Best 'Smashing' Batsmen

1. Virender Sehwag

   

   Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer known for his aggressive batting style and success as an opening batsman. He played for India from 1999 to 2013 and is one of only two players to score two triple centuries in Test cricket. Sehwag was also part of the Indian team that won the 2011 Cricket... read more

   Only batsman who has smashed bowlers in all formats of the game, be it T20, ODI or test.

   Sehwag - T20, ODI, Test

   Gayle - T20

   Afridi - ODI, T20

   Gilchrist - ODI

   Yuvraj - ODI, T20

   Bradman- Test

   Richard- ODI, Tests

   Tendulkar- ODI, Test

   Jayasurya- ODI

   Srikanth - ODI

   He is undoubtedly, the best hitter of the ball, the world has seen. Such immense power hitting, those cracking boundaries on the off side, reaching the boundary in less than a seconds. There is nothing boring about him.

   Because playing in a team comprising of legends, he has managed to outshine them all. Also because he has single-handedly amended the coaching manuals.

2. Shahid Afridi

   

   Sahibzada Mohammad Shahid Khan Afridi, widely known as Boom Boom, is a retired Pakistani cricketer. He played international cricket from 1996 to 2017 and was known for his aggressive batting and leg-spin bowling. Afridi famously held the record for the fastest century in One Day Internationals for nearly... read more

   Most Wasted Player In Pakistani History. He only score in few match. Most of game he go for duck. He has record go for Duck 83times. And his average also very bad among all Pakistan upper batting orders. His average below 25. He is famous because he is the 1st man who change the world of cricket in aggresive way. We call him Father of sixer because he is the 1st man who introduce the fast game. However he is still best player in his time but not now anymore.

   He has a lot of power because he belong from khyber agency FATA and these people are called mountain peoples and everyone know mountain people as well about their power in hands. Afridi no need to shift their weight on batmen for hitting six

3. Chris Gayle

   

   Christopher Henry Gayle is a Jamaican former cricketer who represented the West Indies in all formats of international cricket. He is considered one of the greatest Twenty20 batsmen of all time. Gayle was known for his powerful hitting, holding numerous records in international and league cricket.

   Gayle is the greatest hitter who can destroyed any opponents in no time because he has dynamic hand eye coordination with Popeye looking fore arms even short arm jab can travel long way flick cut and trade mark square drive is the great examples that his hitting power.

   I think he's the best and deserves to be in first position he's clear in his shots and never miss judges them he is one of the big hitters present in todays cricket

   He is known as "GOD OF SIXES. "

   From The Biggest Fan of Chris Gayle (MKM)

4. Sir Donald Bradman

   

   Sir Donald George Bradman, often referred to as "The Don," was an Australian international cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 is regarded as the highest statistical achievement in any major sport. His legacy continues to influence... read more

   A powerful smasher. Record of the fastest century in just 22 balls.

   Average against:

   England=89.74

   India=178.75

   South Africa = 201.5

   West Indies=74.05

   Enough said

5. Yuvraj Singh

   

   Yuvraj Singh is a former Indian cricketer who played in all international formats, including Tests, ODIs, and T20Is. He rose to prominence during the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup and played a pivotal role in India's World Cup victory in 2011. In 2011, he was diagnosed with a rare germ-cell cancer but successfully... read more

   May so many players like viru gilly are their he is the man who made India win in many matches and tournaments as he had hit by cancer he is not playing up to the mark other wise he is number one

   6 sixes in an over... longest hit in T20 matches... enough said for the wise

   Yuvi is best, fastest fifty in world t20,6balls and 6sixes, and the winner of two world cups...

