Top 10 Most Destructive Batsmen

10. Brendon McCullum - New Zealand

McCullum is one of the most important assets of the New Zealand batting site. Brendon is also one of those guys who are considered as the biggest threat to the opposition because of his powerful and big hitting. He opens the innings for New Zealand in all formats and has scored century in the shortest format of cricket. He is the also the wicket-keeper for his team but he wishes to play for his team as a batsman only.

9. Shane Watson - Australia

Early in his career, Shane Watson has to battle through many injuries but when he made his return, he explodes like no one expected. An opener, Shane Watson provides a kind of a start which eases the pressure on the middle order and when he switches to his big hitting mood, the bowlers start praying and beg for mercy. Shane Watson has all the skills and talent that can destroy the opposition bowling lineup and he has proved this on numerous occasions.

08. Virender Sehwag - India

Virender Sehwag is a threatening name in the world of Cricket. It was very hard to broke the record of Saeed Anwar’s 194 but Sachin did it and it was assumed that Sachin’s record will stay there for a long period of time but Sehwag went on to score 219 runs in a single ODI match. Would you believe that Sehwag’s strike rate in TestCricket is far better than the strike rate of most of the middle order batsmen in ODI? You have to believe it because he does not spare anyone in any format of Cricket and he is the most destructive, aggressive and attacking batsman of Cricket in 2012.

07. Michael Hussey - Australia

Micheal Hussey is a real threat for opposing side because he is not a blaster that gets himself out early. He tries to play till the last ball. His most prominent performance in this regard is against Pakistani off-spinner, Saeed Ajmal, in 2nd Semi-Final of ICC Wold T20.

6. Tilakaratne Dilshan - Sri Lanka

Dilshan belongs to the team which introduced aggressive batting in late 90s. He scored century in T20 last year but this year he has been more successful for him where he scored two centuries in Common Wealth Bank Series.

5. MS Dhoni - India

MS Dhoni is a leader in true sense for his aggressive performance through out the ICC World Cup 2011 which at the end was in the hand of Dhoni’s hands. His batting average in limited overs cricket is more than 50 with strike rate almost touching 90 per 100 balls.

04. Kevin Pieterson - England

Kevin Pieterson made his way in the England team and quickly established himself as the first choice batsman in the English Batting lineup. Kevin Pieterson has a unorthodox batting style and he is capable of hitting big shots and can score quickly. He is considered as one of the most dangerous batsmen of the present era and he alone has guided his team home towards victory uncountable times.

03. Abdur Razzaq - Pakistan

Along with his Boom Boom! Team mate Shahid Afridi, Abdur Razzaq is another very dangerous batsman in Pakistani Cricket Team. This man can perform in any circumstances no matter what the situation demands. For his clean and hard hitting, Abdur Razzaq has been nicknamed Bang Bang Razzaq. He normally comes down to the batting order when there are few overs left and there is a massive target in front of him and very efficiently acts as a finisher in the Pakistani site.

2. Chris Gayle - West Indies

Gayle remained out of West Indies Cricket team but not out of Cricket because he actively participated in Indian Premier League (IPL) and Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He has scored 7 centuries in T20 cricket which is a record for any batsman.

01. Shahid Afridi - Pakistan

Every child playing cricket in street wants to be Boom Boom Afridi when he grows old. He has not scored centuries in T20 like Chris Gayle but he is renowned for his stroke making abilities. He holds the record to hit highest numberof sixes in ODI cricket. The record of scoring fastest century in ODI Cricket also belongs to Boom Boom.