#1 Virender Sehwag - India
The Nawab of Najafgarh, Virender Sehwag, used his bat like a sword, thrashing every single bowler right from ball one. He did not waste time settling down. He came all set to remarkably hit the very first ball for a four or a six.
In fact, in the 2011 World Cup, Sehwag had hit the first ball for a boundary in 5 out of the 8 matches that he played. His electrifying batting combined with the care-free approach is what made viewers glued to their seats while he was batting.

Sehwag hardly bothered about the pace and bounce in the pitch as he was blessed with eagle-like sharp vision and great hands. An untroubled and easy-going Sehwag also sang and whistled while he was batting.
Two triple tons in Test cricket, a double century in ODIs, and over 8000 runs in both ODI and Test formats proves that Sehwag did produce results with this technique of his.
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