This man was ahead of his time, at least as far as SL cricket is concerned. He played at a time SL were given 4-5 test matches a year. SL were still semi-pro at that time and only after 96 WC win they were taken seriously. Greatest batsman SL ever produced.
Aravinda De Silva was one hell of a batsman. One of the greatest to have played the game! Probably THE best cutter & puller to come from Asia. One of my all time favorites.😊
Only 90's kids know the class of Desilva, what a Talent Desilva is and probably the most elegant leg side player and also Carl Hooper , but Hooper never reached his full potential.
With Aravinda it was not only brute force , he had a solid technique too. @4:57 The way he played with soft hands when ball reared of a good length , is a solid example of his sound technique.Somehow , given his enormous talent ,I personally felt that he underachieved in world cricket.
During those tough period to handling the most toughest bowler in the world in toughest format,hats off and 1996 semi final and final wow nobody can mat h him,so hats off to DaSilva, wo handle the most difficult efa
Wisden rightly called him one of the game's greatest entertainers. Had he just been even a cent more focussed, he'd definitely have had 7k plus runs in tests and he'd have been the second after Sachin to scale 10k runs in ODIs before eventually retiring.
Lol, stop bringing up and comparing players to sachin. He was a fine player in his own right and managed pressure better than most players. Getting more runs is always great but not everything.
Here in this innings of 167 in '89/'90, Aravinda De Silva had not yet been the same silky smooth elegant batsman with spellbinding brilliance and counterattacking stroke-play he would ultimately turn out to be a few years down the line. In fact, it had been typical of De Silva back in those relatively early days of his career to have a bit of a spoiled brat in him with some bull-headed arrogance, which brought him his own downfall more often than not. At times, it worked though. Here in this innings too, De Silva gave a rather simple straight-forward return catch to the pace bowler Merv Hughes early on his innings prior to reaching even double figures, it seems to have not been included (purposely or not ...) in this highlight package though. It was dropped by Hughes in his follow-through, thus giving De Silva the second chance which he grabbed pretty much to the maximum (thereby) reaching his hundred with caution; rather atypical of him back then. But such opportunities didn't occur always, so De Silva (back then) was seen as a batsman who could both entertain the audience with his adventurous stroke-play and frustrate them too with his rather irrational rush of blood alike, hence called "Mad Max".... It's fortunate that he came terms with his quite considerable potential at least during the latter phase of his career starting from '90s or so, but that delay of/in self-awareness certainly cost him of reaching the upper echelon of great batsmen he.was certainly destined to be .... [Aravinda De Silva may not be the most consistent batsman or may not stand among the absolute best in the trade like Viv Richards, etc. due to his lack of temperament/consistency at times, true and well accepted, yet he had been far above-average among his peers/contemporaries for sure. Most importantly, he had the ability to sync with the match situation and deliver as per what was demanded by the situation/context more often than not, even in crunch situations/games. On certain occasions, he failed and even brought dismay given how recklessly he got out, true, but at least he tried and no pretense was involved if you analyse his batting/performances. His strike rate of 80+ in ODIs stands comfortably among the upper echelon of the top-order batsmen who represented his era (from early 80's to early 2000s ...), most of them had their strike rates hovering in 70s and 60s (and some in 50s too ...) back then as the game was not yet tailor-made for aggressive/explosive batting and pretty much each team fielded quality/potent bowing units/attacks. The batsmen who had 80+ strike rates were not all that consistent except for peerless Viv Richards and perhaps (silky smooth) Zaheer Abbas too to a lesser extent, which meant De Silva's runs were always going to be influential/impactful in his era. De Silva was primarily a backfoot player pulling, hooking and cutting with disdain, still his form was hinted more often than not by how he played on frontfoot early on his innings. In his prime form, even his check drives raced to the boundary bisecting the fielders .... De Silva would have had an even more remarkable career had he fully understood his own abilities and worked on mastering them from his early 20s, he would have then certainly gone down in the history as one of the greatest flamboyant batsmen ever ....] ....
@@11hitmanDageniushe was better batsman than Sachin .. he was march winner and Sachin was accumulator and NOT A MATCH WINNER .. Ara and lara are match winners too and never worried or obsessed about records
From Ashes to Archive, upload Aravinda de Silva maiden odi hundred from srl tour of india in 1990 & upload Sri Lanka vs West Indies wc 1992 match that was played at Berri Oval, on 13th March 1992, please let me know.
