Watch: Sachin Tendulkar play a Superb Helicopter Shot in 2002!

Watch: Sachin Tendulkar play a Superb Helicopter Shot in 2002!: If you think that MS Dhoni was the inventor of the famed helicopter shot, here is something which will force you to think again. Sachin Tendulkar the master blaster had done it as early as in the year 2002.

Dhoni is the one who made it more popular, and has used it to effect more often; but most people are unaware that it was indeed the Sachin who is the rightful patent holder of the coveted shot. The helicopter shot is a 360 degree fast swing of the wrists that enables the hitter generate more power and inject more venom onto the shot. The shot that Sachin plays in the video is a perfect helicopter that was played in the 2002 Natwest Series against England in Durham.

He came in at no.4 and was all guns blazing that day scoring a ton (105 runs). It is at the end overs that Sachin pulls off a helicopter shot and India scored 15 runs in the last over that enabled the team to score over 260. The master is known for many of his signature shots like his unmatched straight drive, his square cut and also his upper cut. But Sachin has had the helicopter shot in his bag of tricks as early as 2002. While this is surprising, this should remain as a fact that Sachin is the one who first played this shot.

Watch: Sachin Tendulkar play a Superb Helicopter Shot in 2002!

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