Helicopter shot over the years: How it has evolved

Indian captain MS Dhoni was credited with playing the helicopter shot before videos of Indian batting great Sachin Tendulkar playing the same started surfacing.While, over the years, the number of players who are capable of playing the shot on occasions seems to be on the rise, with the most consistent being Dhoni, looking at the slideshow will help you understand that the shot has been in existence for at least two decades now.

#6 Mohammad Shahzad

It would be safe to say that theonly other batsman who perfected it other thanDhoni isMohammad Shahzad of Afganistan.We dont getto see much of him,as Afghanistan dont manage too many matches attop level cricket.

He was first noticed to be capable of playing this shot in the T20 World Cup 2012, against India in Sri Lanka. Quite a few Indian players including the captain himself, who was standing behind the stumps, would have been taken aback at seeing the shot executed by a relatively unknown batsman.

In the little exposure the 23-year-oldhas got in international cricket, the wicketkeeper-batsmanhas always shown that he is capable of playing it and is quite serious about impressing his self-admitted role-model, Dhoni.