Aravinda was as good as Sachin but a better comparison of style was Viv Richards as Ara was an attacking batsman. He hit the first ball in a test from Kapil Dev for a six. That's why he was known as Mad Max of SL Cricket. Ara was the best batsman produced by SL. Even unlike Tendulkar he was a big match player. He delivered when the pressure was on. Three wickets, two catches and a century against Australia in a world cup final under pressure is the most outstanding individual performance in a world cup final to date. He came into test cricket during Srilanka's civil war and lost his best years. This is a batsman better than Pontin , Kallis and most others and even Warne said there was a touch of genius about him. He did it his way.
There are two strokes that would show the class of Aravinda - 6 over point at Brisbane against a steaming Wasim Akram and another 6, at Adelade against Aussies -both in 1989.
Aravinda Desilva...the MAD MAX ....Daring & dashing batsman....having all shots in his armory...a useful spinner & good fielder...❤❤❤ Love from Karnataka, India...love from my TH-cam channel name 'Umesha Nomad'
Here in this innings of 167 in '89/'90, Aravinda De Silva had not yet been the same silky smooth elegant batsman with spellbinding brilliance and counterattacking stroke-play he would ultimately turn out to be a few years down the line. In fact, it had been typical of De Silva back in those relatively early days of his career to have a bit of a spoiled brat in him with some bull-headed arrogance, which brought him his own downfall more often than not. At times, it worked though. Here in this innings too, De Silva gave a rather simple straight-forward return catch to the pace bowler Merv Hughes early on his innings prior to reaching even double figures, it seems to have not been included (purposely or not ...) in this highlight package though. It was dropped by Hughes in his follow-through, thus giving De Silva the second chance which he grabbed pretty much to the maximum (thereby) reaching his hundred with caution; rather atypical of him back then. But such opportunities didn't occur always, so De Silva (back then) was seen as a batsman who could both entertain the audience with his adventurous stroke-play and frustrate them too with his rather irrational rush of blood alike, hence called "Mad Max".... It's fortunate that he came terms with his quite considerable potential at least during the latter phase of his career starting from '90s or so, but that delay of/in self-awareness certainly cost him of reaching the upper echelon of great batsmen he.was certainly destined to be .... [Aravinda De Silva may not be the most consistent batsman or may not stand among the absolute best in the trade like Viv Richards, etc. due to his lack of temperament/consistency at times, true and well accepted, yet he had been far above-average among his peers/contemporaries for sure. Most importantly, he had the ability to sync with the match situation and deliver as per what was demanded by the situation/context more often than not, even in crunch situations/games. On certain occasions, he failed and even brought dismay given how recklessly he got out, true, but at least he tried and no pretense was involved if you analyse his batting/performances. His strike rate of 80+ in ODIs stands comfortably among the upper echelon of the top-order batsmen who represented his era (from early 80's to early 2000s ...), most of them had their strike rates hovering in 70s and 60s (and some in 50s too ...) back then as the game was not yet tailor-made for aggressive/explosive batting and pretty much each team fielded quality/potent bowing units/attacks. The batsmen who had 80+ strike rates were not all that consistent except for peerless Viv Richards and perhaps (silky smooth) Zaheer Abbas too to a lesser extent, which meant De Silva's runs were always going to be influential/impactful in his era. De Silva was primarily a backfoot player pulling, hooking and cutting with disdain, still his form was hinted more often than not by how he played on frontfoot early on his innings. In his prime form, even his check drives raced to the boundary bisecting the fielders .... De Silva would have had an even more remarkable career had he fully understood his own abilities and worked on mastering them from his early 20s, he would have then certainly gone down in the history as one of the greatest flamboyant batsmen ever ....]
@@rajanramadurai4783 Hmmm, maybe in the past ..., but certainly not anymore / any longer .... Cricket today is certainly not the beautifully-balanced game it used to be in the past until 2010-12 or so .... Quite unfortunatly. it has now become nothing but a commercially-exploited melodrama/circus to say the least ....Still cherish those memories though ....
