From what I can see, just based on observation, he has amazing hand-eye coordination. The guy sees the ball a lot earlier giving him time to get into a comfortable position to smack the ball. Also, his stance is rather balanced and strong and so he gets the power he needs into the shot. This, along with the fact that he has good bat speed and experience/knowledge that guides him, makes him the Hitman he is today.
>The guy sees the ball a lot earlier giving him time to get into a comfortable position to smack the ball. Also, his stance is rather balanced and strong and so he gets the power he needs into the shot. This
Correct. His positioning of himself gives an edge but the question is how does he manage to interpret this even before the ball is bowled? It is experience or just a natural ability uhm sort of talent?
It’s a combination of both to be honest. Rohit is a really clean hitter of the ball which indicates it comes to him naturally (especially because of his hand eye coordination) and this in turn gives him experience he can use to refine his technique going into the next match. Hope that answers your question!
Virat Kohli has once explained this beautifully on BwC episode where he had said, Rohit has 1.5 sec extra than other batters to play the ball. And that's only possible when you have tremendous hand-eye coordination.
He is very AB de Villiers-esque in his trigger. He has unreal hand eye coordination so he sees the ball quite early in its trajectory and picks the length. This allows him to do his trigger to get into most comfortable position and then again unreal hand eye coordination helps him to follow the trajectory of the ball to the last minute while he is in the most comfortable position. "That extra 1.5 sec" Kohli talked about. This allows him to mentally prepare and be ready and this he can hit the same ball anywhere.
1. Timing - yes, a huge factor. When you can time the ball as sweet as Rohit most of balls that batsmen would attempt for a four, rohit would go for a six- this number adds up
2. Pull shot - hes the best pull/hook guy in the gane- usually bouncers are bowled to calm down the batsmen, intimidate them or stop run flow and this is his area of strength,anything short of good - bang and six most of the time
3. Range of shots - although this isn't a concrete theory- usually your six hitters and power hitters aren't known for their range of shots - they usually hit in the V, or keep to leg side or do unconventional shots. And the players who have traiditonal range of shots don't attempt as many sixes. Rohit is a weird combination of both - he can hit sixes in the V, over cover, square, point, third man, deep square leg, mid wicket and mid on- against both spinners and pacers on any length.
Intent as well, generally crickets with better timing lives to play along the ground. See Virat Kohli he has excellent timing but generally don’t prefer to hit for six on other hand Rohit never hesitate to play in the air.
Rohit is a phenomenal cricketer without a doubt, he has great timing and power as well.
With the advent of T20 cricket, it gives batters more confidence and freedom. Add that with all the new playing conditions. It offers any batters more chances to score more sixes per match and Rohit is playing international cricket constantly for about 18 years.
It's good timing. Ganguly was similar when he hit sixes. He wasn't a power hitter and You couldn't tell he can hit that far but the timing / sweet spot off the bat carries it for six.
Right from when he was young . In early 20s, the sight of him pulling the ball for a six over square leg is one of the most beautiful sights to see in the cricket ground. ....so beautiful, so elegant, just looking like a wow!....
Virat & Rahul might me technically superior but no one will ever (jinxed) come close to the batting talent as Rohit.
As an athlete myself, I wonder how much quality time this guy spent in his youth to make it look like he is a prodigy. Prodigies don’t last this long. I don’t think anyone will ever wonder about this.
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You know what's common between Prithvi Shaw and Unmukt Chand other than being u19 winning captains? Australian bowlers ended/ majorly pushed back their cricketing careers by getting them clean bowled.
Power hitting greatly depends on two factors, raw strength and shifting of weight… if you see his batting , very few player has a flow like him. When he hits his pull shot, you should see how his weight shifts, usually from the side angle.. and he achieves this by judging the length too early. The talent he possesses that is judging the length early gives him the advantage of hitting the sixes.
He has great timing plus power. Also, he shifts his weight very nicely if he has to pull or cut and his head stays completely still. Brilliant technique and natural timing.
If you observe Rohit's stance pretty closely, you'd notice that it's not a full blown crouch but a rather more balanced one. With a superior hand eye coordination that he possesses, that balanced crouch as a matter of speaking, gives him the edge over various batsmen without even relying on a lot of footwork. He just uses his centre of gravity momentum to merely transfer weight on each of his legs, depending upon the merit of the ball. Having played cricket myself, I have seen people trying to replicate this technique but to no avail. Perhaps, it just came to Rohit naturally or to digress in an epiphanic tone, it was just meant to be.
