Just How Scary GOOD Was Sanath Jayasuriya, Actually? | The Most Explosive Batsman 

Hey Cricket Lovers, what is your favorite Sanath Jayasuriya's memory?

zero hate comments..what a respectful player❤️🔥

As an Indian fan, the only 2 batsman I was ever afraid of was jaysuriya and gilchrist

The FOUNDER The GODFATHER of attacking cricket. What a player this man was.😍 Love u legend from 🇮🇳😍

One My favorite batsman in my childhood…. Jayasurya, sachin, Anwar, afridi Lara, ❤ golden memories

Big fan of S Jayasuriya batting ,Thanks to Ranatunga to identify this Talent

Titanium FOREARMS. Never seen a man so comfortably bruteforce cut shots and coverdrive sixes so consistently. Especially with those thin 90s bats and huge grounds. In fact ive never seen anyone so consistently hit sixes over extra cover at the huge MCG back then.

what i love about jayasuriya is every times he takes a wicket he's happy like a kid, like his very first wicket. man got somethin like 400 wickets

In a match... Jaisuriya and kallu were opening. Posted 76 runs in 1st 5 overs, kallu got out in 5th over scoring 0 runs. That's jaisuriya. Mind-blowing

The most brutal batsman of all time.

as a sri lanka i see 2 major promotions in the sri lankan cricket history 1. promotion of jayasuriya as an opener 2. promotion of T.M.dilshan as an opener

Batting style of Lara, Sanath, Sachin, Ponting, Aravinda are unique. Cannot imitate them

There was a time when Sanath got out, Sri Lankans turned off the TV. He was one of the best entertainers ever

First Original BazBall player - Jayasurya

He is one of greatest of all time. Master class💯🧠💪👍👏 pure logic 👍

Father of T 20 cricket

He is someone whose batting style changed the pattern of Odi cricket and later formed the basis of T20 cricket......Huge respect and love ❤ from Pakistan

His cut shots was my favourite jumping in the air shaming the ball over boundaries man he was a legendary batsman

He was really a good cricketer. Lots of Respect for the champ from India 🇮🇳

Batting style is a pure GEM to watch.

Love Jayasuriya! But Arvinda de Silva was just something else. You should one video on him as well.

The concept of shock and aw in the first 15 overs was invented by these guys. I remember 1996 WC when no one knew what to set a field.

It's always a joy to watch him bat. He makes hitting sixes look effortless. I noticed that Kusal Janith Parera has this exact same batting style (probably because he grew up watching Jayasuriya bat)

Wasim Akram was once "How the hell he hammered a six over the point ?"

Probably the only batsman that I know who makes flick shot down the legside look so easy. He mastered that shot so well that when he struck Brett Lee or Glenn MacGrath for 6, it looked like a touch-and-go. A true legend. A very destructive opening batsman.

In my childhood we used to joke that Jayasurya became destructive when he began to go bald 😂😅. Anyway in all seriousness , it was common to hear people say "Jayasurya has blasted us all over the ground." And if he was dismissed early then we had a great chance of winning. We would have a sigh of relief 😅. Anyway i remembered the ipl of 2008 or 2009 when Mumbai Indians were not really playing well in few early matches 6 or 8 matches i believe , sachin was also not there due to injury but the moment Sachin arrived to bat after missing out all those matches due to injury . Jayasurya just hit a crazy blitzkrieg of a hundred😅❤ in that match and we won that match . I dont remember who were playing against but that was his only hundred in IPL and we had won that match after losing back to back matches at the start of IPL . I think it was chennai or hyderabad team , i am not sure now . But yes that knock convinced me that if T20 cricket arrived in 1999-2000 then Jayasurya would have been the best, heck he would have broke Afridi's record of quickest hundred also for sure.😂 Anyway i miss Jayasurya even more today when i see today's plight of Sri lanka in Cricket. I miss that old Sri Lanka team from 90s and 2000s . They had a lot of great matchwinners who could take the game away from you instantly. Anyway i believe Jayasurya was Sachin and Sehwag combined in a player sometimes with ball spinning abilty which was deceptive sometimes almost on level of Warne, murali etc.