Here in this innings of 167 in '89/'90, Aravinda De Silva had not yet been the same silky smooth elegant batsman with spellbinding brilliance and counterattacking stroke-play he would ultimately turn out to be a few years down the line. In fact, it had been typical of De Silva back in those relatively early days of his career to have a bit of a spoiled brat in him with some bull-headed arrogance, which brought him his own downfall more often than not. At times, it worked though. Here in this innings too, De Silva gave a rather simple straight-forward return catch to the pace bowler Merv Hughes early on his innings prior to reaching even double figures, it seems to have not been included (purposely or not ...) in this highlight package though. It was dropped by Hughes in his follow-through, thus giving De Silva the second chance which he grabbed pretty much to the maximum (thereby) reaching his hundred with caution; rather atypical of him back then. But such opportunities didn't occur always, so De Silva (back then) was seen as a batsman who could both entertain the audience with his adventurous stroke-play and frustrate them too with his rather irrational rush of blood alike, hence called "Mad Max".... It's fortunate that he came terms with his quite considerable potential at least during the latter phase of his career starting from '90s or so, but that delay of/in self-awareness certainly cost him of reaching the upper echelon of great batsmen he.was certainly destined to be .... [Aravinda De Silva may not be the most consistent batsman or may not stand among the absolute best in the trade like Viv Richards, etc. due to his lack of temperament/consistency at times, true and well accepted, yet he had been far above-average among his peers/contemporaries for sure. Most importantly, he had the ability to sync with the match situation and deliver as per what was demanded by the situation/context more often than not, even in crunch situations/games. On certain occasions, he failed and even brought dismay given how recklessly he got out, true, but at least he tried and no pretense was involved if you analyse his batting/performances. His strike rate of 80+ in ODIs stands comfortably among the upper echelon of the top-order batsmen who represented his era (from early 80's to early 2000s ...), most of them had their strike rates hovering in 70s and 60s (and some in 50s too ...) back then as the game was not yet tailor-made for aggressive/explosive batting and pretty much each team fielded quality/potent bowing units/attacks. The batsmen who had 80+ strike rates were not all that consistent except for peerless Viv Richards and perhaps (silky smooth) Zaheer Abbas too to a lesser extent, which meant De Silva's runs were always going to be influential/impactful in his era. De Silva was primarily a backfoot player pulling, hooking and cutting with disdain, still his form was hinted more often than not by how he played on frontfoot early on his innings. In his prime form, even his check drives raced to the boundary bisecting the fielders .... De Silva would have had an even more remarkable career had he fully understood his own abilities and worked on mastering them from his early 20s, he would have then certainly gone down in the history as one of the greatest flamboyant batsmen ever ....] ....
This man was ahead of his time, at least as far as SL cricket is concerned. He played at a time SL were given 4-5 test matches a year. SL were still semi-pro at that time and only after 96 WC win they were taken seriously. Greatest batsman SL ever produced.
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Not only for SL Cricket but for cricket in general. Great batsman
Thank you Mr. Aravinda de Silva for making our Childhood Beautiful ❤❤❤🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰
Aravinda De Silva was one hell of a batsman. One of the greatest to have played the game! Probably THE best cutter & puller to come from Asia. One of my all time favorites.😊
Absolutely there is no doubt
Only 90's kids know the class of Desilva, what a Talent Desilva is and probably the most elegant leg side player and also Carl Hooper , but Hooper never reached his full potential.
A legend who had his own class & not second to none .
Once a legend, always a legend.. Sir Aravind de silva... Love and respect from India❤️
One of the best batsmen I saw!
One of greatest batsman I have seen
What a class player he was. My fav SL batsman
I remember seeing this innings. WORLD CLASS
most underrated cricketer ever
Those boundaries are at such a distance from the pitch. These batsmen were special for sure.
Great player so talented
A nemesis of the OZs, a rare sight in cricket given their dominance
Perhaps the only man who stood against them TALL❤
They were down and out
Arvind de silva the one of the legend ❤😊
Best player of shortball from Subcontinent
Thanks for the upload !!
With Aravinda it was not only brute force , he had a solid technique too. @4:57 The way he played with soft hands when ball reared of a good length , is a solid example of his sound technique.Somehow , given his enormous talent ,I personally felt that he underachieved in world cricket.
I can watch him play hours together. He destroyed the confidence of the indian cricket team in the semi finals of that 1996 wc.
