5 shots which Sachin and Sehwag executed in a similar fashion

Sachin Tendulkar attempting a hook shot

#5 Hook / Pull

Before the start of the 2003 World Cup England speedster Andrew Caddick had told that after all Sachin is a human and he is bound to commit mistakes, but little did he know what was in store for him when they met each other in the World Cup game.

As Caddick bowled a short ball, Sachin had already read the mind of the bowler. He shuffled across the stumps and deposited the ball outside the Kingsmead stadium. Throughout his career, he didn’t play this particular shot too often but sometimes just to show his full repertoire he would unleash this shot.

During the ICC Knockout Trophy in 2000 it was Glenn McGrath who was decimated by the Master and his monstrous six towards the fine leg left McGrath lost for words.

Virender Sehwag, on the other hand, played the hook shot much more than the traditional pull. He would simply punish any short pitched balls towards the leg side boundary. In a bilateral series against South Africa in 2008, he hooked Shaun Pollock towards the deep square leg boundary for a gigantic six. The swashbuckling batsman from Najafgarh literally tormented bowling attack when he was batting and his extraordinary hand-eye coordination made him special.