Since Don Bradman’s era, the Cricket World has had never faced the scarcity of impact players who took the World by Storm by brilliant performances with the bat.
It could be an inconclusive debate to determine either mostly batsmen have bagged their places in the limelight or bowlers; or even both. But yes Cricket is sometimes believed to be more conductive or lucrative for batsmen than bowlers, considering the worldwide pitches behaviors and bowling restrictions.
However yet brilliance and talent of some of exceptional batsmen such as Viv Richards, Sir Garry Sobers, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting and so on who prevailed in various eras are never meant to be denied as their records speak themselves.
Sometimes it seems difficult to put a certain players in the legends’ category especially when they have just been around for quite a few years, and still a long way to go in International Cricket. However, their performances in short span of time can’t rule them out of falling into a category in the future where Cricket genius dwell.
Among modern batsmen, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Joe Root, and Kane Williamson are inarguably standing atop in terms of aptitudes and performances. Even Pakistan’s Umar Akmal might have joined the same league by utilizing his exceptional talent effectively, but inconsistency and discipline issues have caused him inability to implement his full potential.
With 30 ODI hundreds, India’s Virat Kohli is being labeled as successor of his Country fellow batting legend Sachin Tendulkar. Currently the Captain of India in all three formats, Virat Kohli has throughout been exceptional with the bat, and considered the best when it comes to chasing the score.
AB de Villiers holds the record of having hit the fastest ODI Century off just 31 balls. His unorthodox way of striking the ball all over the place makes the former South African Captain unparalleled and immensely threatening.
