Arguably the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka. People might talk about Sanga and Jayawardena having superior figures but this guy was pure genius. As Pakistani we always dreaded Aravinda’s counter attack. Much respect sir!!
He was one tough legend!! 11/2 and he is fearless against the twin tigers Wasim n Waqar... He did the same in 96 Wc final n SF, From 1996-98 De Silva was perhaps the most effective ODI batsman in the world .
Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed... Probably the most balanced (and lethal) attack in cricket at the time... Shows the class of the man!
Aravinda de Silva is the 1st Asian Cricketer to score a century in World Cup -Final, After Clive Lloyd & Viv Richards. M.Jayawardane is the 2nd Srilankan cricketer to score a century in World Cup -Final
Another brilliant innings by Aravinda de Silva. He was one the elegant players of 90s and it was always a treat to watch him bat. He is one of my favourites, I love the way he used to play pull and hook on short deliveries. Just classic !
Not being biased as an Indian but Tendulkar was d most naturally gifted along with Azhar. De silva can be classified into d same category, so does Anwar... So, the most talented is not the right term
@@bhaskarpuvvala5849 I don't think Tendilkar was more talented but I regard him as the greatest for what he achieved. I always felt Azhar was more gifted than Tendulkar - other Indians involved in cricket have said this too. Infact I've heard some people say Kambli was more talented than Tendulkar. In Sri Lanka however there is no debate that Aravinda is the most talented. Between Azhar and De Silva it's very close I just felt De Silva could pick the length against express pace better. So he edges it for me
Class, class and unparalleled class. No man, in my viewing, has played fast bowling with so much assurance and ease. I've seen a lot of Lara and Tendulkar as well, who are great batsmen with tremendous discipline and appetite for runs. However, for pure hand-eye coordination and sheer skill in playing pace, I am yet to see a man better than De Silva.
you are correct , Aravinda is the best Sri lankan cricketer i have ever seen, in terms of statics may be sangakara, but Aravinda is simply the best. He is the fine fine player of fast and medium fast bowlers.
Although he couldn't scored 10000 test and one day runs, still he is the best. he is exceptional. sangakkara very close. But second to Aravinda's talent,determination, temperament. he is legend.
I am Indian, but I strongly feel that today Indian batsmen should learn from Arvinda how to overcome the fear of playing short-pitched deliveries. He was one of the best batsmen to have played against fast bowlers.
Spin, speed, big occasion, nothing bothered him. Played crucial innings in the semifinal as well as final of the world cup to help his team win the cup - the stuff of dreams for any batsman.
Aravinda’s class batting with the classic commentary of Ian Chappell and Tony Greig. Cricket at it’s super best 👌💯❤❤❤🏏🏏🏏 RIP Tony 😢🙏 We miss you so much, you were a great source of strength not just just to world cricket but Sri Lankan Cricket. You will be in all Sri Lankan’s hearts forever, thank you for the wonderful memories.
i still remember that match V LOST BADLY :( AGAINST srilanka i am a pakistani but we love srilankan players jayasuria arvinda murli etc they r the legends
What a player?He has such class in his batting.He has always played blinder of an innings during crisis situations like WC 96 semifinal.A very underrated cricketer indeed.
One of the greatest ODI innings ever!.....against Wasim Waqar mushtaq Shaqlain & Afridi a lethal attack..probably better than his '96 WC innings in semis & final?
This is the hero. Real game finisher.look at those sixes .he murdered bowels .pleasure to watch .sheer technique .pure talent.mind game player .he was the lilly flower blossomed in sri lanka cricket .But underrated .we missed you ,without your action .our legend.
What a fantastic player, one of those batsman that made great bowlers look so average. Numbers don't always tell you the right story, never seen an Asian batsman dominate waqar, wasim and saqlain like dis
The only batsmen that can play a square cut to a length bowl and overpitched bowl this is amazing i can still remember a test match vs pakistan he played so many shots against Saqlain brilliant...
Critics said that De Silva's "mad max" attitude would lead to his downfall sooner than expected. But in De Silva's own language: Does it look I give a damn. And this very approach secured him a place amongst the greatest batsmen of all-time, even though he didn't average 50 in tests(hey even Martin Crowe and David Gower didn't).