6. Sir Vivian Richards

   he taught the cricketing world to play fearlessly n to attack bowlers

   I WISH HE WAS THEIR IN ILP AND KFC BIG BASH THEN BOWLERS would KNEW WATZZ FE

   VER

7. Adam Gilchrist

   

   Adam Gilchrist is a retired Australian international cricketer known for his aggressive batting and exceptional skills as a wicketkeeper. He scored 33 centuries in international cricket, with 17 in Tests and 16 in One-Day Internationals. Gilchrist is widely regarded as one of the greatest wicketkeeper-batsmen... read more

   Cricket is more than just about boundaries and sixes but I guess I'm in minority with people who admire great fast bowling and batsmen who counter them with authority.. And the batsmen who can tear up any bowling is gilly

   He is far better than viru. He should be number 1. He made a test hundred of just 57 balls. He is a smart cricketer. I like him. He rocks the ipl

   He is the best hitter of the ball. Gilchrist rocks. Chris gayle is no match to Gilchrist

8. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

   

   Mahendra Singh Dhoni, commonly known as MS Dhoni, is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national cricket team. Under his leadership, India won the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. Dhoni is considered one of the most successful... read more

   I think though there are many big hitters of ball in this cricket generation Dhoni is the only batsmen who hits powerful and big sixes according to the situation of match

   Even though I'm not Indian I'm saying this guy can hit MILES I remember that helicopter shot he did it practically went out of the stadium

   Dhoni is the god of cricket history. Dhoni can hit six against any bowler. Dhoni can break any record if he open the batting lineup.

9. Sachin Tendulkar

   

   Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is a former Indian cricketer and captain, widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

   He's the highest run-scorer in the history of international cricket and was the first player to score 100 international centuries. Tendulkar received the Bharat Ratna,... read more

   He should be no 1 because he has not got the freedom to smash the bowlers like sehwag, gilchrist etc because the entire team was depended on him for many years. Even then his strike rate is about 85 in ODI's (after 440 ODI's). If at all he had the freedom then it would be much higher.

   In know best hitter list he is 8 number but any one can not say god of cricket to hitting long six sachin is god of cricket and sachin you will always be remembered

   His the god of cricket and teach lessons to any bowler. He can play any shorts and can give a very nice lesson to any bowler if that must be spinner, faster^^ swinger

10. Sanath Jayasuriya

    

    I think he should be number 1 frankly irrespective of country he belongs we should accept that he was the most feared batsman of all time during his prime.. I don't see others who can be compared with him apart from that he is the number 1 impact player for the team and he was the best allrounder. It's always been a pleasure to respect someone who changed the game of cricket. If someone doesn't agree this please watch 96 world cup...

    Sanath is Best Blaster hitter in Cricket ever ever... Sanath should number 1 in this title. Never seen by others like magnificent shots. Love his play ever. Really missing Sanath's Play in cricket. He is father of modern cricket. Trend setter of modern cricket. He was started already T20 in 1996.

The Newcomers
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    Rishabh Pant

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    Chris Lynn

    Chris Lynn is the champion of big bash football (the Aussie version of ipl) and has won player of the tournament two years in a row

The Contenders

13. Brendon McCullum

    

    Brendon mccullum started hitting from first ball in any format

    he hits 158 runs in first IPL match.

14. Matthew Hayden

    He must be in the Smashing category. He is among the very best. destructive hitter of the cricket ball

15. Kris Shrikanth

    srikanth is the trend setter of morden one day cricket, as a openner he smash the blower to all part of the ground.. in his playing days cricket was very slow, people love to see him smashing bowlers all over, now a days his style of batting is acknoledge now, jayasuriya, sewang, gyle all following his attacking style only

    No other batman is more destructive than india's kingmaker krishnamachariyaa srikanth

16. Lance Klusener

    Among all smashing batsman I thing one who really deserve number 1 is LANCE KLUSNER. HE came at no.6 and most of the time he took RSA to the vectory.

    Also He always been in spotlight in World Cup. This one of the best AllRounder

    Was real "HARDHEATER". The real 20-20 player.

    He is the hardest hitter of the ball ever to exist...at that times he was the only one expected to deliver 6 sixes...He was having ability to destroy any attack even if it comes on edge of his bat to deliver sixes...heaviest bat picked by any batsman till date...

