Virender Sehwag‘s dismissal for 293 in the first hour of play on the third day of the third Test match at the Brabourne Stadium erased hopes of his becoming the first batsman ever to score three triple centuries or of becoming the first Indian to reach 400.
Nevertheless, that should not deflect attention from a key truth: the Nawab of Najafgarh in full flow is a breathtaking sight on the cricket field. Cruel, carefree, uncluttered and total paisa vasool. As the chairman of the selection committee, K. Srikkanth, puts it, only Viv Richards was more brutal.
That said, smaller boundaries, terrific bats, ridiculous rules, unimaginative bowlers, not to mention one-day cricket and Twenty20, have resulted in a surfeit of Sehwags around the cricket-playing world. So, the question: who is the most exciting batsman to watch today?
churumuri 
Sehwag treats Test match cricket like one-day and twenty20 and scores at a mind-bogging rate, second only to the Don! Why has he not clicked in formats which are supposed to be more entertaining and obviously pitches tailor- made for fast scoring? A puzzle indeed!
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Not a good time for the poll. People will obviously be under the influence of Sehwag’s heroics.
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I dont know about exciting but the most elegant batsman to watch is Dravid. His batting is like reading Tennyson or Kuvempu- compositions of grit and beauty.
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I guess it is more to do with him wanting to score even faster than his natural game perhaps?? If he played Oneday and T20 the way he plays test, he’d be fine I suppose!
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agree with my namesake , I would say KP ( not churumuri’s owner) is a more exciting player , I dont enjoy seeing these runs being scored in a pitch which is so dead that its a sacrilege to ask bowlers to bowl on such wickets
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Taylor, Sehwag, KP and the two South Africans not on this list – JP Duminy and AB De Villiers – would probably make the most exciting top order around.
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