Well i don't care or know how strong or weak his grip is , but i know that his cricketing foundation is very very strong and i think he is the only player who plays all his shots by the book. A true student of the game and thats why he is such an amazing batsman.
Ab de villiers plays every damn shot in the book with more flare and ease... So does williamson... Just that ab is enormously skillful to perform those unorthodox innovative shots outside the book to maximize the oppurtunity to score.... A man built a helicopter.... Years back... Now innovations are done to mke it better provided basics don't change...so appreciate the innovations.. People don't do that coz they are not gifted.. There are many who played text book style... Ab mastered the book and have his own as well but with the same basics. Innovation is the art and creativity that depicts talent... Ab de villiers is a master of straight drives, cover drives and pull shots.. Its just that lately he started bulldozing bowlers with innovations...
well now after two years it does matter kohli has a strong bottom hand and u need to be fit for playing with bottom hand. NOW that kohli is getting older he has started to struggle
yeah too fkn strong innit that he can’t even hit a century in three years, lost all captain positions, and now just yesterday scored 1 in 3 balls and got out! yeah too much for a strong foundation! piss off wanna be guru!
I knew it straight away that he is wrong when I watched this masterclass video on TV few years ago. You are spot on about the impact it would have had on the young minds.
He changes his game according to the situation and that includes everything about his game. That's why he is successful across all formats because he learns very quickly and plays the way he thinks is best for his and team success.
naseer is partially correct...virat keeps on changing his grip...for pacers he has diff grip and for spinners diff..i have observed he uses bottom hand more...so naseer is not correct completely..kohli uses both grips bottom and top hand both
Yeah he changes the grip according to where is ball pitched at when he want to slog in leg side he use strong and when wanna play in off side he immediately judge the line length of ball and changehis grip moreover he precisely use strong grip when he wants to slog and in odi and test he use normal grip.
@@cricketcrackle776 in subcontinent pitches(esp the dead ones) kohli uses more bottom hand to create pace off the bat. Recently he has been not doing that in England and in Australia and in fact it was the reason he struggled in that horror tour in England. His hands used to be rigid. He used to be even more aggressive. These days he rarely plays effort strokes like he used to before. Nasser is correct but not completely. Even these days, virat plays with hard bottom hand to place the ball more squarer.. Which isn't possible with a lighter bottom hand grip....
@@DrDothraki let me tell you one thing virat changes his grip according to formathe use normal grip in test and odi and in t20 he uses bottom hand grip in t20 he reads the length of the ball and changes his grip accordingly, virat had played that flick of wrist in test India vs England in test.
Difference with great batsmen and ordinary batsmen is, ‘greats can alter their grip, stance, bat tapping on the ground, taking guard etc because they have that ability to self access and adapt while ordinary players don’t have that. Talking About this video, Virat May be a predominant bottom hand player but he changes his grip in just that fraction of a second before impacting the ball. Very few can do that.
virat uses strong bottom hand grip against spinner.....and the cover drive nasir is talking... about virat hits like that when spinner bowls.... watch his shots against spinners, you will get it.
He does hit cover drives with a strong bottom hand grip, if you check out his videos driving spinners you will understand this.He does it occasionally against the pacers too. But he doesn't do that everytime.Both you and naseer have valid points.
True! The bottom hand grip should be soft and the top hand a little stronger. Always try to focus on the way you grip the bat and hold your composure, keep your head straight and still and play the ball accordingly.
Hellow, Nasir Hussain is right as he was referring to Virat´s bottom hand dominant flicky cover drive. Whereas, traditional cover drives are top hand dominant shots. Note: Virat uses strong bottom hand while playing flicky cover drives and leg side flicks. Overall, he keep changing his grips force according to delivery.
No bro nasser Hussain is right, if you see virat playing spin you would definitely understand that he is right on virat's technique of using more bottom hand
Sir, Kohli has more than one cover drives. Do watch all of them. He does have a bottom handed cover drive as his signature shot. Waiting for your reply.
I dunno how strong his grip is but I have seen him hit plenty of those flicked cover drives that Naseer talks about. I think that shot is quite unique to Virat Kohli.
thank you so much, i literally changed my grip after that video. And I struggled. I got good at power hitting only but my game got really stiff (I could not move my hands freely). I still couldn't realize what I was doing wrong, that grip is only good for straight and leg side(ish) shots. Also, another advantage is that there's more force and power in that shot since you're pushing the ball with your dominant bottomhand. But occasionally, you scoop the ball in the air.
@@simplebatting well strong bottom hand is effective against spinners. Even I play cover against spinners using a strong bottom hand to generate more power.