17. AB de Villiers

    

    Abraham Benjamin de Villiers, commonly known as AB de Villiers or Mr. 360, is a retired South African international cricketer. He played for the South African national team from 2004 to 2018 and was widely admired for his innovative batting style and versatility. De Villiers also played in various domestic... read more

    Ab de villiers is the world best batsman in the world

    Will score many runs and is as destructive as they get!

    He is one of the best finishers in cricket

18. Rohit Sharma

    

    Rohit Gurunath Sharma is an Indian international cricketer who plays as an opening batsman and captains the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League. He has scored over 10,000 runs in international limited-overs formats and holds the record for the highest individual score in a One Day International... read more

    Love him and I even support Mumbai Indians. Best player on the team for me I love his technique

    Amazing batsman.Doesn't looks at anybody on his day.We saw an example on the 2nd t20I vs Sri Lanka last year when he hit 118 of just 43 balls and scored century off just 35 balls

    Smashing with class and great skill and the only perfect timer in world

19. Suresh Raina

    

    Suresh Kumar Raina is a former Indian international cricketer. A left‑handed middle‑order batsman and occasional off-break bowler, he represented India from 2005 to 2018. Raina captained Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and retired from all forms in August 2020.

    He was a bit small but if we saw the match as odi, ipl as other format of t20 ha was best for 6s and 4s. So he smash a ball as on extra ordinary style

    He is the best hitting batsmen. In T20 matches and IPL he is match hero. His smashing shots are awesome. Stylish player.

    He is the best batman in ipl I wish he can stay like that

20. Glenn Maxwell

    

    Glenn James Maxwell is an Australian cricketer who plays One Day International and Twenty20 International matches for Australia. Known for his explosive batting and versatile all-rounder skills, he has also played in multiple domestic T20 leagues around the world, including the Indian Premier League... read more

    Best hitter he should be In top 5 and his reverse sweep his leg side shot are great he is the big show

    Awesome player of all times. His sweep, His shot is the magic. He is proud of Australia cricket.

    If shahid afridi has one of the best hitter than maxwell is the best

21. Brian Lara

    Brian Lara= Brain Lara. I think he is the most genius player in the world. And he also can play longest form of game like Test and very difficult to out him. He can hit ball in every where. His Classic batting style make him the most best batsman ever in cricket History. I can put him equal to Sachin Tendulker. Both Are Genius. And both average is not far different.

22. David Warner

    

    David Andrew Warner (born October 27, 1986) is an Australian former international cricketer who played as a left-handed opening batsman. He served as vice-captain of the Australian team in Tests and One Day Internationals from 2015 until his suspension in 2018. Warner retired from international cricket... read more

    He is so powerful and he can also hit six in any kind of deliveries

    He is my favourite player and he is the master of switch hit

23. Sourav Ganguly

    

    Sourav Chandidas Ganguly, affectionately known as Dada, is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian national team. He is considered one of India's most successful cricket captains and later served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Ganguly played a crucial... read more

    No body can hit the ball like sourav even the well-known cricketer ponting too afraid about sourav, hence he didn't use his spinner until sourav got out

    Sourav is craziest batsmen... The way he uses his foot is unbelievable

24. Virat Kohli

    

    Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer who was born on November 5, 1988. He formerly captained the India national team in all formats, but stepped down as ODI captain in January 2022. As of July 2025, Kohli continues to play international cricket but no longer serves in a leadership role.

    He is the BEST of new Indian team and will have many records 2 his name

    He is the future of Indian team

25. Gautam Gambhir

    

    Gautam Gambhir is an Indian politician and former cricketer who played in all formats of the game for India. He was instrumental in India's victories at the 2007 ICC T20 World Cup and the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. After retiring from cricket in 2018, he entered politics and served as a Member of Parliament... read more

    When you want to hit sixes and four he is there when you want to defend the ball he is there

26. Corey Anderson

    

    He should be in top 10 as far as smashing is concern.

27. Andre Russell