I'm surprised there are not many videos of him here. Sure, that era saw so many talented batsmen at once, but Aravinda had a certain special class in playing genuine pace and in crisis. Of course, too bad his aggression got the better of him a number of times, but later in his career he was much more balanced.
When you see this kind of batting , these players will automatically get segmented into top brass of batting legends .Viv , Lara ,Sachin Aravinda,Sehwag , ,De Villers , Gilchrist , AB De , Hayden ,Santh . Waqar 90 to 95 miles per hour bowler and Wasim was 85 to 95 MPH bowler at their peak. Look at the way ADS faces them .Real class ,the Lions pride is shown in those shots .
Aravinda de Silva was the only cricketer in the world of cricket at that time who bravely faced the fast bowlers ( Wasim Waqar Ambrose Walsh Donald MG Ra )without fear.
Doubt any modern day player could play a shot like at 0.58 secs to wasim. Picked up lenght so early, weight transfer was perfect, power plus timing. Shots like that send out a message to the opposition about the caliber of the batsman.
I would put this in my top 10 ODI innings ever- this bowling attack is lethal but De Silva savaged them. I can't think of any other batsman who could/or did that - possibly Lara thats it.
Lara played some fine knocks against Pakistan which had the Ws. 128 in the Total series in 1992/93 in SA with an attach of Wasim, Waqar, Ata Ur Rehaman and Aaqib Javed. 103 in Perth in 1997 with Wasim, Mohammed Zahid, Saqlain and Mushtaq. 114 in WestIndies in 1993 which had the Ws and Mushtaw Ahmed. Apart from the 100s, he has scored from terrific 80s and 70s against this attack
He is in my book is very close to Vivian Richard's. Even Richard's want all that successful against Akram and waqar , that is understandable that he faced him in his last few mo ths of cricket. But Aravinda never got the recognition he deserved. We hear stories and laurels about tendulkars and Laras . But against quality attack, this man is far better than Tendulkar. Once Garfield' Sobers said it openly in his commentary to Sunny Gavaskar when Tendulkar and Arvinda was batting together for world XI against MCC. I saw the match. There are 3 players who were far more better than Lara and Tendulkar against quality bowling. They are Aravinda, Martin Crowe and Dean Jones. Waqar and Akram had openly admitted it. See scoring runs in tons are important. But more important is against which attack is more important. I have seen Arvinda's hundred against pakistan, has seen Tendulkar's few hundreds , even though being an admirer of indian legend , I dont have any qualms in saying the truth that Aravinda is in a different class. He is a genius. Among the Current Players only AB Devilers is close to him.
Ab de villiars don’t come close to aravinda…..aravinda played fast bowling as if he is having a net…pull shot by getting inside the line of the ball from off stump? Only viv could do that… can’t bowl at players like these two. Special talent so was Martin Crowe..Dean Jones is not in the same league .
He has shot for every ball . Anything short he do pull. Anything bounce he do hook, andything offside he do cut. Anything leg side he do swip shot. Speciality is this guy he can do above all for fast bowlers and slow swing bowler as well .s”what a player
No batsman had as much time against the fastest bowlers as Aravinda. What a batsman. The manner in which he brutalized Mohammed Zahid, then the fastest bowler in the world, in a Test match, no less, was simply astonishing.
This man can single-handedly win a match under pressure.With all due respect when he plays Wasim and Waqar they look slow bowlers due to the time he has when playing fast bowling.Sheer talent!!
+Amir butt sri lanka did not tour South Africa much. De silva playef some incredible innings at australia. infact he won sl first odi in australia with a 6 of the final ball. his stint at Kent kind of shows he could easily handle english pitches. De Silva was a bit underrated tbh
Amir butt,He played 19 years.in England soil 3 Test matches,In Australia 6 test matches for 19 years,But still he scored centuries.bowling attack, place doesn't matter him.
