Who is the exact powerhouse of all?
View(s):Chris Gayle’s carnage on cricket fields around the world, particularly in the T20 format of the game, has forced many to question whether there has ever been a batsman with such frightening force and aggression to put on a pair of gloves at the international level. This week we prepared a list comprising Sir Vivian Richards, Sanath Jayasuriya, Adam Gilchrist and Gayle, to find out whether the public thought this imposing Jamaican really was the game’s greatest power hitter.
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 Chris Gayle is the best striker of the cricket ball I have seen. He can change the face of a match in two or three overs. His innings in the IPL have shown this. - Angelo Perera (National pool cricketer) |
 I think Vivian Richards was the greatest. He was just fearless the way he attacked really fast bowlers. He could single-handedly change a match. Players like Gayle are powerful but Richards was much more consistent and a true great. - Channa Ratnayake (Medical Doctor) |
 Adam Gilchrist was the greatest Master Blaster. Anyone who saw him in his prime and during that World Cup final against us will agree. Even what he did in the IPL after retiring proved his talent. He had power, timing and technique. - H. Udayanga (Security officer) |
 Sanath Jayasuriya was the best power hitter to me because of the entertainment he provided for me personally as a fan of Sri Lankan cricket. I think if you put him onto a cricket pitch even now he will smash a few sixes. - K. Dias (Private sector worker) |
 Adam Gilchrist was the best power hitter in the game. He is a brilliant batsman and was capable of not just smashing the ball out of the park but also of regularly putting up scores in excess of a 100. - M. Fazloon (Tour guide) |
 Sanath Jayasuriya would have to be the greatest power hitter in the game. If you look at his structure, he wasn’t the size of someone like Chris Gayle but he still could hit the ball powerfully and recorded big scores consistently. - Nishantha Ranatunga (Secretary Sri Lanka Cricket) |
 Jayasuriya was undoubtedly the best. He was like a bolt of lightning; before you knew it he could score a 50 or a hundred and change the match. I still remember the way he hammered the fastest 50. - R.M.A Jayatissa (Navy Officer) |
 If you look at it from an entertainment point of view, Chris Gayle would be far above the rest as a power player, just in the way he manages to clear the boundary so often. Batsmen like Vivian Richards were fine players, but Gayle is just pure entertainment to watch. - Shiraz Samsudeen (Head cricket coach at a leading school) |
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