We dig up some numbers to see exactly how good a puller he is
Bharath Seervi24-Mar-2020Rohit Sharma is one of the finest pullers in the game. However, a recent tweet from ICC’s handle asked fans to pick the batsman with the best pull shot from a list of four that did not feature Sharma, which got a rise out of him. So how good is Sharma, really? We crunched some numbers to find out.Who has the most productive pull?•ESPNcricinfo LtdCurrently no batsman hits more sixes on the pull than Sharma. From the start of 2015, he has struck 116 sixes playing the pull shot across formats in international cricket. Overall, Sharma has played the pull shot against 570 deliveries which is about a six every fifth ball. The batsman with the second most sixes off the pull shot – Eoin Morgan with 47 – has not even hit half as many as Sharma.