@@amirbutt37 Look at Aravinda's fighting knock of 167 in Gabba vs Australia 1989 (a time when Sri Lanka was considered minnows) which drew the match, 152 vs England (one off test) at Oval 1998 which Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets, 73 vs South Africa in Bloemfontein won by 35 runs. As others pointed out he didn't get enough tours to make an impression. Nevertheless, he is a raw talent, read the game well, rose to the occasion (1996 World Cup semi 66 & 107 not out final vs Australia to win the World Cup) and entertained greatly with his classy batting. Here Aravinda at the age of 37 hitting Bret Lee for 2 sixes (bowled over140km) in Centurion Park South Africa www.newswire.lk/2020/03/03/watch-37-year-old-aravinda-de-silva-takes-on-brett-lee-bowling-over-145kmph/
When I started learning better cricket, I admired his bottom hand grip and his stance which was set for extreme fast(90 MPH above ) bowlers. This stance and grip helped him to dispatch 90 +mph shortpitched deliveries over the fences easily . The disadvantage in this grip seemed to be a disguised overpitched slower ball would make mistimed shot which can be ended up as a caught and bowled .Its the weakness of the Bottom hand grip and his back foot dominant stance.. If one can master ,Aravindas Stance ,Tendukars foot work ,S Ramesh s defence and along with ABD flexibility, that will help to break Sir Don Bradmens records in the future.
Dictionary of middle order batsman.Jayasuriya dominates power play and Aravinda de Silva dominated remaining overs.He was the most credited Sri Lanka had lifted the 1996 world cup.Jayasuriya was player of the series of 1996 WC too.
How simple he bat mesmerising. People say Rohit Sharma has that little bit more time then other players but Desilva surely had bit more time then Rohit.
Should have been the man of the series of 1996 world cup don't know why jaisurya was awarded despite being failure in semi as well as final where arvind was game changer in semi and final
In that era ..how many Asian batsman was there..who can pull ball at deep square and cut ball over backward point ... My vote arvinda de Silva....and sanath Jay suriya..
As far as I'm concerned Aravinda de Silva was for Sri Lanka what George Headley was for the West Indies in the 1930's - their first truly great batsmen, up with the best of his time (including Lara and Tendulkar) and really being the main reason why Sri Lankan had become a genuine cricket force by the mid 1990's.
Someone should upload better videos of Arvinda De Silva to me he was the best batsman played during his times of Azhar, Inzy, Sachin, lara etc. coz he arrived most of the time when his team in trouble and played nice innings and won for them. He is my Hero.
Lara is the greatest batsman I've ever seen talent wise. But I always felt him and Tendulkar were lucky they did not face Pakistan regularly. It's all well and good scoring 90 odd runs against a past his prime Akram and Akthar. But do it against Imran, waqar, saqlain and mushtaq and qadir all in their primes. Sachin was lucky imo
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Arguably the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka. People might talk about Sanga and Jayawardena having superior figures but this guy was pure genius. As Pakistani we always dreaded Aravinda’s counter attack. Much respect sir!!
100 per cent agreed
He was one tough legend!! 11/2 and he is fearless against the twin tigers Wasim n Waqar... He did the same in 96 Wc final n SF, From 1996-98 De Silva was perhaps the most effective ODI batsman in the world .
Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed... Probably the most balanced (and lethal) attack in cricket at the time... Shows the class of the man!
True.
Aravinda didn't care the reputation of the bowlers.
Afridi is a world class bowler too. You forgot to mention him.
Right
True words. Arvinda Was a class above
He is the only Asian batsman against whom even the fastest bowlers were afraid to bowl bouncers.. He played the pull/hook as well as the best..
That running 6 vs Waqar. Savage.. No comments.....Pure class...
Aravinda de Silva is the 1st Asian Cricketer to score a century in World Cup -Final, After Clive Lloyd & Viv Richards. M.Jayawardane is the 2nd Srilankan cricketer to score a century in World Cup -Final
Another brilliant innings by Aravinda de Silva. He was one the elegant players of 90s and it was always a treat to watch him bat. He is one of my favourites, I love the way he used to play pull and hook on short deliveries. Just classic !
My favorite batsman of 90s-2000s. He was one noch above most of the batsman
The most talented Asian batsman ever to pick up a bat
Man this guy could play. And during the last generation of really great bowlers. One of my favorite non West Indian players.
