Off side Rohit Sharma, Chris Gayle, Virender Sehwag, and Sourav Ganguly. Off side The off side is a particular half of the field in the sport of cricket. From the point of view of a right-handed batsman facing the bowler, it is the right-hand side of the field, or the half of the field in front of the right-handed batsman when he or she assumes the batting stance. The off side consists of the entire half of the field stretching from behind the batsman-end wicket, around third man, square of the wicket on the off side, the covers, and mid/long off, up
Leg side the leg side would be: The leg side is usually less well defended with fielders than the off side, because of the typical line of attack of the bowlers, which is frequently on or outside off stump. This makes it more difficult to hit the ball to the leg side because it involves swinging the bat across the line of the ball, which can lead to mishits and catches. While the terms "leg side" and "on side" can refer to an entire half of the field, each term is often used to denote only part of this half. When the