! The story's a bit different in the ODIs. 9 centuries compared to 29 half-centuries. Not bad but not exceptional too. 5,810 runs scored 191 matches with a batting average of 32.45. A top score of 130. Not bad. Pretty good, in fact.
Sehwag can also bowl part-time and is quite handy with his off-spinners. 24 wickets in 59 Tests at 37.00 with best bowling figures of 3/12. Has taken 45 catches in Test cricket too.
80 wickets in 191 ODIs at 41.41 each and with best bowling figures of 3/25. 74 catches to his name too.
Sanath Jayasuriya
Maybe one of the best left-handed opening batsman of the world. A clean hitter of the ball and one of the best weapons in the armoury of the Sri Lankan batting line-up. A magnificent and illustrious career. Sanath's 39 at the moment but he says that he is still fit to play for 2-3 years.
Great record in Tests. Has scored 6,973 runs in 110 Tests. A pretty decent batting average in Tests of 40.07. Has got 14 hundreds and 31 fifties with a top score of a mammoth 340.
Jayasuriya is the player who has played the most number of ODIs up-to-date. He is the only player to score over 12,000 runs and capture more than 300 wickets in ODIs. He has scored 12,724 runs in 419 ODIs with a healthy average of 32.70. 27 hundreds and 65 fifties and a top score of a fantastic 189 scored against India.
Sanath Teran Jayasuriya has been highly successful with his Slow left arm unorthodox bowling style. He has captured 98 wickets in 110 tests with a bowling average of 34.34. Has also taken 5 wickets in an innings 2 times. Best bowling figures of 5/34 and 78 catches to his name.
An amazing 310 wickets in 419 ODIs with a bowling average of 36.46. He has taken 5 wickets in an innings 4 times in ODIs with best bowling figures of 6/29. Has also taken 117 catches in ODIs.
There we go. A sneak peak on the careers of two truly glorious opening batsman. Let's take this as a battle of the explosives and decide who's the better man through and through.
Sehwag or Jayasuriya? Information Source:-
http://www.wikipedia.org/