Exaggerated... Great though
@@bhaskarpuvvala5849 how so?
Not being biased as an Indian but Tendulkar was d most naturally gifted along with Azhar.
De silva can be classified into d same category, so does Anwar... So, the most talented is not the right term
@@bhaskarpuvvala5849 I don't think Tendilkar was more talented but I regard him as the greatest for what he achieved.
I always felt Azhar was more gifted than Tendulkar - other Indians involved in cricket have said this too. Infact I've heard some people say Kambli was more talented than Tendulkar.
In Sri Lanka however there is no debate that Aravinda is the most talented. Between Azhar and De Silva it's very close I just felt De Silva could pick the length against express pace better. So he edges it for me
As a Pakistan fan I always loved watching DeSilva except for when it was against Pakistan. True class act.
Class, class and unparalleled class. No man, in my viewing, has played fast bowling with so much assurance and ease. I've seen a lot of Lara and Tendulkar as well, who are great batsmen with tremendous discipline and appetite for runs.
However, for pure hand-eye coordination and sheer skill in playing pace, I am yet to see a man better than De Silva.
Very true
Played fast bowling the best ahead of Sachin , lara or anyone..only viv is better then him playing short pitched deliveries that way.
Viv Richards was better
@@royp7541 viv has more brutal power, aravinda has more elegance,
Absolutely right
Underrated in world stage. But the best batsman ever produced in Sri Lanka. His pull shot and hook shot had no peers.
Number 2 behind sangakkara
+Just chill nOPe he was much better than Sangakkara, Sanga is more consistent - but consistency/longevity is not everything.
you are correct , Aravinda is the best Sri lankan cricketer i have ever seen, in terms of statics may be sangakara, but Aravinda is simply the best. He is the fine fine player of fast and medium fast bowlers.
Although he couldn't scored 10000 test and one day runs, still he is the best. he is exceptional. sangakkara very close. But second to Aravinda's talent,determination, temperament. he is legend.
Can't agree that he was underrated.... One of the best match winning batsman during the 90s....and the hero of 1996 world cup semifinal and final...
your not a world class batsman if you cant win a world cup final for your country with a big 100 ,this man did it.
I am Indian, but I strongly feel that today Indian batsmen should learn from Arvinda how to overcome the fear of playing short-pitched deliveries. He was one of the best batsmen to have played against fast bowlers.
Yes. He absolutely nailed them!
Spin, speed, big occasion, nothing bothered him. Played crucial innings in the semifinal as well as final of the world cup to help his team win the cup - the stuff of dreams for any batsman.
What a show of strokes..This is 20 years ago but still great to watch..
Aravinda & Sanath are the only two batsmen who destroyed Wasim&Waqar terrific bowling attack at the time
Aravinda’s class batting with the classic commentary of Ian Chappell and Tony Greig. Cricket at it’s super best 👌💯❤❤❤🏏🏏🏏
RIP Tony 😢🙏 We miss you so much, you were a great source of strength not just just to world cricket but Sri Lankan Cricket. You will be in all Sri Lankan’s hearts forever, thank you for the wonderful memories.
My favourite batsmen of all time. I started watching cricket just to watch him bat.
What a batsman. Always my favorite. Huge respect from lahore pakistan.. ❤❤❤❤🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
During this time he was the only batsman from Asia who played effortlessly against formidable PAK attack
i still remember that match V LOST BADLY :( AGAINST srilanka i am a pakistani but we love srilankan players jayasuria arvinda murli etc they r the legends
What a player?He has such class in his batting.He has always played blinder of an innings during crisis situations like WC 96 semifinal.A very underrated cricketer indeed.
His class is incomparable to anyone, he is in a class by himself!
The greatest batsman ever
Very rarely he used to smile when he bats...nice smile at 2.37.... love you Aravinda....
Aravind De Silva- The best puller of all time. Anything just short he bangs 🤛
Aravinda de Silva World number one batsman 👍💗
One of the greatest ODI innings ever!.....against Wasim Waqar mushtaq Shaqlain & Afridi a lethal attack..probably better than his '96 WC innings in semis & final?
