Some really uncanny cricketing shots

Cricket has always been known as a gentleman’s game, from the days of the English, with batsmen like Len Hutton and the more modern Rahul Dravid, batting straight out of cricket’s coaching manual. But over the years, there have also been batsmen like England’s Kevin Pietersen and Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan, who have displayed great innovation in their batting, with shots that cannot be taught by any coaching manual.

Here is a look at some really innovative cricketing shots, by some great batsmen over the years.

1. Kevin Pietersen:  Kevin Pietersen became a trend-setter of sorts recently, with his ‘Switch hit’ shot, that was later copied on by many a batsmen. Pietersen, changed his stance from that of a right-hander to a left-hander midway during the bowlers run-up, and played a more innovative version of the ‘Reverse Sweep’, and was successful in dispatching many a bowler over the boundary line.

Pietersen’s ‘Alti-Palti’ shot aka the ‘Switch hit’!