I think he changes his grip depending on the format, situation of the game and the type of bowler he faces... What Nasser is saying, Kohli does to spinners where he needs to generate power with the bottom hand... With Pacers he has a lose bottom hand
I think this video is highly misleading about what Nasser Hussain actually talking about. Nasser is taking about only one particular shot of Virat, which is unfortunately completely missing in this video.
Nasser Hussain was absoulutely right. Kohli used to this group from the start of his career to the england where he struggled. He was vulnerable on fourth stump area in england then he changed his tactics
Kudos to "The cricket Academy" for bringing this out.. That would absolutely cause injuries to the wrists of kids if they try to emulate such strong bottom hand and try to execute cover drives.. Great lesson to differentiate what and whom to trust.. Well done!
Man! Nasser hussain isn't wrong. See how Virat used to play his cover drive in the early stages of his career. He definetely has changed his grip nowadays, but he still plays the same if spinners are on. For instance see how Virat bats when Nathan lyon is on.
Yes you're right Virat not use strong bottom, even AB de Villiers mentioned he hold bottom with only two fingers which allows him to direct ball anywhere
Strongly agree! i am not a professional or a domestic playe but when i see the video in which he tells that virat had strong bottom hand and what he showing i confuse a lot that hows possible?
I play with steong bottom hand grip. Can play cover drive and all but cut shorts are difficult to make .. you have to be more wristy. Virat changes his grip based on what shot he is playing
I think close bottom hand grip will do good. But to not hold the bottom hand tighter. That will enhance stroke making to the covers extra covers and also across the mid wicket region...
He changes his grip according to line and length and when he wants to cut he opens the bat face prior to ball delivery almost anticipating the line and length He has said these thing in recent interview when asked about his stance and grip.
Bro nasser Hussain is right, if you see virat playing spin you would definitely understand that he is right ,, virat does it(the flick nasser is talking about) on spin
Pictures in between the master class show that he uses his fingers only and not the entire hand. Naz is incorrect..Virat is timing them of late and never really flicked through the covers..
Nasser Hussain is completely wrong about this. But, in his stance prior to backlift, he does appear to grip quite strongly with his right hand, but this changes in his backlift to being between thumb and forefinger as seen in the pics. Plenty of top players do this. Quite why Nasser Hussein is dissecting Kholis technique is beyond me. He played every ball completely into out through his whole career.
Nicholas Wood I disagree mate. In my opinion Hussain never disrespected Kholi’s technique. In fact, I think he praised him quite often. As for his technique I agree with you that his changing technique is persistent. Stay classy.
Virat actually has a strong bottom hand grip specially when he plays it on the leg side and also when he plays loft shots but he has variety of ways to hit the same shot with a different way depending on the line & length & field placement. Here i think they chose a wrong video more than anything.
Nasser got it wrong when he hit the wickets with bat before explaining how Kohli grips the bat. But he is half right about Kohlis grip as a lot of people mentioned here that he has different grips strong bottom hand grip and soft bottom hand grip against different Bowlers fast bowlers and spin Bowlers.
some excellant players are poor coaches....its right..some cant coach , they can fecilitate talent( be with then), like Ricky did for Aussies mentorship and is that Pontings' Play' which helped Delhi daredevils to see the finals in Ipl..Dravid is good as a mentor..Sachin loves watching....Disclaimer: Sehwag is running a school for cricket..when nobody can replicate his style..if he does that ..we will get 100 Sehwags in future .
I totally agree with what you are trying to tell. NH was a good Batsman & a Skipper, but the analysis he is doing of Kohli's bottom hand grip is misleading.
Well i don't care or know how strong or weak his grip is , but i know that his cricketing foundation is very very strong and i think he is the only player who plays all his shots by the book. A true student of the game and thats why he is such an amazing batsman.
Kane Williamson and Ab De Villiers?
Ab de villiers plays every damn shot in the book with more flare and ease... So does williamson...
Just that ab is enormously skillful to perform those unorthodox innovative shots outside the book to maximize the oppurtunity to score....
A man built a helicopter.... Years back...
Now innovations are done to mke it better provided basics don't change...so appreciate the innovations..
People don't do that coz they are not gifted.. There are many who played text book style...
Ab mastered the book and have his own as well but with the same basics.
Innovation is the art and creativity that depicts talent...
Ab de villiers is a master of straight drives, cover drives and pull shots.. Its just that lately he started bulldozing bowlers with innovations...
well now after two years it does matter
kohli has a strong bottom hand and u need to be fit for playing with bottom hand. NOW that kohli is getting older he has started to struggle
Rahul Dravid ?
yeah too fkn strong innit that he can’t even hit a century in three years, lost all captain positions, and now just yesterday scored 1 in 3 balls and got out! yeah too much for a strong foundation! piss off wanna be guru!
