That running 6 vs Waqar. Savage.. No comments.....Pure class...

Arguably the best batsmen produced by Sri Lanka. People might talk about Sanga and Jayawardena having superior figures but this guy was pure genius. As Pakistani we always dreaded Aravinda’s counter attack. Much respect sir!!

your not a world class batsman if you cant win a world cup final for your country with a big 100 ,this man did it.

Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq and Mushtaq Ahmed... Probably the most balanced (and lethal) attack in cricket at the time... Shows the class of the man!

The most talented Asian batsman ever to pick up a bat

As a Pakistan fan I always loved watching DeSilva except for when it was against Pakistan. True class act.

My favorite batsman of 90s-2000s. He was one noch above most of the batsman

Aravinda & Sanath are the only two batsmen who destroyed Wasim&Waqar terrific bowling attack at the time

Another brilliant innings by Aravinda de Silva. He was one the elegant players of 90s and it was always a treat to watch him bat. He is one of my favourites, I love the way he used to play pull and hook on short deliveries. Just classic !

He was one tough legend!! 11/2 and he is fearless against the twin tigers Wasim n Waqar... He did the same in 96 Wc final n SF, From 1996-98 De Silva was perhaps the most effective ODI batsman in the world .

Aravinda de Silva is the 1st Asian Cricketer to score a century in World Cup -Final, After Clive Lloyd & Viv Richards. M.Jayawardane is the 2nd Srilankan cricketer to score a century in World Cup -Final

He is the only Asian batsman against whom even the fastest bowlers were afraid to bowl bouncers.. He played the pull/hook as well as the best..

The greatest batsman ever

My favourite batsmen of all time. I started watching cricket just to watch him bat.

During this time he was the only batsman from Asia who played effortlessly against formidable PAK attack

What a show of strokes..This is 20 years ago but still great to watch..

Very rarely he used to smile when he bats...nice smile at 2.37.... love you Aravinda....

Underrated in world stage. But the best batsman ever produced in Sri Lanka. His pull shot and hook shot had no peers.

i still remember that match V LOST BADLY :( AGAINST srilanka i am a pakistani but we love srilankan players jayasuria arvinda murli etc they r the legends

I am Indian, but I strongly feel that today Indian batsmen should learn from Arvinda how to overcome the fear of playing short-pitched deliveries. He was one of the best batsmen to have played against fast bowlers.

What a batsman. Always my favorite. Huge respect from lahore pakistan.. ❤❤❤❤🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰

His class is incomparable to anyone, he is in a class by himself!

Class, class and unparalleled class. No man, in my viewing, has played fast bowling with so much assurance and ease. I've seen a lot of Lara and Tendulkar as well, who are great batsmen with tremendous discipline and appetite for runs. However, for pure hand-eye coordination and sheer skill in playing pace, I am yet to see a man better than De Silva.

The most delightful batsman ever....

Aravind De Silva- The best puller of all time. Anything just short he bangs 🤛

One of the greatest ODI innings ever!.....against Wasim Waqar mushtaq Shaqlain & Afridi a lethal attack..probably better than his '96 WC innings in semis & final?

He murdered bowlers like wasim waqar McGrath lee Fleming srinath prasad Kumble warne saqlain mcdomert etc etc

What a player?He has such class in his batting.He has always played blinder of an innings during crisis situations like WC 96 semifinal.A very underrated cricketer indeed.

long live aravinda desilvas batting memories

Best eye in the modern game.

All due respect to Sangakkara, Dias and Wettimuny but Aravinda is the greatest batsman the Lankans have ever produced.

The best SL batsman ever.My favourite batsman all time.

Highly underrated...but superb

One of the greatest batsman to have ever played the game. Sheer class. Respect from an Indian 🙏

During my childhood days i used to have this feeling once Aravinda is in ...he will be there for atleast 30+ overs in ODI's

One of the Greatest Batsman 🏏 👑 Legend.

For Aravinda, Big stage meant big scores & small matches were like practice sessions not meant for scoring high runs

The only batsmen that can play a square cut to a length bowl and overpitched bowl this is amazing i can still remember a test match vs pakistan he played so many shots against Saqlain brilliant...

