Due to the coronavirus, many sporting events across the globe have been canceled or postponed. According to The Hindu, the English Premier League has been suspended until May, the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) has suspended tournaments until June and Team Canada & Australia have opted out of the Tokyo Olympics.
Meanwhile in India, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended the Indian Premier League (IPL) till April 15, reports India Today. Having said that, sports are still front and center in the minds of fans.
A tweet asking which batsman (past or present) has the best pull shot has triggered a heated debate among cricket lovers.
Which batsman, past or present, has the best pull shot, in your opinion? 👀 pic.twitter.com/TAXf8rr3el
— ICC (@ICC) March 22, 2020
Some are miffed that Rohit ‘Hitman’ Sharma’s name wasn’t included in the list because he deserves the title.
Rohit Sharma
— Manish (@IManish311) March 22, 2020
Hitman is the best 🔥in always. it's looking like too easy, but not like that. This type of shots very easy to see, but really hard to play. For me @ImRo45 is the best puller of the ball in all time. It's huge setback to see the list without him. pic.twitter.com/f2PgOmEYE2
— 🇮🇳Ramakrishnan R🇮🇳 (@RKSD03Ro45) March 22, 2020
Close the case 🤙 pic.twitter.com/INEt5QDy48
— Bunny Vamshi 💥 (@VamshiAADHF) March 22, 2020
Hitman 👌 @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/1eI8sZ34NT
— Manoj45 (@Imro45fans) March 22, 2020
While others believe that no current player can match the timing and elegance of Vivian Richards and Ricky Ponting.
As far I've seen Ricky Ponting was the best puller of the ball,his pull shot had different joy,perfect timing almost everytime. Heard about Viv Richards too that he was master of it, but for me it's Ricky Ponting. Rohit Sharma is also playing them wonderfully,so does Virat Kohli.
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) March 22, 2020
https://twitter.com/farziBaazigar/status/1241586734304878592
huge fan of Rohit Sharma,
but none pulls better than Ricky Ponting— Goutam (@goutamthukral) March 22, 2020
Ricky Ponting…. No debate
— McGregor | Lion 🦁 (@vLionMan) March 22, 2020
Haven't seen any one play the pull shot as elegantly as @RickyPonting did.
— Jignesh (@thisisjignesh) March 22, 2020
Viv, any other answer is wrong. Try to play that shot without a helmet and you ll understand how good you have to be to have that kind of confidence
— Irfan Rizvi (@irizvi14) March 22, 2020
Sir Viv was class apart. The way he used to smash good length balls from.Len Pesco, Lolly. Thome was just un unbelievable. Long live Viv
— NayakK (@NayakK13) March 22, 2020
We can’t wait for sports to resume once this crisis is over. Until then, let’s keep the conversations (and arguments) going.