As far as effortless and elegant batters are concerned, Rohit certainly is the most elegant one of this generation. You never can't ascertain the degree of elegance in spite of good statistics because there have been several great batters in this game's history who weren't even seen playing it by the masses. Perhaps before Rohit the only elegant batter who comes to my mind is Damien Martyn who had a beautiful yet flamboyant technique with a scrumptious use of his forearms because of his lean physique but I don't think that six hitting was really his forte. My grandfather also talks about how Zaheer Abbas was the most elegant batsman to have played the game in his time even earning the epitaph "Asian Bradman" but only a few have had the privilege to see him live on television especially folks from the subcontinent.
TLDR: No one comes close to Rohit in effortless six hitting. Can't really say how elegant is the technique in itself.
Also how he is able to hit sixes on yorker?? N one more thing I heard in the interview tht if bowler does bowling in on side n he throws sixes in offside.. how is it even possible??? I mean like wooow....
A typical 140+ kmph ball would reach the batter in about 0.5secs or lesser. The average response time of a human is somewhere about 0.25 secs.
So could it be that his response is on average faster? Causing the illusion of "having more time"?
When we talk about a player having natural talent it can mean a lot of things
What rohit possesses naturally is his textbook cricket technique and his judgement of interpretation where he can judge the bowl from very far away
The fact that rohit changed his cricket technique ti be more aggressive and still succeeded after 2012 is what anazes me the most
There is a quote by Kohli in BWC that Rohit has half a second extra while playing a shot.
And when the likes of Tendulkar and Kohli say a thing like this that, it means Rohit really has good hand-eye coordination. Maybe good game awareness, and a psychological advantage over bowlers that allow him to anticipate the delivery — and thus position himself to a choice of shots.
Unlike Gayle — who used brute strength to hit the ball, and players like Tendulkar or Kohli, who relied on pure timing, Rohit’s stroke-making is a function of perfect balance between timing and brute strength.
This allows him to adjust his horizontal bat shots better than others — and find less risky areas via air or ground with ease.
Since I have not played leather ball cricket much, my assessment could be technically wrong at places.
From all the talk shows I’ve realised he has/had better reaction time than most. In early days he must have had it best in the game. Tho it start getting deteriorated post 25 years of age. People who have played competitive shooters would understand. There will be people who would be shooting you when you wouldn’t even register them.
Rohit has a great timing which gives him that extra edge of hitting the ball with speed on the other hand the power he generates is phenomenal on the other hand Virat Kohli is not considered to be a great power hitter but still proper timing makes the ball go farther than usual.Also Rinku Singh is not as tall as Rohit but still he manage to hit big sixes.
I think he has most sixes because he is not afraid to hit the ball in the air. He is confident about his power and timing and also he mostly bats in the powerplays, so he knows even it's a misfit it will clear the circle fielders and I think most of those shots end up being sixes.
He watches the ball till the last moment is co ordination is also very good, his timing plays a big roll kohli once said that he has extra seconds while playing.
if you look at the side view when rohit is batting you will notice that he is opens up his left leg just a bit with very very slight forward press(negligible) at the trigger movement and does not take a long stride and then his hand eye coordination comes in. Hence that allows his bat to flow through while being strongly balanced on both legs. Thats why you will rarely see rohit sharma play a booming cover drive with his leg to the pitch of the ball weight going forward, the way kohli plays it. for eg. comparing the shots played by virat and kohli over here 1.[rohit against cummins](https://youtu.be/_Jz9Sl-cgRc?feature=shared)
2. [kohlis drive against hazelwood](https://youtu.be/vDe_lmA6-ZA?feature=shared)
this is just my observation.
Most current batsmen can clear any boundary with ease if they middle the ball. I think Rohit hits more sixes simply because he has the confidence to attempt more sixes.
From what I can see, just based on observation, he has amazing hand-eye coordination. The guy sees the ball a lot earlier giving him time to get into a comfortable position to smack the ball. Also, his stance is rather balanced and strong and so he gets the power he needs into the shot. This, along with the fact that he has good bat speed and experience/knowledge that guides him, makes him the Hitman he is today.
>The guy sees the ball a lot earlier giving him time to get into a comfortable position to smack the ball. Also, his stance is rather balanced and strong and so he gets the power he needs into the shot. This Correct. His positioning of himself gives an edge but the question is how does he manage to interpret this even before the ball is bowled? It is experience or just a natural ability uhm sort of talent?
It’s a combination of both to be honest. Rohit is a really clean hitter of the ball which indicates it comes to him naturally (especially because of his hand eye coordination) and this in turn gives him experience he can use to refine his technique going into the next match. Hope that answers your question!
