10 Best players of late-cut in world cricket right now

2. Babar Azam

While Babar Azam is already highly cherished for exhibiting his mesmerizing cover drives, the cricketer was recently seen playing a late cut to a stump line yorker. Yes! the shot looked highly alien and unbelievable, but in the end, it sums up the extreme supple wrists which Babar Azam owns.

Right from his initial years till today, Babar has always been a heavy scorer in the off-side region especially with the cut shot or the late guide towards the third man routinely yielding him useful runs and strike rotation. His nimble bottom hand is the key attribute that effortlessly allows him to collect runs with ease, whether it’s against the spinners or seamers.

Especially in ODIs, where the middle passage of play is all about earning singles, Babar is extensively seen depositing the ball in gaps by bringing his late cut into play. Playing the late cut shot is an integral feature of Babar’s overall batting and now with his added ability to even late cut the stump line yorkers, Babar Azam is surely rewriting the evolution of this cricket shot in history books.