World Cricket has three cricketers who played covered drive

There were ample of great batsmen who represented their country at the stage of the world cricket and also gave enormous contribution in the versatile form which will be remembered for countless days of future and one more thing that each of this players created their own brand of playing in which they established master control over certain batting shots when it comes to batsman who we called legend of Cricket.

So here are the three greats of world cricket who master the shot of ‘Cover drive’ with intact control along with mesmerizing elegance in their career of playing at world cricket.

#1. Ian Bell (England).

The former legend opener of England cricket team, Ian Bell played a fantastic cover drive short against Australia in the Ashes series of 2014-15, this shot could be recognised as one of the great cover drives of all time. Bell was the toppest batsman of world cricket in his playing days and his contribution is enormous for the England cricket team especially in the format of test cricket. There is not a single cricket playing nation in the world against which Bell didn’t score a century.

#2. Virat Kohli (India).

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The star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has a complex control over the short of Cover Drive. Kohli played a fantastic drive on the ball of Anderson in the first test match against England on the tour of 2018. This shot is the only thing which can manifest the beauty of Virat Kohli’s gameplay which he built up by putting blood and sweat since the start of his career. Below is the video of that cover drive which Kohli struck against Jimmy Anderson on the tour of 2018.

#3. Babar Azam (Pakistan).

The leading batsman of Pakistan Babar Azam played a majestic Cover drive shot against Australia in the Sydney test match of 2018, Australian Pacer Mitchell starc bowled full ball outside off stump and Babar just shuffled his front foot slightly forward and creamed the ball between the fielders of mid-off and extra cover. This is the third major cover drive short which is the toppest among all the executions that have happened in world cricket.