Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag playing in the inaugural All Star series
Sachin Tendulkar attempting a hook shot
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#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.
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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.
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Arya Sekhar Chakraborty
Arya is a cricket journalist with around 8 years of experience who writes informative listicles and is in charge of text commentary at Sportskeeda. He is a graduate in Journalism, Psychology, and English, and has previously worked for websites such as CricTracker, SportzWiki, Cricket Addictor, Cricfit, OneCricket, and Cricket Exchange. His vast experience has led him to know the pulse of his readers and he cross-checks information from a number of credible sources before writing a single word for their sake.
A former Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) U14 and U16 player, Arya's tryst with cricket began after watching Sachin Tendulkar in action during his childhood. He is an ardent fan of Mumbai Indians (MI) owing to Tendulkar's initial involvement and also bleeds blue for his national team. He is an admirer of Test cricket as he feels the red-ball format teaches one about every facet of life.
Arya, who feels ODIs should not be completely replaced with T20Is owing to the former's pacing and charm, would like to go back in time to 1998 and watch the Master Blaster in action. He has experience in interviewing a few Bengali cricketers such as Kazi Junaid Saifi, Shib Shankar Pal, Sayan Ghosh and Prayas Ray Barman. He has also translated a couple of Bengali cricket books, and made Indian Premier League (IPL) pre-match videos.
He likes to spend time with his family and binge on web series during his spare time.