“You Modified The Dynamics Of Batting…”: Sourav Ganguly To Virender Sehwag After ICC Corridor Of Fame Glory

That Virender Sehwag utterly modified the dynamics of batting in Take a look at cricket is well-documented. However former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday emphasised the Delhi dazzler did so when the sport was “so robust” with world-class bowlers. Sehwag, Diana Edulji and Aravinda de Silva on Monday turned the newest inductees within the ICC Cricket Corridor of Fame. In an appreciation letter to Sehwag that was shared by the ICC, Ganguly stated, “What made you such a particular participant is the way in which you batted. You modified the dynamics of batting on the prime in Take a look at cricket.

“It was a distinct period again then. Within the early 2000s, Take a look at cricket was so robust with high quality gamers all all over the world, however you simply utterly modified the artwork of batting in Take a look at matches.” The previous BCCI president added, “An innings that proves that’s your 293 in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2009. To attain that many in a day of a Take a look at in opposition to an assault together with Muttiah Muralitharan simply confirmed what you had been able to.

“You loved taking part in all of the completely different codecs and whilst you had been good at one-day cricket, I believe you had been even higher in Assessments.” The explosive opener performed 104 Assessments, 251 ODIs and 19 T20Is for India and was a part of the edges that gained the 2011 ODI World Cup and the 2007 T20 World Cup.

“You would do it in all circumstances and your triple hundred in Multan stays certainly one of my favorite innings. You hit a six to get to 200 after which did the identical to get to 300 – and also you had instructed us you had been going to do it too!” Ganguly stated the ICC has “completely chosen the suitable individual” to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame, calling his former teammate a cricketing nice and the “most likely the most effective opening batsman” after Sunil Gavaskar.

Ganguly additionally recalled how Sehwag made a powerful comeback into the Indian group after failing to shine initially.

“Once you got here again into the facet you had been a middle-order batsman, you had by no means been an opener, however that quickly modified.

“We gave you that accountability as a result of though we could not discover a place for you within the center order, we knew a participant of your skill couldn’t sit and heat the benches.

“I bear in mind once I instructed you that you need to attempt opening, you had been uncertain since you had by no means performed it. I imagine nobody is born to bat in any explicit place and that you possibly can do it due to the expertise you possessed.”