True !! I remember Jayasuriya was hammering Bret Shultz of SA, four consecutive 4s in an over in a test match in which Bret Shultz was balling nearly 150 Km per hour. Explosiveness and fearlessness of a batsman was overwhelmingly portrayed to the highest level. He played for the SL team NOT for his personal achievement that's why sometimes he got out so early.

This man was studied at My school st.servatius college and lived in my area Matara, Srilanka.And I still play for the st.servatius college 1st 11, cricket team,that *Sanath Jayasuriya*once played💪🇳🇬🇱🇰

Ranatunga promoting Jayasuriya to opening ,Ganguly promoting Sehwag and Dhoni promoting Rohit are some Landmark decission

2:40 it's a damn masterstroke, Arjuna Ranatunga was the smartest cricketing brain, indeed 😮 Jayasuriya was so, so destructive, I wish I could bat like him and I still try to bat in his way. The Jayasuriya Way, doesn't look for stats, just wants to destroy the attack and give his team the best possible start he could. Rohit Sharma similarly played this way in the recently ended 2023 WC. Please, next video on Mark Boucher. He's so underrated as a player.

He was the man who started this power hitting in the first powerplay. Before him 250 was the mark in odi...

As an Indian, i thought all his records were against India.. and that Arvinda Silva's bat was much wider than the rest..

Jayasuriya is a perfect t 20 player you wanna select these days…

He used to be a nightmare to India. Be with bat or ball. Whenever he struggled a little bit, all he needed was to play a match with us, and he used to get his form back.

My favourite player. I always use his mannerism while in grease. Love his style and aggressive from india

Record for world fastest delivery went for a six, who hit this Master Blaster ❤

Sanath Jayasurya destroyed carriers of Manoj Prabhakar n Filip de frektis in 1996 wills World cup

Maximum respect to the man. Very few people can say that they literally changed the way the game is played but Jayasuriya is one who can easily make that claim. When he came on the scene he made bowlers and teams worldwide re-evaluate how they went about playing the game, especially in the early overs of a 50-over game. Amazing hitter of a cricket ball. Imagine how he would have cleaned up playing franchise 20/20 cricket these days!

Yup, i remember him as just a bald spin bowler and a 6th down batsman but once he came to the 96 worldcup as an opener and sent Prabhakars bowling all over the fence, a star was born

It wasn't only Ranatunga who turned around Jayasurya. Jayasurya started opening for Sri Lanka probably from 1993/1994. The real change in his approach of slogging from ball 1 was brought about by Dav Whatmore who was Sri Lanka's coach for the 1996 World Cup. He along with Kaluwitharne started opening the Srilankan innings with an approach unseen of in those days. That's when Jayasurya really shined and became a household name across the cricket watchers. Credit where it's due.

New definition of cricket

It was him along with Kaluwitharana who changed the course of ODI cricket. They changed how teams approached the first 15 overs of an ODI game.

Killer batter... whenever he bats ..uff it was nightmare for the bowlers... Fearless 😊

Actual credit goes to invention of T20 format we need to give it to this man only he only started the trend hit like hell in first 10-20 overs and play cool for remaining 30 overs

What a great time 90s were for cricket. So many legends blessed the cricket pitch during that time.

This man finished Manoj Prabhakars career in 6 balls.

PURE LEGEND THAT CHANGED THE GAME OF CRICKET TO NEW ERA WITH LITTLE KALU , IN HIS HOROSCOPE THERE WAS A SAYING THAT HE GOT THE POWER RAWANS SON PRINCE MEGHNADA , UNSTOPPABLE PLAYER EVEN WASIM WAS ALSO AFRAID TO BALL THIS GUY BCZ HES A PLAYER THAT DOESNT CARE WHOS THE BOWLER OR WHAT WAS THE DELIVERY , IS IT A YOKER OR NOT HE ALWAYS GOT HIS TALENT IN HIS HANDS

Great video good explanation with statics.

