The helicopter shot in cricket is the act of flicking the bat toward the leg side when facing a yorker or a fuller-length delivery, and finishing the stroke with a flourish by twisting the bat in an overhead circled needed] This shot, which requires excellent timing and wrist-work, is considered a new innovation in cricket, and is seen as an unconventional form of batsmanship.Traditionally, faster bowlers have used yorker-length deliveries toward the end of limited-overs matches because it is difficult to hit such balls to the boundary; the helicopter shot is one answer to this tactic.
Mohammad Azharuddin played the first helicopter shot against the South African team in 1990 at Eden Gardens.[citation needed] Aravinda Silva, Kevin Peterson and Charama Silva also played similar shots.[citation needed] The shot was played by M. S. Dhoni, but it was fellow player Santosh Lal, a childhood friend of Dhoni’s, who taught him how to play the shot.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
born 7 July 1981), is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is the only captain in the history of Cricket to win all ICC trophies. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, the 2010 and 2016 Asia Cups, the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup and the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy. A right-handed middle-order batsman and wicket-keeper, Dhoni is one of the highest run scorers in One Day Internationals (ODIs) with more than 10,000 runs scored and is considered an effective “finisher” in limited-overs formats
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