10 best exponents of the cut shot in cricket history

4 Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag was in a category of his own as a batsman and one of the shots that defined his batting as an opener in both Tests and limited overs internationals (LOIs) was his near perfection as far as the cut shot was concerned. He was so skilled that he could play different types of the cut shot.

One was the conventional cut to anything short and wide, while the upper cut over third man to bouncers. It was the latter that became Sehwag’s signature shot and he played it with impunity against the best bowlers in the world in both Tests and LOIs.

In fact, ahead of the 2011 World Cup in India, Pepsi even made a TVC celebrating Sehwag’s signature stroke.