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Shoaib Akhtar said this in a show with Sehwag
Sehwag has thrashed the Pakistani pacer a lot
Zaheer had made a special request to Ganguly regarding Sehwag
New Delhi. Virender Sehwag, the former explosive opener of the Indian cricket team, started his international career with a middle order batsman. How did Sehwag become an opener from middle order? This question is in everyone’s mind. Veeru told former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar in a show that whose idea was to promote him to the top order. Before the Asia Cup last year, Sehwag had said on a channel that behind this was the most important contribution of former Team India pacer Zaheer Khan, who had recommended the then captain Sourav Ganguly to feed me forward.
The ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’ i.e. Virender Sehwag did not spare any bowler in the world in his cricket career. The world knows Sehwag for batting fearlessly. It has been Sehwag’s habit to hit from the first ball. Whatever the situation, Veeru used to play his natural game. Be it the stormy bowler Shoaib Akhtar or Kangaroo pacer Brett Lee. Sehwag didn’t spare anyone.
Viru made his ODI debut against Pakistan
Sehwag made his ODI debut in the year 1999 against Pakistan in Mohali. In that match, Sehwag came down to bat at number seven. Then Shoaib Akhtar sent Veeru to the pavilion on the very second ball of the match. Last year, before the Asia Cup 2022, Virender Sehwag and Shoaib Akhtar were face to face on Star Sports. At that time Sehwag had told that Shoaib bowled so fast that I could not even see it and it had hit my pad. The umpire raised his finger in the air for out and Sehwag was cheaply returned to the pavilion in the debut match.
‘What were you doing at number seven’
Shoaib Akhtar asked in the show that what were you doing at number seven at that time? Then Sehwag said that he started from the middle order only. Then Akhtar asked, whose idea was it to feed in the top order? On this Sehwag said that it was Zaheer Khan’s idea that I should play in the top order. He spoke this to Sourav Ganguly and Dada agreed to Zaheer. On hearing this statement of Sehwag, Akhtar said in a joking tone, ‘Zaheer Khan, your fleet should be destroyed, what did you do with us.’ Akhtar had termed Sehwag as a tyrant. ‘Rawalpindi Express’ said that you used to just keep hitting while standing. Sehwag used to beat the bowlers mercilessly.
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Tags: IND vs PAK, India Vs Pakistan, Shoaib Akhtar, virendra sehwag, Zaheer Khan
FIRST PUBLISHED : February 22, 2023, 06:56 IST
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