Aravinda De Silva 134 (131) Vs Pakistan | 1997

[ilovewathsala]

The greatest batsman ever

[anushkasachith]

one of the best batsmen who can handle the bat under any kind of pressure

[PumuduK]

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!

[Imrankniazi]

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.

[fidellse]

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.

[melun1]

Just look at how quickly he pick up the bowl

[asisrout1988]

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.

[maxlogica]

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

[arshad0817]

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.

[njmp1]

remember this series Ari made havok of the pakistan attack of waqar & wasim.........it was his best year a record 7 centuries.......attpattu showed his tru colour in this series as well for the first time........

[119roshan]

every time i watch this wonderful cricketer play his lovely shots it brings imence joy to my eyes.what a payer...............best ever

[oslocity]

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

[qartaba100]

@oslocity ...srilankan players r fine but dont strech your very own 'liking' to all pakistanis. It may be u, not all pakistanis. Infact murali is a bigg chucker n he shld be banned from the game. his records are all fake. he isnt a gr8 player. Arvinda is a real classic type batsman, u dont see nowadays

[SuperLilrocky]

@qartaba100 whats your problem mate??jelouse about murali??get over it..if he is chucking icc would have banned him already..you must be a pakistani hardcore cricket fan..im a srilankan and i still like pakistan team including shoib akthar(even he chucks),waseem akram,javed miandad..just enjoy cricket as a unity..

[qartaba100]

@SuperLilrocky ...well ur stupidity shows when u say 'pakistani hardcore fan'...u didnt see i praised arvinda desilva for his class n elegancy. Shoaib has an OBVIOUS hyper extension.. n he has shown it many times. when he bowls it seems like chucking but not at all. n that hyper extension make him to ball more quick due to elsticity n rebounding. i hope ur well answr n remember i didnt abuse srilankan fans u cunt

[Bernie8330]

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.

[ihamoitc2005]

Having said that some point to his bizarre string of low scores in the early 90s and some unusual dismissals before and after suggest that, perhaps, he may have had a rather lucrative and taboo side income.

He was even investigated under an accusation by someone who had nothing to gain from seeing Aravinda go down.

Frankly, I think there's a lot more to the story than we know but with so little in the way of actual facts we can only speculate ... hardly enough to make a fair judgement.

[jackdanielss]

Aravinda was on the take for sure

[ihamoitc2005]

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.

[rayhaan23]

The best Sri Lankan batsman so far, elegance, power, great ability and canbe savage against any attack! Pressure never got to him..

[guru616]

What a player he was. I remeber how pakistani's were crazy about him. My favourite player. Pak + Srilanka unity Zindaband

[subhashngr]

awsome player on of the best exponent of the pull an hook shot . being an indian i hate him for the inng he played against india in 1996 semi final . awsome player wen he drives his bat looks more broder then anyone else .

[knoffleradam]

This guy was a class act and a very good batsman.

[nidharshanf]

He's the best batsman Sri Lanka ever produced.

[kmarasin]

Best eye in the modern game.

[bkdinelka]

Aravinda is a once in a lifetime batsman for Sri Lanka, for his batting position. It will be very hard work for the Sri Lankan's to get a replacement for Aravinda. This batsman is not respected as much as he should, just because he couldn't pass 10,000 ODI runs.

[bkdinelka]

The Classical Aravinda de Silva at his best form. This is what you deserve Pakistan terrorists, for your March Bomb Attacks. I just can't believe he actually had an aim at the Sri Lankan flag. Aravinda is the best Lankan batsman alongside, Sanath Jayasuriya.

[guitarmanaruna]

Classic Aravinda at his best...!!!