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All cricketers start their journey at the local level with the ambition of playing for their country at the international level. Also, they will start their journey by choosing any of the 3 types of cricket, batting, bowling and all-rounder, and will learn the necessary strategies and excel in it and create records at the international level. Especially among the players who excel in the field of bowling, the ability to excel in the field of batting is also hidden if they are trained properly.
Let’s take a look at some of the players who are known as the best bowlers in international cricket and had enough batting skills to say that if they had done the necessary batting practice, they would have become better batsmen:
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7. Piyush Chawla: A leg-spinner who was part of the 2011 World Cup winning team, he is a left-arm batsman with a batting average of 31 in domestic cricket. In particular, finishing a six in the final of the IPL series in 2014 is an example of his batting skills.
6. Shardul Tagore: In recent times, he has made his debut as an all-rounder in all 3 formats of the Indian team and contributed to the victories. His half-century in the historic victory recorded by India at the Gaba Stadium in 2021 and another impressive half-century at the London Oval is an example of his batting prowess.
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At that time, Mike Hussey had already praised his style of hitting cover drives as similar to that of Australia legend Steve Waugh, and Indian fans could see that he was hitting the steered drive perfectly like Sachin Tendulkar. Admired as Lord by his fans, he has natural batting skills and can create more records if he works on it.
5. Bhuvneshwar Kumar: Known as a power play swing specialist bowler, he showed off his batting skills by forming an excellent partnership with Dhoni in his debut Test match and scoring 224 runs in Chennai.
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Having already scored a century in domestic cricket, he impressed with 3 half-centuries in the challenging 2014 England tour. So it is significant that the team management still sees him as a lower order batsman who is playing as a senior.
4. Anil Kumble: He is the greatest bowler of Indian cricket who has taken most wickets in international cricket and has scored 6 centuries in domestic cricket.
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Especially his unforgettable century against England at the London Oval in 2007 is an example of his batting skills. If he had taken good training in that way, he would have become a legend of India in the field of bowling as well as batting.
3. Harbhajan Singh: Another spinner from India, he also has the ability to bat aggressively. Especially, in 2011 against New Zealand in the home Test series, he scored hundreds in subsequent matches, and we can’t forget that he scored runs in a few matches in the IPL series.
2. Ajith Agarkar: India’s fast bowler is credited with scoring a Test century at Lord’s which Sachin could not, reflecting the Mumbai blood that produced great batsmen like Sachin.
Also, there is no doubt that he, who still holds the record as the fastest Indian player to score half-centuries in ODI cricket, would have come a long way if he had taken the necessary training in the field of batting.
1. Ravichandran Ashwin: Hailed as one of the best cricketers Tamil Nadu has ever seen, he is second only to Anil Kumble in terms of wickets and records. But having started his career as an opener in the early days of local cricket, he has already scored 5 centuries in Test cricket surpassing Kumble and is currently making India and Tamil Nadu proud as the world’s No. 2 Test all-rounder.
Having batted with Jos Buttler in the top order in many recent IPL series and scored his first half-century in his career, there is no doubt that he would have become a quality batsman if he took the batting practice he wanted.
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