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All-time XI of most entertaining cricketers?

Harsh Thakor

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This is not the best all-time xi in terms of class but one that comprises the most entertaining cricketers of all.
All-time most entertaining xi of all time


1.Chris Gayle
2.Virendra Sehwag
3.Viv Richards
4.Brian Lara
5.A.B.Devilliers
6.Gary Sobers
7.Ian Botham
8.Kapil Dev
9.Shahid Afridi
10.Wasim Akram
11.Michael Holding


Few batsmen could ever punish bowling as devastatingly as Viv.AB,Afridi or Gayle creating the impact of a dynamite exploding.Even if not as punishing Lara and Barry were in effect as mercurial and could dissect the best attacks like a baker slicing cake to perfection.Sobers was the equivalent of a cricketing God and was the equivalent of a Beethoven or Rembrandt exploring regions in every department of the game no cricketer as done or may never do. On their day Kapil and Botham were created the energy of Hercules on a cricket field able to make a 360 degree change to the complexion of a game before you could call Jack Robinson,whether batting ,bowling or fielding.Imran ,Miller or Kallis were better all-rounders arguably but did no entertain crowds the degree Botham and Kapil did.No pace bowler took the art of bowling to such heights as Wasim Akram who resembled a magician .He took creativity to regions of divinity.No paceman attained such perfection in action as Michael Holding who resembled a Rolls Royce car.For pure speed through the air he was the ultimate paceman.
 
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I would rather pick GREAT entertaining players rather then players who JUST entertain.

Afridi, Gayle and Sehwag would therefore never make an all time entertaining team for me.

Greenidge
Jayasuria (better all round player then Sehwag)
Richards
Lara
Sobers
Botham
Imran
Gilchrist
Wasim
Warne
Holding
 
I would rather pick GREAT entertaining players rather then players who JUST entertain.

Afridi, Gayle and Sehwag would therefore never make an all time entertaining team for me.

Greenidge
Jayasuria (better all round player then Sehwag)
Richards
Lara
Sobers
Botham
Imran
Gilchrist
Wasim
Warne
Holding

Great team.Still my criteria is entertainment vale and arguably Gayle is a great batsmen in his own right .What about A B Devilliers?Anyway like your team good selection.Why not Barry Richards instead of Greenidge?
 
Great team.Still my criteria is entertainment vale and arguably Gayle is a great batsmen in his own right .What about A B Devilliers?Anyway like your team good selection.Why not Barry Richards instead of Greenidge?

Agree DeVilliers would be equally good. Devilliers instead of Gilchrist would be better for entertainment I suppose. So I'll change that.

Greenidge was immensely entertaining! Richards was a great player but Greenidge was the archetypal West Indian Player......"Play the bhaal on the upp Maan" (my attempt at Windies accent).
 
Agree DeVilliers would be equally good. Devilliers instead of Gilchrist would be better for entertainment I suppose. So I'll change that.

Greenidge was immensely entertaining! Richards was a great player but Greenidge was the archetypal West Indian Player......"Play the bhaal on the upp Maan" (my attempt at Windies accent).

Good reasoning.Greenidge on his day was s class act.
 
Adam Gilchrist
Saeed Anwar
Virat Kohli
Sachin Tendulkar
AB de Villiers
MS Dhoni (C) (wk)
Abdul Razzaq
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Shane Warne
Shoaib Akhtar
 
1) Gayle
2) Sehwag
3) Sir Viv
4) Devilliers
5) Yuvraj
6) Brendan McCullum (wk)
7) Afridi
8) Wasim
9) Shoaib Akhter
10) Dale Steyn
11) Shane Warne
 
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