Virender Sehwag – Bowler Basher
Fetch it!
As a cricketer, you often get asked the question: “Who would you least like to face?” I propose a different question … “Who would you least like to bowl to?”.
Having just watched the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka, my answer would have to be Virender Sehwag.
Sure, Tillekaratne Dilshan has been pretty devastating in recent months and scored a quickfire 150 in the same match, while Kumar Sangakkara is arguably in the form of his life and smashed 90 at more than two-a-ball.
Looking at the other countries, Chris Gayle would probably come a close second to Sehwag, though consistency has always stood between him and being a world great.
Australia obviously have Ricky Ponting, though he’s not what’d you’d call a basher, and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi – while arguably hitting the longest ball – is more miss than hit.
As for South Africa, Herschelle Gibbs would probably be the one but, like Gayle, his record has never quite warranted the incredible talent he possesses.
No, for me it is Sehwag. Whatever the game – be it Twenty/20, ODI or Tests – his approach doesn’t change.
He averages over 52 in Test at an incredible 80 strike-rate and recently hit 293 off just 254 balls, with 40 fours and 7 sixes.
In ODIs he’s nearing 7 000 runs at more than 102 strike-rate – and that’s as an opening bat.
No, if ever given the opportunity to bowl at Sehwag, I’m pretty sure I’ll ‘do a hammy’ in my first delivery’s run-up.
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Tendulkar Hails Present India Side
Sachin Tendulkar hailed this India side as the best he has played in during 20 years of international cricket, as they rose to the top of the Test rankings.
A win over Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the final Test in Mumbai clinched a three-Test series 2-0.
“I would not hesitate to say that this is the best team I have played with,” Tendulkar said. “If you look at the batting line-up, right from No 1 to No 7 [Mahendra Singh Dhoni], it’s a solid line-up.
“A lot of people have been asking me about retirement, I haven’t thought about it at all.”
Zaheer Khan took three of the four wickets India needed yesterday, including Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara for 137.
Pakistan levelled the three-Test series with New Zealand thanks to a 141-run win in the second match in Wellington.
Chasing 405 after bowling out Pakistan for 239 in their second innings, New Zealand were dismissed for 263.
It was Pakistan’s first Test win since their five-wicket defeat of South Africa in Port Elizabeth in January 2007, 13 Tests ago.
Meanwhile, Pakistani pair Rafatullah Mohmand and Aamer Sajjad set a world record at the Sheikhupura Stadium yesterday for second-wicket partnerships in a first-class match.
Mohmand (302 not out) and Sajjad (289) put on 580 while playing for Wapda in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy against Sui Southern Gas Corporation.
They broke the record of 576 held by Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya (340) and Roshan Mahanama (225) in a Test against India in Colombo in 1997.
As a South African a sense of pride whelms up inside to know that our own Gary Kirsten is coaching India. Well done Gary, keep it up. Hopefully you can come home soon and teach our boys some new tricks.
Thanks to telegragh.co.uk
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