Sachin Tendulkar reveals how he discovered his famous shot that left fast bowlers disturbed
Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has revealed how he found his legendary ‘upper-cut’ shot that ‘disturbed a number of fast bowlers’ internationally.
Tendulkar revealed in a YouTube video that he by no means practised an upper-cut in nets and by no means deliberate for it particularly. During a Q & A session when a fan requested – “#AskSachin did you practice upper-cut shot or just instinct when your playing”, the legendary batsman revealed the key.
Tendulkar mentioned that he glided by his intuition and nothing else. Recalling an incident from 2002 India’s tour of South Africa, Tendulkar narrated the story of how he considered taking part in upper-cut.
“It happened in 2002 in South Africa, when we were playing a Test match in Bloemfontein. We were batting first and Makhaya Ntini was bowling around the off stump as he normally used to bowl short of a length. He rarely bowled length deliveries. Since he used to run wide of the crease, I could sight the line. The South African pitches offer enough bounce. The normal tendency to deal with those bouncers is to go top of the bowl. And if it bounces more than usual for somebody of my height, why not get under it and still be aggressive and attacking,” mentioned Sachin in a YouTube video.
“That was something I felt. Instead of getting on top of the ball and trying to keep it all along the ground, get under it and play it towards third man boundary, utilizing the pace,” Sachin added.
Sachin additionally mentioned that the higher lower left many quick bowlers of his time disturbed as he used the shot to play their bouncers for a boundary.
“That shot disturbed a number of fast bowlers because they bowl bouncers to concede a dot ball. But I converted those into boundaries. I actually didn’t plan anything. Sometimes you just have to let your natural instincts take over after getting at the crease. And that’s what I did,” mentioned Sachin.
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