He struck the ball beautifully with a stream of orthodox drives, so beautifully indeed that his use of the switch-hit or the reverse sweep should be banned.
KP is fidgeting at the crease, forever suggesting that he's going to paddle sweep or switch-hit, and it's forcing Mishra to stay extremely negative in his line.
I only kept wicket with a helmet on towards the back end of my career to the medium pacers but you see more and more keepers wearing helmets now, which is sensible with all the switch-hits, reverse sweeps and Dilscoops that players are taking on.
Only Pietersen, moreover, included a switch-hit in his repertoire.
For example, maybe you switch-hit on the condoms.
"That's why I didn't switch-hit.
He is in stunning form and has just unfurled the switch hit to slog sweep Dilshan for four.
However, some shots in cricket, such as the switch hit or reverse sweep, involve the batsman switching between a right- and left-handed stance; this affects the location of the off and leg side, which are determined by the stance.
He plays a reverse sweep rather than a switch hit, getting the two runs he needs for a glorious century from only 109 balls.
The reverse sweep (the equivalent of a switch hit in baseball) was developed initially in T20 cricket in an effort to confuse the bowler and exploit gaps in the field.
After due reconnaissance I want to see the flamingo clips through midwicket, the slog sweeps, the sixes over long-on and the switch-hits, shots rarely sighted in South Africa, back in the repertoire.