During those tough period to handling the most toughest bowler in the world in toughest format,hats off and 1996 semi final and final wow nobody can mat h him,so hats off to DaSilva, wo handle the most difficult efa
Wisden rightly called him one of the game's greatest entertainers. Had he just been even a cent more focussed, he'd definitely have had 7k plus runs in tests and he'd have been the second after Sachin to scale 10k runs in ODIs before eventually retiring.
Lol, stop bringing up and comparing players to sachin. He was a fine player in his own right and managed pressure better than most players. Getting more runs is always great but not everything.
@@11hitmanDageniusand where've I compared De Silva with Sachin ? Read the comment again.
Sachin only good for records,failed to win a world cup,remember those days when he socres normally india lose...
Here in this innings of 167 in '89/'90, Aravinda De Silva had not yet been the same silky smooth elegant batsman with spellbinding brilliance and counterattacking stroke-play he would ultimately turn out to be a few years down the line. In fact, it had been typical of De Silva back in those relatively early days of his career to have a bit of a spoiled brat in him with some bull-headed arrogance, which brought him his own downfall more often than not. At times, it worked though. Here in this innings too, De Silva gave a rather simple straight-forward return catch to the pace bowler Merv Hughes early on his innings prior to reaching even double figures, it seems to have not been included (purposely or not ...) in this highlight package though. It was dropped by Hughes in his follow-through, thus giving De Silva the second chance which he grabbed pretty much to the maximum (thereby) reaching his hundred with caution; rather atypical of him back then. But such opportunities didn't occur always, so De Silva (back then) was seen as a batsman who could both entertain the audience with his adventurous stroke-play and frustrate them too with his rather irrational rush of blood alike, hence called "Mad Max".... It's fortunate that he came terms with his quite considerable potential at least during the latter phase of his career starting from '90s or so, but that delay of/in self-awareness certainly cost him of reaching the upper echelon of great batsmen he.was certainly destined to be ....
[Aravinda De Silva may not be the most consistent batsman or may not stand among the absolute best in the trade like Viv Richards, etc. due to his lack of temperament/consistency at times, true and well accepted, yet he had been far above-average among his peers/contemporaries for sure. Most importantly, he had the ability to sync with the match situation and deliver as per what was demanded by the situation/context more often than not, even in crunch situations/games. On certain occasions, he failed and even brought dismay given how recklessly he got out, true, but at least he tried and no pretense was involved if you analyse his batting/performances. His strike rate of 80+ in ODIs stands comfortably among the upper echelon of the top-order batsmen who represented his era (from early 80's to early 2000s ...), most of them had their strike rates hovering in 70s and 60s (and some in 50s too ...) back then as the game was not yet tailor-made for aggressive/explosive batting and pretty much each team fielded quality/potent bowing units/attacks. The batsmen who had 80+ strike rates were not all that consistent except for peerless Viv Richards and perhaps (silky smooth) Zaheer Abbas too to a lesser extent, which meant De Silva's runs were always going to be influential/impactful in his era.
De Silva was primarily a backfoot player pulling, hooking and cutting with disdain, still his form was hinted more often than not by how he played on frontfoot early on his innings. In his prime form, even his check drives raced to the boundary bisecting the fielders .... De Silva would have had an even more remarkable career had he fully understood his own abilities and worked on mastering them from his early 20s, he would have then certainly gone down in the history as one of the greatest flamboyant batsmen ever ....] ....
@@11hitmanDageniushe was better batsman than Sachin .. he was march winner and Sachin was accumulator and NOT A MATCH WINNER .. Ara and lara are match winners too and never worried or obsessed about records
A brilliant batsman I respect him for his confidence and courage against the bowlers.
Incredibly good puller of cricket ball.... Just next to Gordon Greenidge
All Time Iconic Legendary Cricketer Sir Arvinda Desilva 👍👍👍👍👍👍💯✔️✅
The Classic Mad Max ❤ You are marvelous ❤
Without him Sri Lanka couldn’t be able to win the 1996 World Cup
Legend 🏏🇱🇰🔥
Legendary role in world cricket
Mad Max arvinda
This was in a high scoring draw.
I like his batting of 1980s
Classic batsman sri lanka ever.produce techniically
From Ashes to Archive, upload Aravinda de Silva maiden odi hundred from srl tour of india in 1990 & upload Sri Lanka vs West Indies wc 1992 match that was played at Berri Oval, on 13th March 1992, please let me know.
Sri Lanka's greatest ever batsman.