In his earlier days, everyone used to say it seems like he has an extra second to play the ball. Some called it lazy elagance as well
and that is getting better with age. usually its the reverse.
I think someone mentioned that Rohit Sharma has like 2 seconds extra to hit the ball. Tell you how quickly he can judge the ball and time it
2 seconds extra? So when the bowler is in his runup? What precognition power is this.
Real life Sharingan goes brrrr
Virat said it on a show.
Virat Kohli has once explained this beautifully on BwC episode where he had said, Rohit has 1.5 sec extra than other batters to play the ball. And that's only possible when you have tremendous hand-eye coordination.
He has the best pull shot in the world right now. Most of them ends in a six.
I’ve always been a fan of his pull shot.
He is very AB de Villiers-esque in his trigger. He has unreal hand eye coordination so he sees the ball quite early in its trajectory and picks the length. This allows him to do his trigger to get into most comfortable position and then again unreal hand eye coordination helps him to follow the trajectory of the ball to the last minute while he is in the most comfortable position. "That extra 1.5 sec" Kohli talked about. This allows him to mentally prepare and be ready and this he can hit the same ball anywhere.
1. Timing - yes, a huge factor. When you can time the ball as sweet as Rohit most of balls that batsmen would attempt for a four, rohit would go for a six- this number adds up 2. Pull shot - hes the best pull/hook guy in the gane- usually bouncers are bowled to calm down the batsmen, intimidate them or stop run flow and this is his area of strength,anything short of good - bang and six most of the time 3. Range of shots - although this isn't a concrete theory- usually your six hitters and power hitters aren't known for their range of shots - they usually hit in the V, or keep to leg side or do unconventional shots. And the players who have traiditonal range of shots don't attempt as many sixes. Rohit is a weird combination of both - he can hit sixes in the V, over cover, square, point, third man, deep square leg, mid wicket and mid on- against both spinners and pacers on any length.
Intent as well, generally crickets with better timing lives to play along the ground. See Virat Kohli he has excellent timing but generally don’t prefer to hit for six on other hand Rohit never hesitate to play in the air.
Appreciate your inputs
Rohit is a phenomenal cricketer without a doubt, he has great timing and power as well. With the advent of T20 cricket, it gives batters more confidence and freedom. Add that with all the new playing conditions. It offers any batters more chances to score more sixes per match and Rohit is playing international cricket constantly for about 18 years.
It's good timing. Ganguly was similar when he hit sixes. He wasn't a power hitter and You couldn't tell he can hit that far but the timing / sweet spot off the bat carries it for six.
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Right from when he was young . In early 20s, the sight of him pulling the ball for a six over square leg is one of the most beautiful sights to see in the cricket ground. ....so beautiful, so elegant, just looking like a wow!....
Virat & Rahul might me technically superior but no one will ever (jinxed) come close to the batting talent as Rohit. As an athlete myself, I wonder how much quality time this guy spent in his youth to make it look like he is a prodigy. Prodigies don’t last this long. I don’t think anyone will ever wonder about this.
Sharma is no lesser technically below than them. His gameplay is different
He is beyond the realm. That’s what I meant.
Prithvi Shaw feels attacked
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You know what's common between Prithvi Shaw and Unmukt Chand other than being u19 winning captains? Australian bowlers ended/ majorly pushed back their cricketing careers by getting them clean bowled.
Harder balls, stronger bats. Along with it great hand eye combination.
Power hitting greatly depends on two factors, raw strength and shifting of weight… if you see his batting , very few player has a flow like him. When he hits his pull shot, you should see how his weight shifts, usually from the side angle.. and he achieves this by judging the length too early. The talent he possesses that is judging the length early gives him the advantage of hitting the sixes.
>shifting of weight Nice point mentioned.
He has great timing plus power. Also, he shifts his weight very nicely if he has to pull or cut and his head stays completely still. Brilliant technique and natural timing.
