basics 0.2

THE DRIVE :   A drive is a straight-batted shot, played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc through the line of the ball hitting the ball in front of the batsman along the ground. Depending on the direction the ball travels, a drive can be a cover drive (struck towards the cover fielding position, an off drive (towards mid-off), straight drive (straight past the bowler), on drive (between stumps and mid-on) or square drive (towards point). Drives can be played both off the front and the back foot, but back-foot drives are harder to force through the line of the ball.

1. COVER DRIVE: The cover drive is one of the beautiful shots in the game of cricket.The very shot describes elegance and control of batsman.It is a very difficult shot to execute but when it comes off its almost like a flowing river.Take a look:

sachin tendulkar playing some masterful cover drives,breathtaking stuff!

Adam Voges  gasping at that the shot.

There are only few other players in international cricket scenario those who can match the class of the master in cover driving and one of those is : Mr. Kumar sangakkara

sangakkara in action against pakistan

if you don't agree with the stuff then see this shot from mr. sanga:

immaculate timing

TRIVIA:

1. Named after legendary music director Sachin Dev Burman by his father.
2. Grew his hair and tied a band around it to copy his idol JohnMcEnroe.Was called McEnroe by his friends. Admires BorisBecker, PeteSampras and DiegoMaradona.
3. Wanted to be a tearing fast bowler and even went to the MRF Pace Academy but head coach DennisLillee asked him to concentrate on his batting.
4. Has scored big runs on Indian festivals like Gokulashtmi, RakshaBandhan, Holi and Diwali.
5. Loved to have i-can-eat-more-vada-pavas-than -you competitions with cricket buddies VinodKambli and SalilAnkola.
6. A foodie who loves sea food. Co-owns a restaurant.
7. Sydney Cricket ground is his favorite ground.
8. Loves Kishore Kumar and rock group Dire Straits. Fusses over his personal stereo.
9. A Ganesh devotee, he visits SiddhiVinayak temple in the early hours of the morning.
10. Wears his left pad first, has the tri-color pasted inside his kit bag.

11. Remembers every Test dismissal – especially the bowler who dismissed him.
12. Likes to dunk his glucose biscuits into his tea.
13. Ambidextrous: bats with his right hand, autographs and eats with his left.
14. Used to sleep with his cricket gear during his junior days

FuNnY cLiP

most funny run out in indian cricket,courtsey:sachin & kumble