Top Ten Most Attacking/Aggressive/Dangerous/Feared/Destructive Batsmen Of History

The list is based upon the factors like the batting stats, relativity of the batting strike rate of the time one played within, consistency, destructive innings, utility of innings etc...

 10.Yuvraj Singh 

Yuvraj Singh of India is one of the most attacking batsmen of this time. He is an ODI specialist batsman and bats at number 4 or 5 in ODIs and T20. His wonderful batting record in T20s has given him the name of "the king of 20-20". His fine stroke playing capability, a master class six hit, destructive batting in slog overs etc... make him one of the most dangerous batsman of all time. His record of hitting 6 sixes in a single over and record fastest fifty off 12 balls and his role in win of 2007-T20 and 2011-ODI CWCs make him one of the most useful players of the game too.

9. MS Dhoni

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is one of the most attacking batsmen of recent times. In his debut days, he was viewed as more than anyone in terms of destruction, attacking batting and all. He has been the most consistent ODI batsman of past 8 years and is still serving with the same capability and rhythm. He is good at hitting sixes and there is a long list of innings where he singlehandedly attacked the bowlers and won the match for his team. His innings of 183* and 91* in the finales of CWC 2011 are remarkable here.

 8. Kapil Dev

Mentioning Kapil Dev over here, is important due to his wonderful strike rate of above 95, the best of his times in ODI format and many useful innings played at that time. His innings of 175 against Zimbabwe under very tough times and capability of destroying the opposition bowler and natural aggression in batting makes him deserving candidate of this list. He was one of the hardest hitters of the history and called as HARYANA HURRICANE also.

 7. Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle of WI side has represented himself as one of the most destructing batsman of the recent time in the field of cricket. His batting record especially in the professional T20 format has been remarkable. His capability of hitting longer sixes without stepping up along with the least effort makes him on e of the most dangerous batsman of all time. His contribution in recent T20 CWC win is memorable.

6. Shahid Afridi

Shahid Afridi of Pakistan is without argument one of the most destructive batsman of all time. His records of best ever strike rate of 116 and 86 and nearly 150 respectively in ODI, test and T20 makes him fastest scoring player. He also holds the record of most number of sixes in ODI, fastest ODI hundred of just 37 balls in his first ever innings. He holds many records of hitting multiple boundary shots in single over on many occasions. His batting style on some occasions is far more than destructive. He deserves to be under any list of top ten destructive and most dangerous batsman of all time. 

Top ten destructive batsmen :
(6) Shahid Afridi, (7) Chris Gayle, (8) Kapil Dev, (9) MS Dhoni, and (10) Yuvraj Singh

 5. SachinTendulkar

  Sachin is the name in the history of cricket which makes half of the history itself. Sachin's batting style is close to perfect. No need to say that he holds almost every batting record of any format of game. Sachin is credited to revive the aggressive batting style with the introduction of fearlessness of hitting airy strokes with remarkable success very frequently. Famously, once he said, “if you can't go for sixes, leave cricket". In terms of batting technique, he is most perfect batsman. Many of the super strokes are invented by him. His tendency of hitting brilliant strokes in the power play overs and scoring a large portion of runs by way of boundaries and sixes, makes him one of the most attacking and the way he has crushed and killed like the greats of Akram, Warne, Qadir and all, makes him one of the most dangerous too.

 4. Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist is ex Australian wicket keeper batsman who is retired now. Adam is considered one of the most furious batsmen of all time, capable of daylight hunting of any bowler. An specialist and long time serving opening batsman of Oz ODI side, he went on to score more than 9000 runs in ODI at an aggressive strike rate of 96. He used to kill every leading bowler of the opposition and recorded an strike rate of above 81 in test career too. None of his 17 ODI tons went in vain which gives him credit of being ultra consistent. His contribution in the three consecutive CWC victories is immemorable.

3. Sanath Jayasuriya

 S Jayasuriya was seen as most dangerous batsman of the latter half of the decade of 1990s. He holds the record of fastest fifty of ODI which came of just 17 balls against Pakistan and second highest number of sixes. He was a left hander and most destructive batsman who used to hit sixes with utmost effortlessness. He hit multiple sixes on many occasions. He also hit fast centuries on many occasions. He played the innings of 189 against India, one of the greatest innings of all time. Scored a total of more than 20000 runs in all format with ODI strike rate of above 91.

2. Virender Sehawag

V Sehwg of India is considered the most dangerous batsman of the past decade. He is such an attacking batsman that he scores seventy percent of the runs by way of boundaries and sixes. He holds the world record of fastest triple hundred in test and fastest hundred in ODIs for an Indian. He is specialist of hitting boundaries in power play overs and is brilliantly master in hitting cover drive and upper cuts. His fearless batting and natural hitter persona makes him the most dangerous of all time but he lacks behind Sir Viv in terms of consistency and ODI stats. Sehwag has hunted almost every bowler of his time.

 

1. Viv Richards

Sir Viv is assumed to be the most destructive batsman of all time. He was a batsman who always used to respond to the sledging by way of attacking batting and destroying strokes. Sir Viv secured a career strike rate of 90.88 i ODIs which was the best for a batsman of his time. Sir Viv had an amazing capability of judging the speed, bounce of swing of the delivery and attacking it harshly. He scored more than 8500 test and 6500 ODI runs with the averages of 51 and 47. His ODI innings of 189 and 181 are still considered the best. His contribution within the CWC wins of 1975 and 1979 by the side of WI is remarkable. Almost every bowler who bowled this great man assumes him to be the most dangerous to bowl.

