Mahela Jayawardana As A Batsman

Mahela Jayawardane As A Batsman

Mahela Jayawardane is a fantastic batsman in both test and one day form of the game now. He is one of the batsmen who play all the shots in the cricket book. Mahela plays all his shots all around the ground. He is one batsman that any cricket fan will appreciate saying “wow, what a player”. Timing is gifted to him. The balls will fly very quickly to the boundary when they come from the centre of his bat.

Mahela is one of the best players of spin in the world cricket now. It is a treat to watch how he uses his wrists to push the balls to the gaps in the leg side for singles. He also can push the ball down the ground to long-off and long-on for singles without any kind of trouble.

Another feature of his batting is that the way he uses his feet against the spinners. Mahela comes down the pitch to hit the ball over the head of the bowler or over extra-cover. He also plays the slog-sweep whenever he wants to distract the bowler of his line and length. If he gets a short pitch delivery, he will pull the ball over mid-wicket or he will play the late-cut if the ball pitches outside the off stump.

Mahela is brilliant in both front foot and back foot when it comes to facing the fast bowlers. He is a treat to watch when one considers about driving the ball.

His cover drives and straight drives are models for any youngster to learn how to play those shots. Jayawardane is a good cutter of the ball as well. Anything short outside the off stump will end up in the boundary ropes.

The trademark shots of mahela’s batting are pull and hook shots. He is not afraid to hit the ball in the air. Whenever he play that shot it will ends up going over the ropes. Mahela can make the ball go along the ground whenever he wants to by controlling his pull shot.