NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, recognized for his aggressive batting type, noticed alternatives the place others noticed dangers. Sehwag aimed to attain runs rapidly all through his profession.
Sehwag’s document consists of three triple centuries in Take a look at cricket and turning into the second Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar, to attain 200 runs in a One Day Worldwide (ODI). He set a document with 219 runs in an ODI, which stood for practically three years till Rohit Sharma surpassed it with 264 runs.
Within the 2011 ODI World Cup, Sehwag set the tone for India’s marketing campaign with a formidable 175 runs within the first match. Nonetheless, he didn’t begin as a gap batsman. Sehwag started his Take a look at profession below Sourav Ganguly‘s captaincy in 2001, debuting towards South Africa in Bloemfontein, the place he batted on the fourth place and scored a century.
The choice to advertise Sehwag to the opening place got here later. At an Ocean Blue Academy occasion, Ganguly revealed the dialog that promoted him to be the opening batter.
Sehwag’s journey from a middle-order batsman to a prolific opener showcases the strategic choices that formed his illustrious profession.
Ganguly mentioned, “I used to be lucky sufficient to captain a participant like Virender Sehwag, a younger boy who got here from Delhi with absolute uncooked expertise. Every week earlier than the beginning of the primary Take a look at, I went as much as him and mentioned, ‘Viru, you’re such a implausible participant, however you’re not getting a recreation as a result of we had Dravid at three, Tendulkar at 4, myself at 5, and Laxman at six.'”
Ganguly continued, “I mentioned, ‘You understand, somebody such as you can not simply be sitting on the benches, so why don’t you open?’ I might see it on his face—he couldn’t say no to me. His quick response was, ‘Dada, I’ve by no means accomplished this.’ I mentioned, ‘So what when you’ve by no means accomplished this?’ I knew his subsequent query can be, ‘What occurs if I get out early with the brand new ball?'”
Sehwag’s document consists of three triple centuries in Take a look at cricket and turning into the second Indian, after Sachin Tendulkar, to attain 200 runs in a One Day Worldwide (ODI). He set a document with 219 runs in an ODI, which stood for practically three years till Rohit Sharma surpassed it with 264 runs.
Within the 2011 ODI World Cup, Sehwag set the tone for India’s marketing campaign with a formidable 175 runs within the first match. Nonetheless, he didn’t begin as a gap batsman. Sehwag started his Take a look at profession below Sourav Ganguly‘s captaincy in 2001, debuting towards South Africa in Bloemfontein, the place he batted on the fourth place and scored a century.
The choice to advertise Sehwag to the opening place got here later. At an Ocean Blue Academy occasion, Ganguly revealed the dialog that promoted him to be the opening batter.
Sehwag’s journey from a middle-order batsman to a prolific opener showcases the strategic choices that formed his illustrious profession.
Ganguly mentioned, “I used to be lucky sufficient to captain a participant like Virender Sehwag, a younger boy who got here from Delhi with absolute uncooked expertise. Every week earlier than the beginning of the primary Take a look at, I went as much as him and mentioned, ‘Viru, you’re such a implausible participant, however you’re not getting a recreation as a result of we had Dravid at three, Tendulkar at 4, myself at 5, and Laxman at six.'”
Ganguly continued, “I mentioned, ‘You understand, somebody such as you can not simply be sitting on the benches, so why don’t you open?’ I might see it on his face—he couldn’t say no to me. His quick response was, ‘Dada, I’ve by no means accomplished this.’ I mentioned, ‘So what when you’ve by no means accomplished this?’ I knew his subsequent query can be, ‘What occurs if I get out early with the brand new ball?'”
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“I mentioned, ‘You understand, it doesn’t matter when you fail since you’re doing one thing for the group. You’re doing one thing out of your normal place, one thing you’ve by no means accomplished earlier than. So even when you don’t rating runs as an opener, we are going to discover a possibility so that you can bat down the order.'” Ganguly added.
“On the finish of the dialog, he mentioned, ‘Are you able to write that on a chunk of paper for me?'” Ganguly concluded.
