ICC asks who has best cover drive in world? Cricket's finest players confirm there is only one KING

Batsmen can play a sophisticated and traditional stroke in cricket called the cover drive. Using a straight bat, the player must hit the ball in the region between mid-off and the extra cover fielder. To produce a beautiful and potent stroke, the shot demands exact timing, skill, and footwork. As the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is underway, we will be witnessing many batters using this shot during matches. But there has always been a question, that who hits the best cover drives in the world cricket?

3 things you need to know 

• ICC ODI World Cup 2023 started on October 5, 2023 
• The final of the competition will be played on November 17, 2023 
• One of the biggest match of the competition, India vs Pakistan will take place this Saturday

Cricket world names the best player “who hits the cover drive shot”

In a recent video shared on Instagram by the International Cricket Council (ICC), various players were asked to name the first player who sprang to mind when they heard the phrase. "Cover Drive." The bulk of the players named Virat Kohli as the player that inspired this shot. 

Players like Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Shreyas Iyer, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Suryakumar Yadav, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Marsh, Rashid Khan, Davin Conway, Glenn Phillips, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Adam Zampa, Mehidy Hasan, and Rahmanullah Gurbaz all expressed that Virat Kohli is the first player they think of when they hear about the Cover Drive shot. 

In the cricket world, Kohli is synonymous with the Cover Drive because of the respect and acknowledgement he receives from his teammates and even from his opponents for his extraordinary ability to execute the shot.

When will Virat Kohli play his next match?

Virat Kohli will be seen in action when Team India takes on Pakistan in the ICC ODI World Cup encounter on Saturday, October 14, 2023 in Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium. Virat Kohli has a great record against PAK, in 15 ODI matches he has scored 662 runs with a strike rate of 100.60. It is anticipated he will be a key threat to Pakistan in the match.