Virender Sehwag was fearless with the bat and often changed the game in no time. Whenever he gave a quick start to the Indian team, the match prediction was firmly in favor of the Indian side. He played quickfire innings in the 2011 World Cup to give India a strong foundation.
Sehwag told about his approach and how he used to construct an innings and how he approached the game in the latest cricket news while taking to News18.
“I used to play tennis ball cricket where my mindset was to hit more runs through boundaries. I played with the same template in international cricket and used it to calculate how many boundaries I need to score a century. If I am on 90 and to reach 100 if I take 10 balls then the opposition has 10 balls to get me out, which is why I used to go for boundaries and gave them only two balls to stop me from reaching the triple-figure mark. The risk percentage rate dropped from 100 to 20,” Sehwag said on News18 Chaupal.
Sehwag remembered instances in which he attempted massive hits when he was drawing near significant landmarks, and the outcomes were inconsistent. And one of them led to a lighthearted discussion with Sachin Tendulkar, a legend in India.
“I can recall the incident, we were in Australia and I hit Simon Katich for a couple of sixes to reach 195 and went for another one to reach the 200 but I got dismissed. Unfortunately. We lost that Test match. During the Multan Test against Pakistan, I hit 6-7 sixes while reaching the 100-run mark, then Sachin Tendulkar came into bat and he said if you hit a six now then I will hit you bat,” Sehwag said.
“I asked why? Then he told me, we lost the Test versus Australia because you went for six. I didn’t hit a six from 120 to 295 runs and then I told him that I will hit a six now to complete the triple century. Sachin said, ‘Are you mad? No one has hit a triple century for India.’ I replied no one has scored 295 also and I stepped out to hit Saqlain Mushtaq for a six and reach 300. Sachin Tendulkar was happier than me after that.”
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