Weird batsmen, batting styles

[Movie Cop]

Mohd. Azharuddin, who to me is one among the most elegant batsmen of our times, had a weird batting technique from '84 through '86... It was post '86 english summer where he corrected his footwork to become one of the graceful, wrsity batsmen!

In that ugly (albeit successful) '84-'86 era of Azhar - we saw Azhar jumping awkwardly at the crease so much that he would, more often than not, be in the air while striking the ball!

He was one batsmen who did skipping with a cricket bat instead of a skipping rope!

[Nerd]

1. Ganguly - I don't know which is uglier, Ganguly's pulls/hooks or Dhoni's drives(?). Compare that with:
-Lara's leg side shots
-Ganguly's off-side genius.
2. Sattithalayan Pravin Amre - Avaru out aayittu pOna crease-la rendu adikku paLLam irukkum. andha kuthu kuthuvaapla
3. Doug Marillier - Saansless. Unimitable/unmatchable shots.

[omega]

Vinodh Kambli - Would have completed one twist dance, before the ball reaches him, from bowlers arm. Shufflena shuffle, apdiyoru shuffle.

Other guy is Raman Lamba (Cricketkkukkahave uyira vittavaru), who could come close to Vinodh Kambli.

[omega]

Krishnamachari "Mookurunji" Sreegaandh!

Often bowler & even the non-striker would have to search for him, after connecting a ball (palaar), as he would be somewhere around the leg umpire area, swirling his bat (mookurinjufying) !!!

[omega]

Miandad, was another scratchy starter, who would make batting look horrible (only at the start of the innings though). His stance & the tricks that he uses to confuse umpires (expecially if he gets hit below knee roll).

[ajithfederer]

What abt Shiva narayanan sanderpaul marking his crease with bails!!!

[Movie Cop]

Sattithalayan Pravin Amre - Avaru out aayittu pOna crease-la rendu adikku paLLam irukkum. andha kuthu kuthuvaapla

[Movie Cop]

What abt Shiva narayanan sanderpaul marking his crease with bails!!!

Siva Narayana Sandhira Balan has one of the ugliest batting stance that one could ever imagine! If he would have played the famous chennai street cricket he would have often heard bowler/thrower often yelling "O***... Vazhi vidu... stump-uhh maraikadha" His batting stance is pretty shabby, he almost faces the square leg umpire... His strokes are even more crappy! I would anytime prefer watching a Mark Waugh's 20 versus Sandhira Balan's century!

When it comes to ugliest batting stance it would be a toss up between Chanderpaul & Ijaz, I guess!

[Movie Cop]

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[ajithfederer]

Yeah .

Good observation .

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