That was fun to see everyone playing hot potato to make sure someone else picked Virat. I think a key thing that was missed (in favor of Virat) is variety of different styles of cover drive that each batter has. For example, Virat has three different versions that come to mind for me - the limited bat movement "check" that was mentioned is one of them, but my personal favorite Virat cover drive is the one he plays against spin where he gets a big front stride in and kind of pauses with his wrists cocked so that he can time the wrist release with the ball pitching to keep the ball along the ground while playing inside out. This wristy "pause" cover drive vs spin is pretty unique to him and highly effective. He also has a lofted "finisher" version of the shot that he plays at the death where he lets the full bat flow to lace it over cover for a flat-ish six or one bounce four. While some of the players mentioned may have more aesthetic cover drives, I don't think anyone has weaponized the cover drive to the extent that Virat has with variety and seeking out ways to play the shot. Even with all that, it's tough to beat Kumar Sangakkara or Ian Bell (among players I've watched)
@introspect6234 ай бұрын
He has a bottom handed version of the drive vs pacers. He played it vs Anderson in 2021 Ind tour of Eng. There are a couple of unique things. He can play on the up better than most, play with both top hand and bottom hand vs both spin/pace and lastly he gets to the pitch of the ball so it looks like a punched drive or a check drive. You brilliantly mentioned about variety. This is a rarity in any player.
@MrSanat19855 ай бұрын
Lara, Sachin, Ponting, Viv had most of shots better than everyone else mentioned here
@sagarhirani45595 ай бұрын
I used to absolutely LOVE Murali Vijay's cover drives. As soon as I read 'best cover drives' I thought of Vijay. I loved watching that dude bat. Not saying he should've been in the list. But I personally loved his cover drive the most.
@yashdaware24585 ай бұрын
Real Cricket fan
@xdarshan5 ай бұрын
Weird list but I guess it is coming from "best" = "beautiful". Its got to be a combination of effectiveness and beauty. Kolhi has played the cover drive in so many situations, formats, and pitches that its got to be him. Wolvaardt definitely has to be the best looking cover drive. Also... no mention for KL? Dude can hit a cover drive for 6.
@TerrAqua5 ай бұрын
Did they put Kohli and Smriti in the thumbnail 😊just to appease Indians subscribers
@zuhaibkamal28955 ай бұрын
You mean smriti ?
@TerrAqua5 ай бұрын
Sorry mistake
@pratikbharadwaj7065 ай бұрын
No I Think They Are Trying To Troll Indians
@zuhaibkamal28955 ай бұрын
@@pratikbharadwaj706 I don't think so they did put them both in the list.
@Snaughty_5 ай бұрын
Nothing new 😂
@shivamchoudhary69985 ай бұрын
Where is the master? This is blasphemy
@prachotanei92225 ай бұрын
Sachin had many pretty looking shots in his arsenal. I personally feel that his flick towards midwicket and the straight drive are better than his cover drive, so it's fine to exclude him on the list I guess :P He would ideally end up on the list of every shot in front of the wicket. He was impeccable
@shivamchoudhary69985 ай бұрын
@@prachotanei9222" no I am outraged" 😂😂. Its fine, just having some fun that's all.
@charliecaslake33495 ай бұрын
His straight drive was better than his cover drive imo
@shriniwaspatwardhan4 ай бұрын
@@charliecaslake3349was this a list of “for which batters is the cover drive their best shot” or was it “who has the best cover drive”
@abhijitbidwe187810 күн бұрын
Noo Behram! Should have picked Anwar! So elegant
@abhijitbidwe187810 күн бұрын
No one picked sachin! 😮 Lara's cover drive goes before Sachin's? Hmmm And Behram, you praised Martyn for his forward defence kind of cover drive, but then called virat's a check drive 😅
@jineshudani4015 ай бұрын
Holy shit no Sachin? NO SACHIN? The man made millions and millions of men feel a shiver between their thighs with his cover drive
@murugesanvivekanandhan18835 ай бұрын
Sachin is known for his straight drive more
@rollingwithdeep5 ай бұрын
Sachin had to put the cover drive away cos he kept getting out playing it 😂
@SMA2654 ай бұрын
On drive is something he owns.
@shriniwaspatwardhan4 ай бұрын
@@rollingwithdeepwas the question “who has the best cover drive” or “for whom is cover drive the best shot”
@PYogaaaa5 ай бұрын
Arguably the worst list in the series. This is unbelievable stuff. Women picks were actually decent but the male batter's list was embarrassing.
@ayushsinha18135 ай бұрын
Markram, Williamson, de Kock, Ganguly, LG Rowe (Not my list, just some names that come to mind)
@User398145 ай бұрын
Brian lara's batting is beautiful 🤣🤣🤣 . Even brian lara won't agree with that . He was a great batter , don't get me wrong, but i think his batting was optimised for power rather than elegance
@yashsingh16315 ай бұрын
Another episode where favourite player top the list over logical candidate.
@anand1205565 ай бұрын
You forgot Saurav Ganguly?
@GovernorBandicoot5 ай бұрын
Yuvraj guys. This list is incomplete without him.
@rajnish035 ай бұрын
Ganguly and Sachin!
@rohitseth8185 ай бұрын
No one thought of Wally Hammond? Miles ahead of KP in that same breadth. The fiercest cover drive ever..
@sonalkhaitan96905 ай бұрын
My top ten players known for their exceptional cover drives: 1. Sachin Tendulkar 2. Ricky Ponting 3. Kumar Sangakkara 4. Virat Kohli 5. Brian Lara 6. Jacques Kallis 7. AB de Villiers 8. Steve Smith 9. Hashim Amla 10. David Gower
@user-tr1hx7jx4r5 ай бұрын
Kumar sangakarra , Ian Bell
@Vikasmis705 ай бұрын
My goodness no sachin tendulkar
@bhargav385 ай бұрын
Audience Remember : these guys are not players and have no technical expertise !! they just picking based on how appeasing it is to them !!