Aravinda was as good as Sachin but a better comparison of style was Viv Richards as Ara was an attacking batsman. He hit the first ball in a test from Kapil Dev for a six. That's why he was known as Mad Max of SL Cricket. Ara was the best batsman produced by SL. Even unlike Tendulkar he was a big match player. He delivered when the pressure was on. Three wickets, two catches and a century against Australia in a world cup final under pressure is the most outstanding individual performance in a world cup final to date. He came into test cricket during Srilanka's civil war and lost his best years. This is a batsman better than Pontin , Kallis and most others and even Warne said there was a touch of genius about him. He did it his way.
One of the best sri Lankan middle order batsman &sea the boundaries very long
Great cricketer
There are two strokes that would show the class of Aravinda - 6 over point at Brisbane against a steaming Wasim Akram and another 6, at Adelade against Aussies -both in 1989.
He's closer in style to Sunny then Tendulkar
His on drives especially
Hahah exactly what I thought instantly after the first shot
Both very similar in stature.
Aravinda Desilva...the MAD MAX ....Daring & dashing batsman....having all shots in his armory...a useful spinner & good fielder...❤❤❤ Love from Karnataka, India...love from my TH-cam channel name 'Umesha Nomad'
The man who didnt do the justice to his talent ❤
1 st marster blaster is aravinda de silva very dengeress bat's men🏏🏆️🇱🇰💪💖✔
Here in this innings of 167 in '89/'90, Aravinda De Silva had not yet been the same silky smooth elegant batsman with spellbinding brilliance and counterattacking stroke-play he would ultimately turn out to be a few years down the line. In fact, it had been typical of De Silva back in those relatively early days of his career to have a bit of a spoiled brat in him with some bull-headed arrogance, which brought him his own downfall more often than not. At times, it worked though. Here in this innings too, De Silva gave a rather simple straight-forward return catch to the pace bowler Merv Hughes early on his innings prior to reaching even double figures, it seems to have not been included (purposely or not ...) in this highlight package though. It was dropped by Hughes in his follow-through, thus giving De Silva the second chance which he grabbed pretty much to the maximum (thereby) reaching his hundred with caution; rather atypical of him back then. But such opportunities didn't occur always, so De Silva (back then) was seen as a batsman who could both entertain the audience with his adventurous stroke-play and frustrate them too with his rather irrational rush of blood alike, hence called "Mad Max".... It's fortunate that he came terms with his quite considerable potential at least during the latter phase of his career starting from '90s or so, but that delay of/in self-awareness certainly cost him of reaching the upper echelon of great batsmen he.was certainly destined to be ....
[Aravinda De Silva may not be the most consistent batsman or may not stand among the absolute best in the trade like Viv Richards, etc. due to his lack of temperament/consistency at times, true and well accepted, yet he had been far above-average among his peers/contemporaries for sure. Most importantly, he had the ability to sync with the match situation and deliver as per what was demanded by the situation/context more often than not, even in crunch situations/games. On certain occasions, he failed and even brought dismay given how recklessly he got out, true, but at least he tried and no pretense was involved if you analyse his batting/performances. His strike rate of 80+ in ODIs stands comfortably among the upper echelon of the top-order batsmen who represented his era (from early 80's to early 2000s ...), most of them had their strike rates hovering in 70s and 60s (and some in 50s too ...) back then as the game was not yet tailor-made for aggressive/explosive batting and pretty much each team fielded quality/potent bowing units/attacks. The batsmen who had 80+ strike rates were not all that consistent except for peerless Viv Richards and perhaps (silky smooth) Zaheer Abbas too to a lesser extent, which meant De Silva's runs were always going to be influential/impactful in his era.
De Silva was primarily a backfoot player pulling, hooking and cutting with disdain, still his form was hinted more often than not by how he played on frontfoot early on his innings. In his prime form, even his check drives raced to the boundary bisecting the fielders .... De Silva would have had an even more remarkable career had he fully understood his own abilities and worked on mastering them from his early 20s, he would have then certainly gone down in the history as one of the greatest flamboyant batsmen ever ....]
U seems 2 breath more Cricket than oxygen ❤ 🎉
@@rajanramadurai4783 Hmmm, maybe in the past ..., but certainly not anymore / any longer .... Cricket today is certainly not the beautifully-balanced game it used to be in the past until 2010-12 or so .... Quite unfortunatly. it has now become nothing but a commercially-exploited melodrama/circus to say the least ....Still cherish those memories though ....
