Pakistan skipper Babar Azam is regarded as one of the vital technically proficient batsmen in modern-day cricket and his primary rank within the ICC ODI rankings is a testomony to his distinctive expertise.
Notably, Azam’s cover drive is taken into account to be top-of-the-line in worldwide cricket, and lots of pundits and followers reckon that the Pakistan batsman is likely one of the best drivers of the cricket ball.
Recently, Babar revealed the names of the cricketers whose cover drives he loves probably the most. However, the 26-year-old batsman left Team India skipper Virat Kohli out of the checklist even though followers consistently draw comparisons between the 2 and their orthodox model of taking part in the cover shot.
Babar mentioned that he loves New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson’s cover drive shot and added that he loved watching the cover drive of former England cricketer Ian Bell amongst previous gamers.
“I really like Ian Bell’s cover drive, it was very smooth and it looked like someone was playing it in slow motion. Kane Williamson plays the cover drive really well because he plays it really late and plays it very close to his body,” mentioned Azam in an interview with Cricwick.
“My cover drive is natural but I have honed it. I have struggled on my cover drive as well and some people used to say don’t play it too early into the innings but I worked on it and I try to hold myself back (from playing cover drive) early in the innings but that’s not the case in T20 where there is not much time and you have to play with the flow. In One-Day and Test cricket, I play my shots after taking some time,” he added.
