Such was Sehwag’s aura that he could possibly be singing Hindi songs whereas smashing bowlers for boundaries. Bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Brett Lee, and Dale Steyn, all ace pacers, weren’t spared, as even the slightest free ball from the best of bowlers was despatched to the boundary.
Sehwag, who scored a century on his Check debut, didn’t initially begin as an opener, however his explosive batting earned him that position. He went on to open India’s batting within the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 alongside the nice Sachin Tendulkar, setting the tone of the event with an excellent 175 in his first innings.
Sehwag shares the file for probably the most triple centuries in Check cricket and was shut to creating historical past. Throughout a Check match in opposition to Sri Lanka in Mumbai, he had the prospect to turn into the primary batsman to attain three triple centuries.
On the primary day of this match, Sehwag scored 284 runs, making it the third-highest rating by a batsman in a single day of a Check match. He confronted robust bowlers like Muttiah Muralitharan however remained in management.
In direction of the tip of the day, with solely 3-4 overs left, his batting associate Rahul Dravid suggested him to play out the day.
Sehwag recalled in an interview that Dravid informed him to think about batting via the remaining overs with out shedding his wicket after which coming again the following day to probably make 300, 400, and even 500 runs.
In accordance with Sehwag, after this dialog, Dravid fastidiously performed out the overs, taking a single solely when the over was about to finish in order that Sehwag would face fewer balls.
When the day ended, and each batters remained not out as they returned to the dressing room, Dravid informed him, ‘Effectively executed, bohot badhiya. Ab kal dekh tu wapas aaega toh pura din batting karega toh tu world file bana sakta hai.’
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Sehwag admitted that Dravid’s phrases stuffed him with optimism, and he went to his room, had dinner, and slept soundly. Nevertheless, the following day, he managed so as to add solely 9 extra runs earlier than being dismissed for 293.
Sehwag later admitted that as he walked again to the dressing room, he regretted listening to Rahul Dravid.
Sehwag had scored 293 runs off 254 balls, with 40 fours and seven sixes. Ultimately, the world’s main wicket-taker, Muralitharan, dismissed Sehwag with a caught-and-bowled effort. MS Dhoni went on to attain a century in that match, and India posted a large complete of 726 for 9 earlier than declaring.
India went on to win the match by an innings and 24 runs.