I knew it straight away that he is wrong when I watched this masterclass video on TV few years ago. You are spot on about the impact it would have had on the young minds.
He changes his game according to the situation and that includes everything about his game. That's why he is successful across all formats because he learns very quickly and plays the way he thinks is best for his and team success.
@David L Booney well no1 across all formats for me.
He plays on the merit of the ball
He plays on the merit of the ball
naseer is partially correct...virat keeps on changing his grip...for pacers he has diff grip and for spinners diff..i have observed he uses bottom hand more...so naseer is not correct completely..kohli uses both grips bottom and top hand both
Yeah he changes the grip according to where is ball pitched at when he want to slog in leg side he use strong and when wanna play in off side he immediately judge the line length of ball and changehis grip moreover he precisely use strong grip when he wants to slog and in odi and test he use normal grip.
But nasser is definitely wrong virat nowadays use neutral grip in all formats still got average of above 50 in all formats
@@cricketcrackle776 in subcontinent pitches(esp the dead ones) kohli uses more bottom hand to create pace off the bat. Recently he has been not doing that in England and in Australia and in fact it was the reason he struggled in that horror tour in England. His hands used to be rigid. He used to be even more aggressive. These days he rarely plays effort strokes like he used to before. Nasser is correct but not completely. Even these days, virat plays with hard bottom hand to place the ball more squarer.. Which isn't possible with a lighter bottom hand grip....
@@DrDothraki let me tell you one thing virat changes his grip according to formathe use normal grip in test and odi and in t20 he uses bottom hand grip in t20 he reads the length of the ball and changes his grip accordingly, virat had played that flick of wrist in test India vs England in test.
@@DrDothraki he is does not have strong bottom hand grip.
Cricbuzz wrote an article on the topic. Kohli has changed his technique over the years. Maybe he also adapts to various conditions.
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@Fazil let him laugh
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Difference with great batsmen and ordinary batsmen is, ‘greats can alter their grip, stance, bat tapping on the ground, taking guard etc because they have that ability to self access and adapt while ordinary players don’t have that. Talking About this video, Virat May be a predominant bottom hand player but he changes his grip in just that fraction of a second before impacting the ball. Very few can do that.
Aravinda de silva
His hit wicket and not putting it right is bothering me.
😂😂
Pujara would make a better example for strong bottom hand cover drives. You hardly see him hit squarer like these modern batsmen do.
@Jagz I meant with the cover drive u dickhead..like pointed in the video, modern batsmen use wrists to hit their cover drives “squarer”..
@@DrDothraki yes he is weired when compared to modern batsmen. He swings his bat full even for low pitched deliveries
virat uses strong bottom hand grip against spinner.....and the cover drive nasir is talking... about virat hits like that when spinner bowls.... watch his shots against spinners, you will get it.
Not so strong as nasser showed its partially strong and normal.
Yeah bro u r absolutely Right. Whenever virat kohli play against spinner. He played cover drive like this 2:27 (tap on 2.27)
Well said I agree with you
perhaps to generate a touch of force 🤷🏻♂️ against pace he just guides and puts it in to the vacant area
I think Hussain is absolutely wrongly judges
He does hit cover drives with a strong bottom hand grip, if you check out his videos driving spinners you will understand this.He does it occasionally against the pacers too. But he doesn't do that everytime.Both you and naseer have valid points.
his explanation was on how virat plan against spinners. ..the flic he was talking about was for spinners
Ya specially for inside out shot against spinner
Agree with your research, he's using a soft bottom hand grip, not hard. Thanks for correcting that misconception.
do research mate. He used bottom hand grip for spinner. Your 50% right watch his shots against spinners.
True!
The bottom hand grip should be soft and the top hand a little stronger. Always try to focus on the way you grip the bat and hold your composure, keep your head straight and still and play the ball accordingly.
Hellow, Nasir Hussain is right as he was referring to Virat´s bottom hand dominant flicky cover drive. Whereas, traditional cover drives are top hand dominant shots. Note: Virat uses strong bottom hand while playing flicky cover drives and leg side flicks. Overall, he keep changing his grips force according to delivery.
0:55 teaching the world and starting with a hit-wicket.
Vladimir Putin, sorry Nasir Hussain is absolutely wrong
Ritwik Dey 😂😂 I was thinking that too
lol you are making a point that only kids would make. Grow up mate!
