There are some shots in every great innings. Then there are some great shots in
every innings. Some of the batsmen bring their own flair to the game with their
trademark shots. Here, I walk down the path to give the list of some of those
shots.
No left hander plays the cover drive as gracefully as this man does. Sanga often sits on a leg and drives the ball through the cover area. It is a sheer delight to watch the Sri Lankan play this trademark stroke through the crowded off side. This is one of my favourite shots of all time.
Sachin Tendulkar
A straight drive is a
great shot in itself. It gets more delightful when this man plays it. It can be
called the perfect shot of the most perfect batsmen. It is a shot that
indicates that Sachin is in top form. Flawless is the word for it.
Amazing balance and an artistic follow through.
Ricky Ponting
A shot that makes you
wonder at the balance he brings with it. Punter’s single stride
forward and a thundering pull crushes the bowlers’ morale into tatters.
Kevin Pietersen
A shot that is
unconventional yet creative. You need to have some reflexes to send the ball
for a six from that line. KP can take a bow for that.
MS Dhoni
Not out of the textbook manual, Ms Dhoni uses this shot effectively in ODIs to bring down the required run rate. The brilliance of the helicopter shot is to make look a good ball a bad one. A powerful and delightful shot.
Intimidating walk
Matthew Hayden
A shot that Hayden was known for was his gentle walk down the crease and a casual whack for a six. It made the bowlers and captains scratch their head out. Most of the times, wicketkeeper was brought close to the stumps for damage control.
Few might know that
the now popular reverse sweep was the shot Andy Flower had trendified. A
great batsmen who never got the status he belonged to. The reverse sweep was
there to stay.
Steve Waugh and Saurav
Ganguly
A back foot cut was something Steve Waugh was master of. But the ‘God of offside’-Saurav Ganguly’s placement of square cut could beat nine fielders in that cordon for the boundary.
An effortless yet
destructive flick that ended up in the stands, Sanath Jayasuriya could
change the match within overs with those flicks.
Virender Sehwag
It invokes images of Akhtar ‘s bouncers being sent off for sixes into the third man boundary area. Sehwag’s shot,however, is also his nemesis.
Laxman was an artist playing those trademark flick shots even from outside off stumps. A gentle casual roll of wrists that was magically awe-inspiring.
A slight variation of the Dilscoop, Brendon McCullum brought the witty and cheeky scoop to the smallest version of cricket. A shot only he masters at.
Eoin Morgan stunned
the world with this reverse slap kind of shot off Ravi Rampual. This shot is an
unbelievable one for sure.
Cover Drive
Kumar Sangakkara
Straight
Drive
Front
foot pull
Switch Hit
Dilscoop
T
Dilshan
A shot that can make a captain think of fielding placements. Dilscoop is a shot that will leave a smile at your face just for the cheeky way it gets executed. For a man with such good range of shots, Dilscoop is an added advantage.
A shot that can make a captain think of fielding placements. Dilscoop is a shot that will leave a smile at your face just for the cheeky way it gets executed. For a man with such good range of shots, Dilscoop is an added advantage.
Helicopter
shot
Not out of the textbook manual, Ms Dhoni uses this shot effectively in ODIs to bring down the required run rate. The brilliance of the helicopter shot is to make look a good ball a bad one. A powerful and delightful shot.
Intimidating walk
A shot that Hayden was known for was his gentle walk down the crease and a casual whack for a six. It made the bowlers and captains scratch their head out. Most of the times, wicketkeeper was brought close to the stumps for damage control.
Andy
Flower
Square
cut
Leg
Flick
Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya
Upper
Cut
It invokes images of Akhtar ‘s bouncers being sent off for sixes into the third man boundary area. Sehwag’s shot,however, is also his nemesis.
Dance
Down The Wicket
Saurav Ganguly had a liking for the left arm spinners. With one of those in attack, one could always expect those danced down sixes in long on. 183 against Sri lanka had many of such adorning the innings.
Saurav Ganguly had a liking for the left arm spinners. With one of those in attack, one could always expect those danced down sixes in long on. 183 against Sri lanka had many of such adorning the innings.
Wristy Flick
VVS Laxman
VVS Laxman
McCullum
Scoop
Brendon McCullum
Brendon McCullum
Unbelievable
Reverse shot
Eoin Morgan
Eoin Morgan
'On a good length' feels Sanga Drive is very special.
well Paritosh ... this is a very nice accumulation for any cricket fan like myself ... how about a post on unique bowling styles .. Paul Adams,Kumble,Murali,
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Nice compilation with the ones who are best and with good explanation
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