@mrityunjaigiri14025 ай бұрын
Behram qazi 😂lol...virat has better cover drive than babar atleast
@areicgnon5 ай бұрын
I can't believe you guys missed Yuvraj Singh. He has the most stylish cover drive I have ever seen!! He would be number 1 on my list!!!
@bhavesh97025 ай бұрын
this ep is gonna open a can of worms isn't it
@thusharaboy5 ай бұрын
Sanga's drive is the best
@sidnightmare5 ай бұрын
Sachin tendulkar . That's it. Noone else comes close
@shriniwaspatwardhan4 ай бұрын
This podcast is becoming too niche unnecessarily. It’s meant to just stand out. They picked laura over sachin! Also they mentioned “that’s not his best shot” so he won’t be on the list. was the question “who has the best cover drive” or “for whom is cover drive the best shot”
@Soumik_Mondal_fullstack_dev5 ай бұрын
why do left handed coverdrive look more beautiful
@prachotanei92225 ай бұрын
The right arm bowlers' angle favours left handers when the bowler bowls over the wicket, that's partly the reason
@Soumik_Mondal_fullstack_dev5 ай бұрын
@@prachotanei9222 true but the shot is so risky it is so easy to edge it to keep or slip
@vaibhavmishra838921 күн бұрын
Mahela didn't have good cover drive
@devynkumar19974 ай бұрын
Sangakara, that's it.
@gurkirtsingh5 ай бұрын
Stephan Fleming ????
@MrSanat19855 ай бұрын
Also Injamam was a better batsman than Babar in every possible way
@roshanraj98315 ай бұрын
Don't worry guys these are non cricketers and 1 biased guy , one of the best batter this era rohit sharma said its virat kohli the best technique for playing cover drive (fullstop)
@yashdaware24585 ай бұрын
Terrible list. Nobody has the 3 yo South African kid who is all over cricket Twitter on their list
@harshsingh50295 ай бұрын
Smriti, mithali,Kohli they are the best
@ammar60365 ай бұрын
course harsh singh, if that’s what helps you sleep tn
@harshsingh50295 ай бұрын
@@ammar6036 I am sleeping well 😴 don't care about me care about your diluted point of view
@sahilkumar-qf9tg5 ай бұрын
this podcast urgently needs an indian
@ammar60365 ай бұрын
no it doesn’t
@ammar60365 ай бұрын
womp womp, your idol was 14th. 2 indian women were rated better, rejoice
@yashsingh16315 ай бұрын
@@ammar6036 I hope urs score half as him with that elegant cover drive. But he shits pant against quality bowling
@Soumik_Mondal_fullstack_dev5 ай бұрын
why
@pratikbharadwaj7065 ай бұрын
Yes We Need That
@surajjha28145 ай бұрын
Sachin?
@karannagpal11125 ай бұрын
Oh come on now, I really try to criticise decisions on what's obviously subjective in terms of selections, but Yuvraj had an unreasonably beautiful cover drive.
@nayan_dixit5 ай бұрын
So basically dada was considered as one of the most potent player of the off side and he is a left hander, sachin popularised the shot by abandoning it and virat made it popular in front of the whole world, dravid and laxman were known for their technically correct batting but to my surprise none of them r mentioned, sorry to say this but half of the players u mentioned are not even close to sachin virat and dravid nd call me anything but behram is biased
@SMA2654 ай бұрын
You are mentioning all Indian players, do you see the irony here?
@nayan_dixit4 ай бұрын
@@SMA265 i cannot see any irony for a simple simple reason if everyone wants to be biased towards India then we must remind them about Indian players, kp in every aspect of the game or ian bell or mahila Jayawardene for that matter r not even one ounce of sachin's class and virat's class, also if u want to rate someone's cover drive as 'beautiful', one must define what is a beautiful cover drive, in the first place, u cannot let ur subjective bias run over the whole list and i m not even saying that u should include every Indian batter in that list my point is, if sanga and mahila, yusuf and babar are mentioned then i guess rahul dravid, laxman, ganguly, sachin and virat are also beautiful and much more technically correct batsmen, so if they had defined a beautiful cover drive and then if there was no indian batter in the list, i wouldn't have find it biased.
@devangmetha5 ай бұрын
Don’t mix mens and womens cricket. It is a confusion.
@ishwar81195 ай бұрын
Agreed with you in terms of strike rate stats, test stats, etc but for a list of aesthetic cover drives I think it's fine
@happydhaliwal98325 ай бұрын
These episodes are getting way to biased other than jarod everybody is just picking players from their country or just the players they like
@jojo_ranjan5 ай бұрын
Well, the show is about who they like. Best commentator, best cover drive, facial hair, hairstyle etc are all subjective opinions and are based solely upon one’s specific preferences.
@happydhaliwal98325 ай бұрын
If thats the case then the title is misleading it should be our favourite whatever
@jojo_ranjan5 ай бұрын
Listening to arguments it seemed they picked players with best cover drives based on aesthetics not how many runs one scored and I don’t think I mind that. Aesthetics is highly highly subjective and would vary heavily which they addressed at the end as well. Nice picks nevertheless.
@AryanVerma-hj9wv5 ай бұрын
I'm sorry but I don't agree with this you guys left so many Sachin, Ganguly, Yuvraj and Virat is the last pick oh come on .... all I can say is it is very BIASED
@nooneknows195 ай бұрын
So u named 4 Indians and calling them biased. Come on man.