Arya Shetty ...I would say just one thing Fuck off
No bro nasser Hussain is right, if you see virat playing spin you would definitely understand that he is right on virat's technique of using more bottom hand
Jos buttler, vision 😂😂
Sir, Kohli has more than one cover drives. Do watch all of them. He does have a bottom handed cover drive as his signature shot. Waiting for your reply.
I dunno how strong his grip is but I have seen him hit plenty of those flicked cover drives that Naseer talks about. I think that shot is quite unique to Virat Kohli.
You might have seen that to spinners. He never does it to fast paced balls.
thank you so much, i literally changed my grip after that video. And I struggled. I got good at power hitting only but my game got really stiff (I could not move my hands freely). I still couldn't realize what I was doing wrong, that grip is only good for straight and leg side(ish) shots. Also, another advantage is that there's more force and power in that shot since you're pushing the ball with your dominant bottomhand. But occasionally, you scoop the ball in the air.
Complete misunderstanding of Bat Flow and how Unweighting of the bat works
@@simplebatting well strong bottom hand is effective against spinners. Even I play cover against spinners using a strong bottom hand to generate more power.
Haha.. grip can loosen and strength in a split second, when you have decided what shot you are going to play.. just hand-eye coordination
Every time I see virat he only have a weak bottom hand grip in every grounded shot that is why I also grip like virat kohli
1 single screenshot doesn’t prove that kohli is an upper hand player. he is indeed a bottom hand player and this is a truth.
I think he changes his grip depending on the format, situation of the game and the type of bowler he faces... What Nasser is saying, Kohli does to spinners where he needs to generate power with the bottom hand... With Pacers he has a lose bottom hand
I think this video is highly misleading about what Nasser Hussain actually talking about.
Nasser is taking about only one particular shot of Virat, which is unfortunately completely missing in this video.
Thanks Iman!
You are 100% right sir.
That's hit wicket at 0:55
😂😂..good observation...😂😂
@@mlxrohith Thanks😂
Lol
Great Video mate.
Gawd when that analysis came out I was thinking about the exact same thing it's so obviously flawed
Nasser Hussain was absoulutely right. Kohli used to this group from the start of his career to the england where he struggled. He was vulnerable on fourth stump area in england then he changed his tactics
For a second at 0:45 I thought Mr Putin was demonstrating how to bat😂
I agree with the statement made about top players and coaching technicalities and, it’s impact on respective audiences.
Kudos to "The cricket Academy" for bringing this out.. That would absolutely cause injuries to the wrists of kids if they try to emulate such strong bottom hand and try to execute cover drives.. Great lesson to differentiate what and whom to trust.. Well done!
Man! Nasser hussain isn't wrong. See how Virat used to play his cover drive in the early stages of his career. He definetely has changed his grip nowadays, but he still plays the same if spinners are on. For instance see how Virat bats when Nathan lyon is on.
0:55 🤣
Yes you're right Virat not use strong bottom, even AB de Villiers mentioned he hold bottom with only two fingers which allows him to direct ball anywhere
Strongly agree! i am not a professional or a domestic playe but when i see the video in which he tells that virat had strong bottom hand and what he showing
i confuse a lot that hows possible?
this video deserves more views . underrated video
Thank you. Please share it!
I play with steong bottom hand grip. Can play cover drive and all but cut shorts are difficult to make .. you have to be more wristy. Virat changes his grip based on what shot he is playing
This same technique of bottom hand is also used by Buttler which he mentioned in his batting masterclass.
I'm an inter galactic cricket player and I approve this video to a certain extent
I think close bottom hand grip will do good. But to not hold the bottom hand tighter. That will enhance stroke making to the covers extra covers and also across the mid wicket region...
He changes his grip according to line and length and when he wants to cut he opens the bat face prior to ball delivery almost anticipating the line and length
He has said these thing in recent interview when asked about his stance and grip.
Virat use his bottom hands when he plays cover drives against off spinner. You can’t use bottom hand to play cover drive against fast Bowler
Naseer is right, while playing the shot sometimes it loosens. It's a strong bottom hand like laxman and ganguly
Yea your right, bottom hand is never held tightly, I was also wondering that. Nasser Hussain was wrong
I don't know why Nasser said that virat has stong bottom hand grip😂😂😂😂😂😂
What's funny about it??? Basic cricket term or don't you know anything about cricket??
Bro nasser Hussain is right, if you see virat playing spin you would definitely understand that he is right ,, virat does it(the flick nasser is talking about) on spin
@@jithinvashok6234 funny for me have you any problems?