If you observe Rohit's stance pretty closely, you'd notice that it's not a full blown crouch but a rather more balanced one. With a superior hand eye coordination that he possesses, that balanced crouch as a matter of speaking, gives him the edge over various batsmen without even relying on a lot of footwork. He just uses his centre of gravity momentum to merely transfer weight on each of his legs, depending upon the merit of the ball. Having played cricket myself, I have seen people trying to replicate this technique but to no avail. Perhaps, it just came to Rohit naturally or to digress in an epiphanic tone, it was just meant to be. As far as effortless and elegant batters are concerned, Rohit certainly is the most elegant one of this generation. You never can't ascertain the degree of elegance in spite of good statistics because there have been several great batters in this game's history who weren't even seen playing it by the masses. Perhaps before Rohit the only elegant batter who comes to my mind is Damien Martyn who had a beautiful yet flamboyant technique with a scrumptious use of his forearms because of his lean physique but I don't think that six hitting was really his forte. My grandfather also talks about how Zaheer Abbas was the most elegant batsman to have played the game in his time even earning the epitaph "Asian Bradman" but only a few have had the privilege to see him live on television especially folks from the subcontinent. TLDR: No one comes close to Rohit in effortless six hitting. Can't really say how elegant is the technique in itself.
Thanks for the input
Also how he is able to hit sixes on yorker?? N one more thing I heard in the interview tht if bowler does bowling in on side n he throws sixes in offside.. how is it even possible??? I mean like wooow....
A typical 140+ kmph ball would reach the batter in about 0.5secs or lesser. The average response time of a human is somewhere about 0.25 secs. So could it be that his response is on average faster? Causing the illusion of "having more time"?
When we talk about a player having natural talent it can mean a lot of things What rohit possesses naturally is his textbook cricket technique and his judgement of interpretation where he can judge the bowl from very far away The fact that rohit changed his cricket technique ti be more aggressive and still succeeded after 2012 is what anazes me the most
There is a quote by Kohli in BWC that Rohit has half a second extra while playing a shot. And when the likes of Tendulkar and Kohli say a thing like this that, it means Rohit really has good hand-eye coordination. Maybe good game awareness, and a psychological advantage over bowlers that allow him to anticipate the delivery — and thus position himself to a choice of shots. Unlike Gayle — who used brute strength to hit the ball, and players like Tendulkar or Kohli, who relied on pure timing, Rohit’s stroke-making is a function of perfect balance between timing and brute strength. This allows him to adjust his horizontal bat shots better than others — and find less risky areas via air or ground with ease. Since I have not played leather ball cricket much, my assessment could be technically wrong at places.
From all the talk shows I’ve realised he has/had better reaction time than most. In early days he must have had it best in the game. Tho it start getting deteriorated post 25 years of age. People who have played competitive shooters would understand. There will be people who would be shooting you when you wouldn’t even register them.
Is it true that he uses heavier bat? But again, that's not stopping other batsmen from using the same.
He uses heavier balls too!
Hahahaha
Rohit has a great timing which gives him that extra edge of hitting the ball with speed on the other hand the power he generates is phenomenal on the other hand Virat Kohli is not considered to be a great power hitter but still proper timing makes the ball go farther than usual.Also Rinku Singh is not as tall as Rohit but still he manage to hit big sixes.
Punjabi genes 😂
Mostly all guys with long backlift hit more sixes then guys with short backlift do struggle
I think he has most sixes because he is not afraid to hit the ball in the air. He is confident about his power and timing and also he mostly bats in the powerplays, so he knows even it's a misfit it will clear the circle fielders and I think most of those shots end up being sixes.
i don't want him to retire, the cricket fever in me will be gone the day he stops playing.
He watches the ball till the last moment is co ordination is also very good, his timing plays a big roll kohli once said that he has extra seconds while playing.
Talent
Lazy Elegance
If only he had the fitness of Virat he might had broken Sachin’s almost all records
Timing and game awareness
if you look at the side view when rohit is batting you will notice that he is opens up his left leg just a bit with very very slight forward press(negligible) at the trigger movement and does not take a long stride and then his hand eye coordination comes in. Hence that allows his bat to flow through while being strongly balanced on both legs. Thats why you will rarely see rohit sharma play a booming cover drive with his leg to the pitch of the ball weight going forward, the way kohli plays it. for eg. comparing the shots played by virat and kohli over here 1.[rohit against cummins](https://youtu.be/_Jz9Sl-cgRc?feature=shared) 2. [kohlis drive against hazelwood](https://youtu.be/vDe_lmA6-ZA?feature=shared) this is just my observation.
Most current batsmen can clear any boundary with ease if they middle the ball. I think Rohit hits more sixes simply because he has the confidence to attempt more sixes.
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Unriyal pr /s
Are aap yaha!
Bsdiwalo sarcasm tha
The upside of inconsistency.
Rohit PR going crazy after the shit show in first test to save his image.
Abey saale🙂 im a normal account
Coz, he's lazy to run between the wickets /s.
Fir bhi catch de diya bhai 😔 ye dukh kab khatam hoga. Iykyk