The most delightful batsman ever....
He was before Koli so Koli may be like him
Aravinda, the genius of our cricket,in his style, he is the master batsman and out of the crease he is a real gentleman.
The best SL batsman ever.My favourite batsman all time.
long live aravinda desilvas batting memories
This is the hero. Real game finisher.look at those sixes .he murdered bowels .pleasure to watch .sheer technique .pure talent.mind game player .he was the lilly flower blossomed in sri lanka cricket .But underrated .we missed you ,without your action .our legend.
One of the Greatest Batsman 🏏 👑 Legend.
He murdered bowlers like wasim waqar McGrath lee Fleming srinath prasad Kumble warne saqlain mcdomert etc etc
For Aravinda, Big stage meant big scores & small matches were like practice sessions not meant for scoring high runs
You were right!
He was not so keen in local tournaments, as he commented late that those lacked challenging situations
During my childhood days i used to have this feeling once Aravinda is in ...he will be there for atleast 30+ overs in ODI's
What a fantastic player, one of those batsman that made great bowlers look so average. Numbers don't always tell you the right story, never seen an Asian batsman dominate waqar, wasim and saqlain like dis
The only batsmen that can play a square cut to a length bowl and overpitched bowl this is amazing i can still remember a test match vs pakistan he played so many shots against Saqlain brilliant...
Sir arvinda de Silva. Real fighter. Never got international respect which he deserved.
one of the best batsmen who can handle the bat under any kind of pressure
Critics said that De Silva's "mad max" attitude would lead to his downfall sooner than expected.
But in De Silva's own language: Does it look I give a damn.
And this very approach secured him a place amongst the greatest batsmen of all-time, even though he didn't average 50 in tests(hey even Martin Crowe and David Gower didn't).
Best eye in the modern game.
All due respect to Sangakkara, Dias and Wettimuny but Aravinda is the greatest batsman the Lankans have ever produced.
I'm surprised there are not many videos of him here. Sure, that era saw so many talented batsmen at once, but Aravinda had a certain special class in playing genuine pace and in crisis. Of course, too bad his aggression got the better of him a number of times, but later in his career he was much more balanced.
One of the greatest batsman to have ever played the game. Sheer class. Respect from an Indian 🙏
Greatest legend for all time..
When you see this kind of batting , these players will automatically get segmented into top brass of batting legends .Viv , Lara ,Sachin Aravinda,Sehwag , ,De Villers , Gilchrist , AB De , Hayden ,Santh .
Waqar 90 to 95 miles per hour bowler and Wasim was 85 to 95 MPH bowler at their peak. Look at the way ADS faces them .Real class ,the Lions pride is shown in those shots .
Highly underrated...but superb
What a player he was. I remeber how pakistani's were crazy about him. My favourite player. Pak + Srilanka unity Zindaband
I still remember that 6 over long on against Waqar for a full delivery. Absolutely bludgeoned it.
Aravinda de Silva was the only cricketer in the world of cricket at that time who bravely faced the fast bowlers ( Wasim Waqar Ambrose Walsh Donald MG Ra )without fear.
Doubt any modern day player could play a shot like at 0.58 secs to wasim. Picked up lenght so early, weight transfer was perfect, power plus timing. Shots like that send out a message to the opposition about the caliber of the batsman.
Waqar would be bowling at the speed of 140+in this match,but arvinda just stepped in and hit him for a six.
Aravinda... Srilankan best batsman for ever.... No one can take his place.
I would put this in my top 10 ODI innings ever- this bowling attack is lethal but De Silva savaged them. I can't think of any other batsman who could/or did that - possibly Lara thats it.