@@MAYUSHRAJ showing the video of virat kohli playing the pace and talks about the spinner
@@pradyumnbhardwaj6580 what???I am just saying that it's a cricket terms
My biggest flex is virat kohli playing for india
Pictures in between the master class show that he uses his fingers only and not the entire hand.
Naz is incorrect..Virat is timing them of late and never really flicked through the covers..
Kohli never flicks his drive he only flicks his slip shots
I agree with you. I was confused myself as to why that video portrayed something that’s not right
Nasser Hussain is completely wrong about this. But, in his stance prior to backlift, he does appear to grip quite strongly with his right hand, but this changes in his backlift to being between thumb and forefinger as seen in the pics. Plenty of top players do this. Quite why Nasser Hussein is dissecting Kholis technique is beyond me. He played every ball completely into out through his whole career.
Nicholas Wood I disagree mate. In my opinion Hussain never disrespected Kholi’s technique. In fact, I think he praised him quite often. As for his technique I agree with you that his changing technique is persistent.
Stay classy.
Virat sir have more shots in the of side region not just cover drive👌🏽🖖🏼🙏🙏🧠🏏🏏🏏
You dont have to be someone be you❤
Simply he changes his grip every bowl
Sir ur observation is absolutely correct. I also felt wrong with Nazir Hossain's analysis. Good work sir.
Absolutely right
You are correct ..😇😇
Nasir hussain was correct if the footage of virat kohli playing spinners was shown.
So they left out the video he's talking about?
@@simplebatting That's what i said didn't i?
Got it bro...
Thanks a lot
Virat actually has a strong bottom hand grip specially when he plays it on the leg side and also when he plays loft shots but he has variety of ways to hit the same shot with a different way depending on the line & length & field placement. Here i think they chose a wrong video more than anything.
You make a pretty good point sir
Nasser is wrong bcz no one player can play drives with strong bottom hand
thank you for making this type of video keep improving sir
There r some of his off side play where we clearly see his bottom hand grip slightly holding to it
All these conversations domehow makes me feel more the greatness of Sachin
Fantastic !! Appreciable !!
This video release in 2016 and virat's game is fully changed nowadays.
Ya purana grip hai bottom hand tight 2012 ya 2013 pahale ya grip tha .Abhi wo neutral grip use karte hai v shape like abd . To play off side.
Virat has two cover drive shots..one with a strong bottom and the other more classical...Naseer is right
Great explanation man
Sir we wanna know about Sachin Tendulkar's grip. Plz make a video on it .
Tendulkar also had a lose bottom hand grip
I always wonder , how would virat play against my favorite bowler Glenn McGrath. It would be very interesting to watch.
He himself told that he has strong bottom hand grip
Thanks for your kindness information
Thanks sir for making it clear so that youngesters don't get confused
Please check virat kohli old matches . He used bottom hand more . Nasser is correct. Its only after 2014 kohli changed his batting.
kohli has magical wrist
Why Bat and Pad Gap Comes? Explain please
One of the best explanation sir. 😍
Nice work sir.nasser Hussain I think didn't do the deep work on virat kohli wrist.
Nasser got it wrong when he hit the wickets with bat before explaining how Kohli grips the bat. But he is half right about Kohlis grip as a lot of people mentioned here that he has different grips strong bottom hand grip and soft bottom hand grip against different Bowlers fast bowlers and spin Bowlers.
With strong bottom hand grip it will be more difficult to drive and some of cover drive
no. Kholi plays it like that when a spinner is bowling or their is no pace on. When there is he plays how this coach is explaining
Spin bowling Kohli, Kevin Pietersen and most players use the bottom hand but for fast bowling he's not.
some excellant players are poor coaches....its right..some cant coach , they can fecilitate talent( be with then), like Ricky did for Aussies mentorship and is that Pontings' Play' which helped Delhi daredevils to see the finals in Ipl..Dravid is good as a mentor..Sachin loves watching....Disclaimer: Sehwag is running a school for cricket..when nobody can replicate his style..if he does that ..we will get 100 Sehwags in future .
I think he opens his bat slightly towards offside unlike steve smith who likes to grip inside
Nasser talking virat kohli agains spinners this short cover drive
Mate he is mixture of tendulkar, gibbs & azharudin
I totally agree with what you are trying to tell.
NH was a good Batsman & a Skipper, but the analysis he is doing of Kohli's bottom hand grip is misleading.
Correct he has loose bottom hand grip so that he can play different shots for the same ball
He plays same shots..go watch him again
He changes his grip for every shot
Good observation
Well said brother
I agree with the cricket academy.
Very well said.
that grip actually looks like that of steve smith..
Thanks