In 90's he was our super campion ❤❤❤When he was on the greeze our heart was beating and we used to pray (No one can out him). When he hit 6s the camera mans cannot find where the ball goes.. He is the motivation for school kids that time to choose cricket as their sport. Kookaburra bat is also famous because of him. 1996 wills world cup was remarkable. Thank you for sharing this video regarding our master blaster. That time we heard there was a temple built in India in his name to respect him.. Love from SL

Cricketer of the 90's. one and only, original master blater.

Jayasuriya spring bat school gossips.. My childhood the best.. Kristen, Afridi, Mighty West Indians, changed the template of Cricket.

Watching him was amazing One of the most dominating batsmen ever Standing salute 🫡 ❤🇵🇰 One of my favourite batsmen.

The greatest dominant batsman at the crease of all times after Vivian Richards. Lucky to have seen most of the innings of this great stroke player. A genius timer of the ball. The greatest hand eye coordination player of all times.

Jayasuriya was a wild hurricane against any team or any bowler anywhere if it’s his day ! A champion batsman and world champion allrounder ! Mad respect to him because of his zero attitude .

The original master blaster.

Thanks a lot for this wonderful and detailed video ❤

Not just bowlers, he intimidated many teams and many cricketing fans with his aggressive batting.

Much respect to this man. 50 over games didn’t come alive till the 40th over. He made the game exciting from ball 1

1996 World Cup was turning point for Jayasuriya as well for Srilankan cricket🎉🎉🎉

Thank u for the awesome video ♥️

Love your content. Keep up the good work!

Manoj prabakar of India, phill Derffriters Sainnsbuury were some bowler whose careers were ended abruptly by Jayasuriya

Very true. Sanat Jayasuriya is the person who transformed ODI by batting in a different style in the first 10 overs by striking at high strike rate to give a flying start to the innings. He the the first batsman to hit over infield. The amazing batsman who was one of the main reason of their team winning ICC World Cup.

Thanks Cricket Stories for making the best video ever made for our beloved legend the master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya.🙏There was a time we switched off the TV’s when Sanath got out.He’s the one and only master blaster and there’s no replacement for him.

Gem of a player

Huge fan no one can replace him

Back in 2017 as i remeber a commentator was introducing sanath as an Old guy when he comes out to bat. He was implying that it was time to retire. Next screen came up with last 5 innings of him. Last two innings were 150+ with less than 100 balls. One of them played in england too. The guy shut his mouth immidiately.

The GodFather oF T20 Cricket, Greatest All Rounder Batsman Ever, ONe MaN DeMoLition ArMY, tHe MasTer oF All Master Blasters: Sanath Teran Jayasuriya💎

One of the best documentary ❤❤❤

Santh jayasurya, cant forget the 1996 world cup swashbuckling player..he was a terror..an absolute destroyer of bowler..damn..no PR, no Fake exaggeration, he is still the best in line with Gilchrist and Saeed Anwar..a man with low profile

Sanath jayasuriya.. ❤❤❤

In one Singer Cup in 1997.....Romesh Kaluwitharana-Duck out. But Sri Lanka score-70/1...hope you get it!

One of my fav opening batsman watching him from childhood since 1996 world cup...he first introduced how to destroy fast bowling in the starting overs