Gr8 innings against the lethal attack
Lara played some fine knocks against Pakistan which had the Ws. 128 in the Total series in 1992/93 in SA with an attach of Wasim, Waqar, Ata Ur Rehaman and Aaqib Javed. 103 in Perth in 1997 with Wasim, Mohammed Zahid, Saqlain and Mushtaq. 114 in WestIndies in 1993 which had the Ws and Mushtaw Ahmed. Apart from the 100s, he has scored from terrific 80s and 70s against this attack
one of the strongest toughest player
2022.6.25 , unbelievable batting from the legend, he was facing waqar and wasin, both legends , love Pakistan 🇵🇰 ❤️
Aravinda de Silva is a Cricket legend
He is in my book is very close to Vivian Richard's. Even Richard's want all that successful against Akram and waqar , that is understandable that he faced him in his last few mo ths of cricket. But Aravinda never got the recognition he deserved. We hear stories and laurels about tendulkars and Laras . But against quality attack, this man is far better than Tendulkar. Once Garfield' Sobers said it openly in his commentary to Sunny Gavaskar when Tendulkar and Arvinda was batting together for world XI against MCC. I saw the match. There are 3 players who were far more better than Lara and Tendulkar against quality bowling. They are Aravinda, Martin Crowe and Dean Jones. Waqar and Akram had openly admitted it. See scoring runs in tons are important. But more important is against which attack is more important. I have seen Arvinda's hundred against pakistan, has seen Tendulkar's few hundreds , even though being an admirer of indian legend , I dont have any qualms in saying the truth that Aravinda is in a different class. He is a genius. Among the Current Players only AB Devilers is close to him.
He played when his team in critical position great player from Srilanka with lot of respect
Ab de villiars don’t come close to aravinda…..aravinda played fast bowling as if he is having a net…pull shot by getting inside the line of the ball from off stump? Only viv could do that… can’t bowl at players like these two. Special talent so was Martin Crowe..Dean Jones is not in the same league .
Exactly... Aevinda played wasim waqar so effortlessly..
@@royp7541 98
Aravinda played well in big matches and against good attacks..that is more important than averages and statistics
He has shot for every ball . Anything short he do pull. Anything bounce he do hook, andything offside he do cut. Anything leg side he do swip shot. Speciality is this guy he can do above all for fast bowlers and slow swing bowler as well .s”what a player
No batsman had as much time against the fastest bowlers as Aravinda. What a batsman.
The manner in which he brutalized Mohammed Zahid, then the fastest bowler in the world, in a Test match, no less, was simply astonishing.
One of the confident player of shri Lanka. I was always enjoyed his batting.
Class batsman and no grille respect!
yes really classy. ARAVINDA
The speed at which he rocked back for the full at 1.32 is simply tremendous…
Backbone of srilanka team.
I hve seen him playing such shots to Brett Lee in 2003 world Cup, league match.
This man can single-handedly win a match under pressure.With all due respect when he plays Wasim and Waqar they look slow bowlers due to the time he has when playing fast bowling.Sheer talent!!
Dishan Mendis...But this man can't single handedly win the match on Australian South African & England's pitch.
+Amir butt sri lanka did not tour South Africa much. De silva playef some incredible innings at australia. infact he won sl first odi in australia with a 6 of the final ball. his stint at Kent kind of shows he could easily handle english pitches. De Silva was a bit underrated tbh
Amir butt,He played 19 years.in England soil 3 Test matches,In Australia 6 test matches for 19 years,But still he scored centuries.bowling attack, place doesn't matter him.
@@amirbutt37 Look at Aravinda's fighting knock of 167 in Gabba vs Australia 1989 (a time when Sri Lanka was considered minnows) which drew the match, 152 vs England (one off test) at Oval 1998 which Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets, 73 vs South Africa in Bloemfontein won by 35 runs. As others pointed out he didn't get enough tours to make an impression. Nevertheless, he is a raw talent, read the game well, rose to the occasion (1996 World Cup semi 66 & 107 not out final vs Australia to win the World Cup) and entertained greatly with his classy batting. Here Aravinda at the age of 37 hitting Bret Lee for 2 sixes (bowled over140km) in Centurion Park South Africa www.newswire.lk/2020/03/03/watch-37-year-old-aravinda-de-silva-takes-on-brett-lee-bowling-over-145kmph/
_Arvinda The Aggressive_ ...
When I started learning better cricket, I admired his bottom hand grip and his stance which was set for extreme fast(90 MPH above ) bowlers.
This stance and grip helped him to dispatch 90 +mph shortpitched deliveries over the fences easily .