Aravinda, the genius of our cricket,in his style, he is the master batsman and out of the crease he is a real gentleman.

one of the best batsmen who can handle the bat under any kind of pressure

What a fantastic player, one of those batsman that made great bowlers look so average. Numbers don't always tell you the right story, never seen an Asian batsman dominate waqar, wasim and saqlain like dis

This is the hero. Real game finisher.look at those sixes .he murdered bowels .pleasure to watch .sheer technique .pure talent.mind game player .he was the lilly flower blossomed in sri lanka cricket .But underrated .we missed you ,without your action .our legend.

Waqar would be bowling at the speed of 140+in this match,but arvinda just stepped in and hit him for a six.

I still remember that 6 over long on against Waqar for a full delivery. Absolutely bludgeoned it.

He is in my book is very close to Vivian Richard's. Even Richard's want all that successful against Akram and waqar , that is understandable that he faced him in his last few mo ths of cricket. But Aravinda never got the recognition he deserved. We hear stories and laurels about tendulkars and Laras . But against quality attack, this man is far better than Tendulkar. Once Garfield' Sobers said it openly in his commentary to Sunny Gavaskar when Tendulkar and Arvinda was batting together for world XI against MCC. I saw the match. There are 3 players who were far more better than Lara and Tendulkar against quality bowling. They are Aravinda, Martin Crowe and Dean Jones. Waqar and Akram had openly admitted it. See scoring runs in tons are important. But more important is against which attack is more important. I have seen Arvinda's hundred against pakistan, has seen Tendulkar's few hundreds , even though being an admirer of indian legend , I dont have any qualms in saying the truth that Aravinda is in a different class. He is a genius. Among the Current Players only AB Devilers is close to him.

He is the best batsman ever..

What a player he was. I remeber how pakistani's were crazy about him. My favourite player. Pak + Srilanka unity Zindaband

Aravinda... Srilankan best batsman for ever.... No one can take his place.

Critics said that De Silva's "mad max" attitude would lead to his downfall sooner than expected. But in De Silva's own language: Does it look I give a damn. And this very approach secured him a place amongst the greatest batsmen of all-time, even though he didn't average 50 in tests(hey even Martin Crowe and David Gower didn't).

Doubt any modern day player could play a shot like at 0.58 secs to wasim. Picked up lenght so early, weight transfer was perfect, power plus timing. Shots like that send out a message to the opposition about the caliber of the batsman.

When you see this kind of batting , these players will automatically get segmented into top brass of batting legends .Viv , Lara ,Sachin Aravinda,Sehwag , ,De Villers , Gilchrist , AB De , Hayden ,Santh . Waqar 90 to 95 miles per hour bowler and Wasim was 85 to 95 MPH bowler at their peak. Look at the way ADS faces them .Real class ,the Lions pride is shown in those shots .

Class batsman and no grille respect!

Greatest legend for all time..

He blossomed in a wrong period of srilanakan cricket. Most of his age wasted lack of matches😭😭

one of the strongest toughest player

_Arvinda The Aggressive_ ...

Backbone of srilanka team.

2022.6.25 , unbelievable batting from the legend, he was facing waqar and wasin, both legends , love Pakistan 🇵🇰 ❤️

Best finisher of Srilanka team How many time he remain not out in 80+ score when srilanka chasing the target

I hve seen him playing such shots to Brett Lee in 2003 world Cup, league match.

I'm surprised there are not many videos of him here. Sure, that era saw so many talented batsmen at once, but Aravinda had a certain special class in playing genuine pace and in crisis. Of course, too bad his aggression got the better of him a number of times, but later in his career he was much more balanced.

He didn't have any respect or scared against wasim akram....the greatest batsman Sri Lanka has ever produced

I would put this in my top 10 ODI innings ever- this bowling attack is lethal but De Silva savaged them. I can't think of any other batsman who could/or did that - possibly Lara thats it.

How simple he bat mesmerising. People say Rohit Sharma has that little bit more time then other players but Desilva surely had bit more time then Rohit.

