‘I don’t think so there is any player in the Indian team who bats like me’, Virender Sehwag

Even after nine years of retirement, bridges are built to praise Virender Sehwag. The former Indian batsman revolutionized the opening in Test cricket with his unique, flamboyant and fearless approach. Long before baseball, there was Sehwag’s school of madness that taught the world how effective batting could be while letting loose. During his time, Sehwag played some of the craziest innings of that era. Two triple centuries, many double centuries.

Sehwag said during News18 India Chaupal –

“I don’t think so there is any player in the Indian team who bats like me. The two players who came to my mind who have come close to it are Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant.”

Sehwag added – “I think Rishabh Pant is a little bit close to what I used to bat like in Test cricket but he is satisfied with 90-100 but I used to score 200, 250 and 300 and then be content. If he took his game to that level then I think he can entertain the fans even more.”

When some of the modern-day youngsters are compared to Sehwag. Every now and then, some or the other former cricketers comes up with the cliched ‘He reminds me of Sehwag’ phrase, even though there’s daylight between the two.

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Sehwag mentioned –

“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 to calculate how many boundaries I need to score a century.”

Sehwag added – “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 reaching the triple figure-mark. The risk percentage rate dropped from 100 to 200.”