The disadvantage in this grip seemed to be a disguised overpitched slower ball would make mistimed shot which can be ended up as a caught and bowled .Its the weakness of the Bottom hand grip and his back foot dominant stance..
If one can master ,Aravindas Stance ,Tendukars foot work ,S Ramesh s defence and along with ABD flexibility, that will help to break Sir Don Bradmens records in the future.
He blossomed in a wrong period of srilanakan cricket. Most of his age wasted lack of matches😭😭
Dictionary of middle order batsman.Jayasuriya dominates power play and Aravinda de Silva dominated remaining overs.He was the most credited Sri Lanka had lifted the 1996 world cup.Jayasuriya was player of the series of 1996 WC too.
Best finisher of Srilanka team
How many time he remain not out in 80+ score when srilanka chasing the target
Master... Just a gem of a batsman...
1995-98 he was on par with Tendulkar and Lara if not better.
Never got his dew though... Surely sri Lanka's best
He is the best batsman ever..
How simple he bat mesmerising. People say Rohit Sharma has that little bit more time then other players but Desilva surely had bit more time then Rohit.
Just look at the attack he scored this against...the two W's at their peak..one the most watchable batsmen during the 90's
W's were not at their peak. Wasim Akram's Peak was from 1990- 1997. Waqar Younis was in his peak only from 1990 - 1994.
@@bilalqamar9174 hahaha always excuses when they hammered they are not in peak😂😂 why they playing then?
@@garry9013 because they were paid professionals and it was there Job. Plus you can't win every match you play.
If batting is considered to be an art then Arvinda was an artist . simply superb batsmen
He didn't have any respect or scared against wasim akram....the greatest batsman Sri Lanka has ever produced
people call him Mad Max, is that correct?
He faced not only Wauar, Wasim, Mcdormatt, Donald even Ambrose and Walsh perfectly..... he is far more better than 10Dulkar....
That pullshot still the best , as well as backfoot squr drive ❤
No respect to any bowler...Only the required treatment...How he makes room to hit it ...amazing Aravinda
KING OF UNDERPRESER 🔥
How bloody good was Arvinda?!! ❤🇮🇳🌸
An outstanding batsman against genuine pace attack.
Classiest ever batsman
THE GREAT BATSMAN❤
I am from Pakistan
Butt my favorite Batman is desilwa
i am a srilankan my best batsmen is Aravinda and the best bowler is non other than Wasim Akram everproduced in world of criket..
Should have been the man of the series of 1996 world cup don't know why jaisurya was awarded despite being failure in semi as well as final where arvind was game changer in semi and final
Back when Sri Lanka ruled the world cricket
In that era ..how many Asian batsman was there..who can pull ball at deep square and cut ball over backward point ... My vote arvinda de Silva....and sanath Jay suriya..
As far as I'm concerned Aravinda de Silva was for Sri Lanka what George Headley was for the West Indies in the 1930's - their first truly great batsmen, up with the best of his time (including Lara and Tendulkar) and really being the main reason why Sri Lankan had become a genuine cricket force by the mid 1990's.
Astutely commented! Yes, his impact in the game that brought SL cricket the fearlessness I believe.
The great de silva
Someone should upload better videos of Arvinda De Silva to me he was the best batsman played during his times of Azhar, Inzy, Sachin, lara etc. coz he arrived most of the time when his team in trouble and played nice innings and won for them. He is my Hero.
Arshad Mohammed Aravinda is my favourite batsman but having said that Lara was better. I'd put Aravinda second but at his peak Lara was just sublime
Lara is the greatest batsman I've ever seen talent wise. But I always felt him and Tendulkar were lucky they did not face Pakistan regularly. It's all well and good scoring 90 odd runs against a past his prime Akram and Akthar. But do it against Imran, waqar, saqlain and mushtaq and qadir all in their primes. Sachin was lucky imo
Playing against the likes of Washim akram and Waqar Yunus is not an easy task. But Aravinda de silva made it look so easy. He was a class act
He is just as great as Lara or Tendulkar
Typical Aravinda one and only one, best ever batman ever produce by ceylone
He was the back bone of Sri Lanka team.