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In the critical matches, when both teams put equal energy in the game and that match become so tense to win for a team but the team which has better finisher would finish the game by using their finishing skills. Finishers are try to take the game till last over and till then they understand the pitch, read the mindset of bowlers, Play with calculation and also took calculated risk. Who is the Best Finisher in Cricket?
There are a lot of thriller matches you have seen in cricket till now but all of them one thing you will notice that the team which has a good finisher that team have won more thriller matches because in thriller or nail biting matches Experience and calculation are very important . After the falling of early wickets of top order and middle order now all responsibilities are on finishers to let the win the match . You all will think about Who is the Best Finisher in Cricket?
Who is the Best Finisher in Cricket?
list of best finishers in cricket history
1. MS Dhoni – The Finisher
M.S. Dhoni has played on every positions in team India and Perform at every position at no. 3 He score 148 Against Pakistan but he has a great ability to finish the thriller matches. In the starting of his carrier He played as a top order or middle order w.k. Batsman but as time has passed and he become captain he push young players like Rohit and Virat to take responsibilities of top order and Dhoni become finisher . By his patience and batting he played a special knock in “ cricket world cup 2011 ” and won the nail biting thriller match . He also do same work many times that’s why he is Know as one of greatest finisher of all time.
2. Michael Bevan – The Real Finisher
In early 2000s there is one name Who has ability to finish Nail biting Odi Matches Is Michael Bevan . He is such an extra-ordinary talent that has power to surpass the team score by itself . He was an australian left hand Batsman born in 8 May 1970 and he has an “average of 55.63 ” . He has power to” hack the pressure” and through this hack he have Won Lots of thriller matches for australia cricket board and Known as One of the greatest finisher in cricket history and set an example for young cricketers.
3. AB de Villiers – Mr. 360-Degree
Abraham Benjamin de Villiers born on 17 Feb. 1984 has changed the Hitting range of cricket and he was popular as Mr. 360 degree . He has a special ability to hit the ball with use of speed of the bowl and he famous the shots like scoop , Reverse , Switch hit and lot more . Ab is a al-rounder in cricket he can bat , bowl and also does wicket keeping for his team . He scored 100 in just 31 balls which is till now a world record in cricket . With his talent he finished a lot of matches for south africa in very tight situation.
4. Michael Hussey – “Mr. Cricketer”
Michael Hussey Born on 27 May 1975 and played for Australia . He is also the finisher in world cricket . After the retirement of Michael Bevan , Australian cricket board gives responsibility to Michael Hussey to finish the matches and Due to hiss performance he was popular as “Mr. Cricketer” . His special thing is that he focus on building partnerships very quite And after some time spent on pitch he started to hit boundaries almost on every ball of the bowler. The art of building Partnership has been learnt by watching Michael Hussey Batting .
5. Javed Miandad – The Strong Pillar of Pakistan
Javed miandad born on 12 June 1957 in pakistan and debuted for pakistan cricket board and in the era of Swing, pace . He was known for his ability to perform in under-pressure matches and due to this ability he has won a lot of thriller matches for pakistan . His performance for pakistan cricket team is very respectful till the date.
6. Kieron Pollard – The T20 Master
Kieron Pollard was a great power hitter for west-indies . He was born on 12 May 1987 and debuted for west indies cricket board and he is very powerful batsman. His ability is to hit the bowl out of the ground and strike rate of Kieron Pollard in t20 was 135 in beginning of the innings But he start to build a partnership And start to try for hitting six on almost every ball . He won many matches for West Indies cricket board and he will always a role model for power hitters . He has also have a record of 6 sixes in 6 balls against sri lanka .
7. Virat Kohli – The Chase Master
In the present time virat kohli is known as the king of the cricket . His D.O.B is 5 November 1988 and debuted for India . he has a great ability for scoring runs he has total of 75+ centuries till now and he has great patience to build his innings from Zero to Winning shot of the match . There are many thriller matches that Virat chase down and finish the game . His best score is 183 vs pakistan but his innings of 83 runs against pakistan was best in t20 world cup .
Conclusion
Best finisher in cricket finisher are vary from matches to matches but these are the names which mostly seen as finishing the game . Dhoni has ability to hit sixes in last over but kohli have patience and Fitness . He score runs in single or double but lot of batsman hit sixes in last overs of the match . Every team should have 1 or 2 finishers like these so that they can win the thriller matches because if both side push the match the impact at last will pull the match their side.