life time cricket hero 😍😍😍😍😍

Sanath Jayasuriya initially being a bowler (left arm orthodox) / allrounder who could bat a bit is nothing but a myth, to say the least. Certain people who had followed only the international games (Tests and ODIs) may have propagated it, mainly due to the fact that his first genuine match-winning performance representing Sri Lanka at the highest level came as a bowler when he took 6 wickets for 29 in an ODI against the touring Englishmen at Moratuwa in '93 (where Aravinda De Silva too joined in during the run chase and made a blistering 75* to seal the game for Sri Lanka in a quick time ...). However, it had been more of an experiment back then in order to utilize Jayasuriya's skills as a decent utility bowler too, nothing more. But the fact that he had taken only a handful of wickets in the first class games up until that ODI, and had been used as a bowler only occasionally too until that point, shows that Jayasuriya had been a specialist batsman from the very beginning who unfortunately couldn't initially secure the top order slot he deserved primarily due to the already settled/established seniors like Mahanama, Gurusinghe, De Silva, Ranathunga, Tillakaratne, etc. who had been representing Sri Lanka then. In addition, Jayasuriya had to fight and overcome the unfavorable prejudices and opinions too some others held towards him to get the slot he deserved, both at the beginning ('89/90-'93) and at the twilight/end (2005/06/07-2010) too of his international career .... Despite the slot no.07 granted to him initially in the Sri Lanka XI, Jayasuriya came into the side in '89/90 having scored 2 double hundreds & another hundred too in Pakistan representing Sri Lanka Second XI (which was then known as Sri Lanka B team, not A team ...) against Pakistan Second XI. Then he made a couple of hundreds captaining Sri Lanka Under-24 side in South Africa in '92/'93, scored another 150+ too against the touring Indians in '93 at the Welagedara stadium in Kurunegala representing Sri Lanka Board President's XI. In the meantime, he had scored quite a few quickfire half-centuries too in the limited opportunities he had got in Test Cricket despite his record in ODIs being relatively poor/modest as a batsman, until he was promoted to no.3 in late '93 in an ODI held against Pakistan in Sharjah when Sri Lanka were chasing 300+. Sri Lanka lost that game by a considerable margin, still Jayasuriya managed to score almost a run-a-ball 50+ against the strong Pakistani attack which included the likes of Akram, Younis, etc.. Another even more quickfire 60+ followed in the subsequent game too against the same opponent (which happened to be Abdul Qadir's final appearance on the international stage.), thus justifying his inclusion as an attacking batsman at the top-order .... This had been almost 2 years prior to the arrival of Dev Whatmore as the coach, and T.B. Kehelgamuwa had been the team/Cricket manager for the tour .... In a few month's time, he was partnering Mahanama as an opener in ODIs. He did it with some success, scoring quite a few half-centuries and his maiden ODI century (140) too which he scored against New Zealand during the Mandela Cup held in South Africa in late '94. During this period '94-'95, he opened the innings in ODIs with the likes of Mahanama and Gurusinghe too, before the wicket-keeper batsman Romesh Kaluwitharana was drafted to open the innings with Jayasuriya during the Benson & Hedges series held in Australia in '95/'96 thus attracting the whole attention to this dynamic pair. Amidst all these in ODIs,, the selectors and the team management were still quite skeptical on making him an automatic choice for the Tests. His solid 180 against SSC in the finals of Sarawanamuththu trophy '95 (the then premier league in the domestic circuit), and his subsequent hundred in the 3rd Test against Australia in early '96 only a few weeks before the Worldcup '96, eventually helped him secure his deserving place in Tests too starting from '96. It's only after this that he caught the attention of the most followers of the game as an attacking batsman at the top representing Sri Lanka in both formats; Tests and ODIs .... 26 of his 42 international hundreds (across the two formats; Tests & ODIs) have been scored outside of Sri Lanka, 23 of them have been against formidable opponents excluding the minnows of his day (Bangladesh, Netherlands and Zimbabwe), 13 of them have been scored in Australia (04), New Zealand (02), England (04), South Africa (02) and West Indies too (01 - The one he scored against Bangladesh there has been excluded .... Only the one against West Indies has been considered ....). These are pretty decent figures considering the fact that Jayasuriya had been an ultra-explosive batsman in an era where/when such batsmen were only a rarity unlike now in this rather commercially-exploited batting-friendlier version/circus of modern day .... I'll finish off here by mentioning this too .... I had never been an admirer of Jayasuriya's certain infamous off-the-field exploits especially after 2009-2010 or so, we'd be better off skipping them here ..., due to many reasons too !!! .... Apparently, they too played a rather critical role in his decline as a player during his twilight years, especially in Tests (By the end of his 94th Test where he made the last of his 14 Test centuries in Pakistan, Jayasuriya had scored 6388 runs in Tests with an average of 43.45. His record in tests declined quite heavily since then until his retirement after his 110th Test. As a batsman, he could have achieved even more in either format had he properly analyzed and re-branded his game quite clinically especially during his final few years (Post 2005 or so - At least in Test Cricket where his record deteriorated quite heavily towards its final stages during 2005-2007....) .... Nevertheless, an era-defining player for sure whose contribution seems to be somewhat overlooked by the present day generation quite unfortunately .... [Sri Lanka's present-day situation is utterly hopeless/dismal, in fact on multiple fronts, that's accepted without any hesitation whatsoever. That being said, they had at least a history which shouldn't be overlooked, and had produced some game-changing contributors/players too in their past ....]

