#1 Sachin Tendulkar
Some argue that the uppercut was around a long time before Sachin Tendulkar made it his own.
They might be right, but Tendulkar's craft while using it truly makes him the inventor of the modern uppercut where the ball doesn't stay on the ground but sails over the third man boundary.
Not only for records is he arguably the greatest to pick up a cricket bat.
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Edited by Alan John