5 best sweepers in international cricket today

#1 AB de Villiers

One of the most talented and loved batsmen across the world right now, AB de Villiers is an absolute joy to watch when he is on song. He has been bestowed with various nicknames because of his skills and has also been called the ‘Lionel Messi of cricket’.

But De Villiers’s most popular nickname is, of course, Mr. 360 because of his ability to play all around the wicket. No one in the world can hit a ball to any part of the ground with as much nonchalance as ABD does.

The primary reason why he is able to do this is that he is insanely talented when it comes to playing the sweep shot. ABD has re-defined the sweep shot so that he can play a lot of versions of it.

There are obviously the conventional sweep and the reverse sweep which he has absolutely mastered. But he can also walk across the stumps to a fast bowler, go down on his knees, and use his pace to sweep him for a six over fine-leg or square-leg.

Look at any innings when ABD goes berserk and comes off with a crazy strike-rate — the sweep shot will be his main scoring shot throughout the innings. He is talented enough to walk across and sweep any ball to the leg-side for a six. That’s what makes him the most special batsman in the world!