No respect to any bowler...Only the required treatment...How he makes room to hit it ...amazing Aravinda

When I started learning better cricket, I admired his bottom hand grip and his stance which was set for extreme fast(90 MPH above ) bowlers. This stance and grip helped him to dispatch 90 +mph shortpitched deliveries over the fences easily . The disadvantage in this grip seemed to be a disguised overpitched slower ball would make mistimed shot which can be ended up as a caught and bowled .Its the weakness of the Bottom hand grip and his back foot dominant stance.. If one can master ,Aravindas Stance ,Tendukars foot work ,S Ramesh s defence and along with ABD flexibility, that will help to break Sir Don Bradmens records in the future.

Sir arvinda de Silva. Real fighter. Never got international respect which he deserved.

people call him Mad Max, is that correct?

No batsman had as much time against the fastest bowlers as Aravinda. What a batsman. The manner in which he brutalized Mohammed Zahid, then the fastest bowler in the world, in a Test match, no less, was simply astonishing.

This man can single-handedly win a match under pressure.With all due respect when he plays Wasim and Waqar they look slow bowlers due to the time he has when playing fast bowling.Sheer talent!!

Dictionary of middle order batsman.Jayasuriya dominates power play and Aravinda de Silva dominated remaining overs.He was the most credited Sri Lanka had lifted the 1996 world cup.Jayasuriya was player of the series of 1996 WC too.

I am from Pakistan Butt my favorite Batman is desilwa

Just look at the attack he scored this against...the two W's at their peak..one the most watchable batsmen during the 90's

The speed at which he rocked back for the full at 1.32 is simply tremendous…

Back when Sri Lanka ruled the world cricket

He is just as great as Lara or Tendulkar

In that era ..how many Asian batsman was there..who can pull ball at deep square and cut ball over backward point ... My vote arvinda de Silva....and sanath Jay suriya..

Typical Aravinda one and only one, best ever batman ever produce by ceylone

Pakistan vs one man army arvind desilva 11 century s

If batting is considered to be an art then Arvinda was an artist . simply superb batsmen

Lara is the greatest batsman I've ever seen talent wise. But I always felt him and Tendulkar were lucky they did not face Pakistan regularly. It's all well and good scoring 90 odd runs against a past his prime Akram and Akthar. But do it against Imran, waqar, saqlain and mushtaq and qadir all in their primes. Sachin was lucky imo

Aravinda de Silva World number one batsman 👍💗

Arbinda👈👈 what a player for Lankan

fearless batsman Arvind desilva

Someone should upload better videos of Arvinda De Silva to me he was the best batsman played during his times of Azhar, Inzy, Sachin, lara etc. coz he arrived most of the time when his team in trouble and played nice innings and won for them. He is my Hero.

As far as I'm concerned Aravinda de Silva was for Sri Lanka what George Headley was for the West Indies in the 1930's - their first truly great batsmen, up with the best of his time (including Lara and Tendulkar) and really being the main reason why Sri Lankan had become a genuine cricket force by the mid 1990's.

He gives death to bowlers,.. .. With his. batting...

He was the back bone of Sri Lanka team.

Aravinda was on the take for sure

Sachin and lara nothinh infront of aravindha

Master... Just a gem of a batsman... 1995-98 he was on par with Tendulkar and Lara if not better. Never got his dew though... Surely sri Lanka's best

That pullshot still the best , as well as backfoot squr drive ❤

He has shot for every ball . Anything short he do pull. Anything bounce he do hook, andything offside he do cut. Anything leg side he do swip shot. Speciality is this guy he can do above all for fast bowlers and slow swing bowler as well .s”what a player

How bloody good was Arvinda?!! ❤🇮🇳🌸

Amount of runs don't matter, what matters is opponent whom you did it against... Arvinda here hitting akram and waqar effortlessly... Sachin rarely did that...

Classiest ever batsman

Power💥of A DE SIVA I'm sri Lankan 🇱🇰🇱🇰🇱🇰 2019

KING OF UNDERPRESER 🔥

iam an indian but desilva is much better than lara and sachin

He faced not only Wauar, Wasim, Mcdormatt, Donald even Ambrose and Walsh perfectly..... he is far more better than 10Dulkar....