His signature is the pull shot. While most batsmen fear the short ball, Rohit invites it. He swivels, gets his front leg out of the way, and dispatches the ball miles over the fine-leg boundary. It is a shot that has netted him hundreds of sixes. His marathon innings—the record-breaking 264, the 209s, the double centuries—are exhibitions of sustained aerial bombardment. He didn't just break the record for sixes; he made the impossible look routine.
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