Sachin Tendulkar playing a front-foot drive
A drive is a straight batted shot in cricket played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc through the line of the ball.Depending upon the direction of the ball driven the drive shots can be classified into
- Square Drive:-Struck towards Point
- Cover Drive:-Driven towards the cover fielding position
- Off Drive:-Hit towards mid-off
- On drive:-Struck towards wide mid-on and mid wicket
- Straight Drive:-Driven past the bowler
Depending upon the pitching of the delivery and the foot work, the drive shot can be classified to front-foot drive and back-foot drive.