Genius
Aussies: He is a srilankan batsman lets bowl bouncer.. aravinda "Hold my beer"
Such a stylish batsman he was, lots of love and respect from Pakistan for such a legendary batsman
meyala tamai wagakiyanna ona apiwa cricket pisso kalata🥰
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This mile ahead of So called Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar
De Silva the dependable of Sri Lanka
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Best Sri Lankan batsman
Please upload 1996 world cup final in which Arvind D silva hammerd century
I will when I get a chance. What a brilliant innings that was
1 man army de silva
Just check his grip
1:52 Sri Lanka 4/2000 😱
Ha. Yes I saw that.
This man had too much time.
නවශිලන්තයට ගහපූ 267 තරගය දාන්න
Great Upload. Thanks a lot. Can you upload Sachin Tendulkar's 116 vs Australia in 1999-2000 test series?
An upload of the entire test series is available, last an hour and a half. Centuries from both Sachin and Laxman have been covered.
Yes I will when I get a chance. Any other requests? I'll get onto them as soon as I can
@@fromashestoarchive1861 anything you have from the 1991/92 aus-ind series pls!
Ummmmmmmmaaaa 🫶🫶🫶🫶
When Srilanka scored more than 400 and now they get all out cheaply for 50 and 55...
Just ask it from your father... he will let you know how it was happen 😂
@@pubudukasun1882 First learn English and then talk to me...I do not reply to fools...
@@krishmusic7570Not like batsmen dominate only minnows in home grounds...... hahahah
Not pleasing to look at but boy was he an entertainer.
Here in this innings of 167 in '89/'90, Aravinda De Silva had not yet been the same silky smooth elegant batsman with spellbinding brilliance and counterattacking stroke-play he would ultimately turn out to be a few years down the line. In fact, it had been typical of De Silva back in those relatively early days of his career to have a bit of a spoiled brat in him with some bull-headed arrogance, which brought him his own downfall more often than not. At times, it worked though. Here in this innings too, De Silva gave a rather simple straight-forward return catch to the pace bowler Merv Hughes early on his innings prior to reaching even double figures, it seems to have not been included (purposely or not ...) in this highlight package though. It was dropped by Hughes in his follow-through, thus giving De Silva the second chance which he grabbed pretty much to the maximum (thereby) reaching his hundred with caution; rather atypical of him back then. But such opportunities didn't occur always, so De Silva (back then) was seen as a batsman who could both entertain the audience with his adventurous stroke-play and frustrate them too with his rather irrational rush of blood alike, hence called "Mad Max".... It's fortunate that he came terms with his quite considerable potential at least during the latter phase of his career starting from '90s or so, but that delay of/in self-awareness certainly cost him of reaching the upper echelon of great batsmen he.was certainly destined to be ....
[Aravinda De Silva may not be the most consistent batsman or may not stand among the absolute best in the trade like Viv Richards, etc. due to his lack of temperament/consistency at times, true and well accepted, yet he had been far above-average among his peers/contemporaries for sure. Most importantly, he had the ability to sync with the match situation and deliver as per what was demanded by the situation/context more often than not, even in crunch situations/games. On certain occasions, he failed and even brought dismay given how recklessly he got out, true, but at least he tried and no pretense was involved if you analyse his batting/performances. His strike rate of 80+ in ODIs stands comfortably among the upper echelon of the top-order batsmen who represented his era (from early 80's to early 2000s ...), most of them had their strike rates hovering in 70s and 60s (and some in 50s too ...) back then as the game was not yet tailor-made for aggressive/explosive batting and pretty much each team fielded quality/potent bowing units/attacks. The batsmen who had 80+ strike rates were not all that consistent except for peerless Viv Richards and perhaps (silky smooth) Zaheer Abbas too to a lesser extent, which meant De Silva's runs were always going to be influential/impactful in his era.
De Silva was primarily a backfoot player pulling, hooking and cutting with disdain, still his form was hinted more often than not by how he played on frontfoot early on his innings. In his prime form, even his check drives raced to the boundary bisecting the fielders .... De Silva would have had an even more remarkable career had he fully understood his own abilities and worked on mastering them from his early 20s, he would have then certainly gone down in the history as one of the greatest flamboyant batsmen ever ....] ....
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