5 shots which Sachin and Sehwag executed in a similar fashion

Virender Sehwag playing the cover drive

#2 Cover Drive

There is perhaps not a single shot in the manual that Sachin Tendulkar doesn't have in his repertoire and the cover drive is one such productive shot which yielded a high percentage of runs for him during his illustrious career. The balance, the feet movement and the way the ball met the bat were simply mesmerising. It was minimum effort and maximum result.

There are numerous times when the master executed the shot to perfection and added to the woes of the bowlers. One such shot which stands out was the rollicking cover drive off Brett Lee in the 2003 World Cup. Bowlers from all over the world surrendered meekly against the audacious strokeplay of the Master Blaster.

The only difference between a cover drive from Sachin and Sehwag was that the former went to the line of the ball to meet the bat, while on the other hand, Sehwag used his natural instincts and hand-eye coordination to come out with the goods.

Throughout his career, there was no footwork involved in his batting whatsoever in his batting but his hand-eye coordination was unlike any other. To a certain extent, it was expected that he would hit a cover drive in the very first over he faced and on most occasions he didn’t disappoint.