Indians Robbed the name of *Master blaster* from jayasuriya to Sachin. But these fools don't know the meaning of master blaster😂 it doesn't mean just hitting the ball. It means hitting the ball with no mercy. When did sachin used to blast the ball like Jayasuriya? When did he played like a maniac? Never. Sachin was more of a consistent batter with elegant skills. His skills with the bat was awesome. Technically he was a run machine. But not a blaster😂 So gentlemen, There's only one master blaster: *Sanath Jayasuriya* There's one and only king: *Sir Vivian Richards* There's only one magician: *Muralitharan* There's only one rawalpindi express: *Shoaib Akthar* There's only one king of swing: *Wasim Akram* There's only one prince: *Brian Lara* That's the reality.

A gem of a player. a gem of a video ♥

Jayasuriya was on 189 , he went for six and glory to surpass 194 highest score in odi by saeed also against India ! He was so exhausted and he missed the world record but he had a lot of deliveries left .. it clearly suggests that he never played for centuries.. he just played to dominate!

Great work ❤

Jayasuriya was a pure timer of the cricket ball. Even wasim akram said that even an inch out of line you get smashed for a boundary when bowling to him.

Sanath❤

90s kids know how dangerous he was. He was a nightmare for our Indian bowlers.

Silent the Delhi crowd during 1996 WC

Tendulkar is living in reality.that's why not only srilankans but also world cricket fans love him.❤️💪 🇱🇰

Nightmare of the bowlers.. master blaster sanath.❤

In my childhood they used to say he uses a bat with a SPRING on it, lol

Pride of Sri lanka Master Blaster Sanath Jayasuriya🇱🇰❤️🗿

Sachin , Jayasooriya and Lara 's genarations faced leathel and more talented bowlers than current generations

sanath Jayasuriya is the icon of cricket...which proven by stats such a legend.. we used to switch off the TV when Sanath got out

Master Blaster Sanath Jayasuriya ❤

90’s kids believed he had an iron rod in his middle of the bat. After Jayasuriya I saw Destructive batter Shewag only. Afridi once said in social media what Jayasuriya have started I continued Akram got in entire career just only 16 Sixers few of those by Jayasuriya I met Jayasuriya at around 50yrs of his age still his both legs calf mussels remain same. You may noticed how he bats in road safety matches in Sri Lankan legends check RU-vid how his willow sounds. just wow!! He ended career of Manoj prabakar & R P Singh too By the way first ever IPL 100 by him only since then I’m MI fan since 2018

Ranathunga fell apart with Jayasooriya and wanted to drop him. That is why he was promoted to open. But it backfired in Jayasooriya's favour.

Best ODI cricketer ever, Period! Waiting for him to become a 'hall of fame'r

Whatta playa! Records speak for themselves.

Big fan of jayasuriya and mahanama and ranathunga is a really good captain. He made good decisions for the team. Specially muralitharan situation.

He changed ODI batting. I will always respect Jayasuriya. I remember Manoj Prabhakar resorting to bowling spin.

awesome content 🤩

Everyone in India thought we already won the 1996 semi final after both Jayasuriya and Kalu got out cheaply. But remaining SL team and pitch had other ideas 😈

Crickter of the 90’s

No one can reach the level of this man,I repeat NO one