Top ten most destructive batsmen:
(1) Sir Viv Richards, (2) Virender Sehwag, (3) Sanath Jayasuriya, (4) Adam Gilchrist, and (5) Sachin Tendulkar

TOP TEN GREATEST ALLROUND CRICKETERS OF ALL TIME

10.Lance Klusener: 

Lance Klusener is an ex South African left  handed batsman and right arm medium pace bowler who was a hard hitting batsman and dangerous bowler. He went on to play 49 test and 171 ODI matches throughout his career and scored more than 1900 test and 3500 ODI runs at good averages and took 80 test and 192 ODI wickets. His all round stats in ODI are unmatched.

9. Shaun Pollock:

Shaun Pollock is an ex South African cricketer who has served South African cricket for a long long time. The brilliant right hand swing bowler and right handed lower order batsman has done wonderful job as a cricketer and a captain also. Shaun has got 393 ODI and 421 test wickets at very best average and has scored many great batting innings also.  He has scored above 3500 runs in ODI and test each at respectable average.

8. Chris Cairns:

No such a list can ever be completed without mentioning the name of Chris Cairns of New Zealand. He was a brilliant right hand bat and right hand fast medium bowler who was brilliant in attacking the bowlers and taking crucial wickets for his team. The guy also held the record for hitting most number of sixes in the test cricket for many years. He took 218 wickets in 62 tests and 201 wickets in 215 ODI at respectable average and scored 3320 test and above 4900 ODI runs at fast strike rate and good batting average.  He was a top class balanced allrounder.

7. Jacques Kallis:

Jack Kallis is a brilliant batting all-rounder of the game. He has been serving south African side since 1995 and plays in middle order batting. He is a master class batsman and a good medium pacer too. He has scored more than 10000 ODI and 12000 tests runs at the very best batting average and has taken a total of over 500 wickets in all formats of the game. His usefulness as a bowler is amazing. His consistent performance makes him greatest all rounder of the last and a half decade.

6. Kapil Dev:

Kapil Dev is an ex Indian cricketer who has been a great medium pacer with extraordinary capability to bowl out swinger, a very serious and laborious cricketer, a super attacking batsman and a brilliant world cup winning captain. He was termed greatest Indian cricketer of the last century. He took 434 test and 253 ODI wickets and played 131 test and 225 ODI matches and scored more than 5200 test and 3700 ODI runs with extraordinary average and strike rate of above 95 in ODI.

Top ten allround cricketers:
(6)  Kapil Dev, (7) Jacques Kallis,(8) Chris Cairns, (9) Shaun Pollock and (10) Lance Klusener

5. SIR RICHARD HADLEE:

Sir R Hadlee belongs to the historical Hadlee cricket family of New Zealand and is the greatest new Zealand cricketer of all time. A right arm medium fast swing bowler and a left arm attacking lower order batsman, Richard was a brilliant all-rounder. He finished his career with 431 test and 158 ODI wickets with average of around 22 and scored over 3000 test runs with average of 27. He was a good hitter and very first bowler to get 400 test wickets.

  4. SIR IAN BOTHAM:

Sir Ian Botham is the ex English cricketer who played 103 test and 116 ODI matches for his national side. A brilliant right arm medium pacer and an attacking right hand batsman, he took total of 383 test and 145 ODI wickets at average of 28 and scored 5200 test runs at average of more than 33. He is the only batsman who has taken 5 wicket haul and scored a hundred in the same test match on 6 occasions. There are many such records in his name that are still unbroken, he deserves to be in top fie all-rounder cricketers in any such a list.

3. KEITH MILLER:

Keith Miller is the greatest all-rounder of Oz history. He was a fine right hand batsman and brilliant right arm fast bowler who scored more than 2900 test runs at average of around 37 and got 170 wickets at nearly 22. He was a tall aggressive cricketer and sex symbol of that time. He scored 7 hundreds and 13 fifties and got 7 five wicket hauls. In first class cricket, his batting average stands at above 48.

 

2. IMRAN KHAN:

Imran Khan is an ex Pakistani cricketer who has played cricket for nearly 20 years for his nation. Imran Khan had all the capabilities of a near to perfect all rounder as he had been a good bowler, good batsman, a great athlete and a great captain who led his team to their only world cup win. As a bowler, he was master of swing bowling with all three kind of swing bowling. He, perhaps, is the only cricketer of the history who could open the inning with both bat and bowl. He finished his career with the ODI and test bowling averages of 26.61 and 22.81 with 182 and 362 wickets respectively and batting average of 33.41 and 37.69 with more than 3700 runs in each format. He is no doubt the greatest all-rounder of the history of cricket.

1. SIR GARRY SOBERS:

 SIR Garfield Sobers was a great left hand batsman and left arm chinaman bowler of 1950s through early 1970s. He is often called the greatest all rounder of all time as he scored more than 8000 test runs at an excellent average of more than 57 and got 235 wickets at the average of 34. He is also known to be the finest left handed batsman of all time and perhaps the greatest cricketer of West Indies ever.

Top ten allround cricketers:
(1) Sir Garry Sobers, (2) Imran Khan, (3) Keith Miller, (4) Ian Botham, (5) Sir Richard Hadlee