Short deliveries have been a problem for cricket hitters, who have lost multiple wickets due to deceptive deliveries from short distances. However, bowlers do this because fast bowlers don't get many opportunities to play at the slower pace of world-class cricket. Therefore, most batsmen have always had issues with short balls. However, in the last few years, world cricket has produced some players who can play the pull and hook. Presenting to you the Top 10 cricketers who are experts in the pull shot:
1. Ricky Ponting
Ponting is arguably the best pull-shot player in cricket. He is from Australia, and Australian pitches are known for their bounce. He has made over 10,000 runs in ODIS and tests, and he is a backfoot player who plays and pulls shots with 100% accuracy. He uses his bottom hand to pull the ball against the seamers.
2. Rohit Sharma
Indian batsman Rohit Sharma is known for his glamorous shots on short balls. Hitting a ball that can both pull and hook, Rohit will not take a chance on every ball but will try to get most of it off the ground. He is rated higher than Virat Kohli in terms of technique.
3. Brian Lara
He is a former West Indies player who bats in the top order and is a left-handed batsman. He is one of the best players from the West Indies and the only player in the history of cricket to score 400 runs in Test cricket. He plays a pull shot with the bottom hand and dispatches the ball on the boundaries. He has a unique style of playing short-pitch deliveries.
4. Rahul Dravid
An impeccable batsman and his cricket-playing skills are the answers to his critics. He always hits the ball short, and it goes towards the boundaries. The Australian bowlers can give a perfect reply as to how Rahul was able to hit those short balls. He has smashed bowlers for runs on short-pitched deliveries.
5. Eoin Morgan
Although Eoin Morgan struggles to attack short-pitch deliveries, he still manages to pull the ball, which is one of his most effective options. The ex-Irishman was able to respond by improving his technique on the short ball used by the opposing team. Morgan has hit 50 sixes in world cricket alone since 2015 and ranks second on the same list.
6. Sachin Tendulkar
Although Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batsman of all time, he started his career against Pakistan but rose to fame when he tackled many of Australia's fast bowlers. Sachin is excellent and good at pulling the hook and pulling shots from outside the off-stump and middle stump. He uses pull shots as one of his major weapons in cricket.
7. David Warner
The legendary Australian batsman isn't the tallest of cricketers, but that doesn't stop him from pulling. Given that much of the game is played on Australia's fast and bouncy pitches, he will always be good at learning how to do it with short pitches. The left-handed hitter had one of his best shots as pull shots in 2015, with a 14 percent accuracy.
8. Ben Stokes
Ben Stokes is currently considered the best all-around player in the world and he is a left-handed batsman and bowls right-arm fast-medium. He has an amazing record in ashes against Australia and also, and he loves playing in Australian conditions as he plays pull shots effectively. He loves playing pull shots against fast bowlers on bouncy tracks.
9. Ms Dhoni
Ms Dhoni Is one of the best hitters of pull shots in world cricket and has an unorthodox batting style. He tries to pull length ball against seamers in the mid-wicket region. He has an amazing record in bouncy tracks. He is 41 years old and still playing in one of the toughest league, IPL.
10. Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh is one of those players who loves to play faster seamers, and one of the reasons behind this is his pull shot, as he likes to hit every short ball. Yuvraj worked on concrete roads in his early days, so he's good at shorter deliveries. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2011, after the 2011 ODI World Cup.
