Style
Srikkanth was a stylish opening batsman with a keen eye and sharp reflexes, allowing him to play aggressive attacking strokes with power and precision. Although somewhat rash in execution, which led to his downfall at times, his swashbuckling style and free scoring style were a favourite with Indian crowds, making him a popular player.
His first batting partner and senior Sunil Gavaskar was a vastly different batsman by temperament. Both batsmen had entirely different approaches to their batting — Gavaskar was more the orthodox technically watchful batsman preferring to build a Test innings cautiously wherwas Srikkanth was a quick scoring hitter. Srikkanth redefined one-day batting with his power hitting and often gave wonderful starts to the team against even the toughest of opposition. He was gifted with a good eye and super quick reflexes. Consistency was not his forte. With more technical batsmen in the side during his times like Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Mohinder Amarnath, Ravi Shastri etc., he could fancy taking risks even in early part of the innings and smashing boundaries over the inner ring of fielders. In that sense, he was a pioneer and probably ahead of his time.
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