Sehwag to repay Dravid debt

[DesiChap]

Montego Bay: Virender Sehwag has pledged to repay a debt to skipper Rahul Dravid for his unwavering support. Going through the leanest streak of his international career, the struggling Sehwag?s selection in India?s World Cup squad was not assured until Dravid insisted on having the belligerent opener in the team. ?The backing I?ve received from Dravid has been a huge morale booster. I now want to justify the faith in me and live up to the expectations,? Sehwag told reporters Thursday. ?I was confident of staging a comeback and ... the time I spent away from international cricket helped me get my focus back, I did a lot of meditation.? Sehwag was dropped in January for the ODIs at home against the West Indies, but recalled for the one-dayers against Sri Lanka. ?I?m quite happy with my form, it?s getting better and better with every session in the nets. I want to stay longer at the crease,? said Sehwag, indicating that he was now looking to settle down before unleashing his array of strokes. Sehwag was India?s vice-captain until a few months ago, but his position in the squad became doubtful during the one-day series in South Africa and he was dropped. That was not a major issue, Sehwag said. ?I was not expecting the vice-captaincy when it was given to me, nor was I disappointed when it was taken away.? Yuvraj Singh is also keen to justify Dravid?s faith in him as a solid middle-order batsman by consistently delivering with the bat at the crunch situation. ?I have a responsibility, sure. Whenever I go out to bat, I tell myself that I need to bat till the end. I am trying all the time to finish off games,? the Punjab allrounder said. The left-hander draws confidence from his performance over the last two years when he scored 1,676 runs from 44 matches including five hundreds and nine fifties. That, he reckons, is the reason his captain reposes so much trust in him. ?I have been doing that decently well, so the captain has the faith in me. But one must also remember that it?s not always possible to do well.? Yuvraj agrees with his skipper that a batsman who has been set should look to bat the full quota of overs. ?That?s an ideal situation. Anyone who bats well must bat till the end. The roles of batsmen though could vary. Openers, for example, have to attack all the time while batsmen in the middle should look to bat till the end.? It was all the more important for the batsmen not to throw their wicket on the slow Caribbean tracks, he said. ?On these sort of wickets, the ball always doesn?t come on to your bat. So you need to spend time in the middle, assess the conditions and bowlers before deciding what score you would like to put on the board.?

[King]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt

The left-hander draws confidence from his performance over the last two years when he scored 1,676 runs from 44 matches including five hundreds and nine fifties. That, he reckons, is the reason his captain reposes so much trust in him.

Sehwag has not taked to batting left handed?

[gator]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt sehwag has never been a force in one-dayers and never will..... the village idi0t averages 30 with the bat while opening.... gimme a friggin break... thts equivalent to averaging 25 in the middle order.... these days, decent batters average over 38 while opening in odis..... waste of a fackin spot...

[DesiChap]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt

The left-hander draws confidence from his performance over the last two years when he scored 1' date=676 runs from 44 matches including five hundreds and nine fifties. That, he reckons, is the reason his captain reposes so much trust in him.

Sehwag has not taked to batting left handed?

They are talking about Yuvraj Singh there read previous paragraph :flux:

[King]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt

The left-hander draws confidence from his performance over the last two years when he scored 1' date=676 runs from 44 matches including five hundreds and nine fifties. That, he reckons, is the reason his captain reposes so much trust in him.

Sehwag has not taked to batting left handed?

They are talking about Yuvraj Singh there read previous paragraph :flux:

My bad I must have been half asleep. Look at the typo in my posts by the way. Never good browsing when in the middle of something. :hic:

[yoda]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt What a load of BS from Sehwag. He needs to be nearly dropped only to be rescued by his captain, to realize that he needs to perform. :shrug:

[Cricketics]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt hope/lets see if he can live up to his wordz

[gs]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt Some bollywood style melodrama to add spice to WC 2007 :hic:

[Holysmoke]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt

Some bollywood style melodrama to add spice to WC 2007 :hic:

totally look at the headlines.. "Sehwag to repay debt" they are sure he's gonna repay debt( :huh: ) and perform... wah wah

[Count Dooku]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt He can repay the debt by playing in the middle order and scoring some runs. Leave Uthappa to open the innings. Why change something that has worked for past few ODIs? In fact, I would say - play Karthick for Motu - except Motu can bowl a bit. Perhaps Motu is now a bowling all-rounder (who can bat a bit & Pathan is a batting all-rounder :hic: )

[dial_100]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt I know, he should have been dropped last year and then taken back just before WC. We never gave him enuff break. Lets see if he justifies his selection. He should repay it by winning us in the Semis against Aus, SA or Pk. I wont be impressed if he bats against Minows. If we meet SA/Pk in semis it will be tuff to beat. Aus/SL/Nz will be possible to beat. I agree more that we should play Crapthan as a batting allrounder. We need exatra batsman here. Yuvi, Tendya and Gangs can bowl pretty decent on these pitches. What we need is, extra batsman. Look at the way WI team got out on this pitch. Pathan cud give us good 40-50 runs partnership at the end. Sehwag cud score 100 if we are lucky but otherwise dun rely on him for even 10 runs. Boy... by the time I m done writing, he was already gone. I would say Drop him. He is too much of a risk.

[Mandrake]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt so first installment paid-zero today :wall:

[Dirty_South]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt

so first installment paid-zero today :wall:

Second to be paid the next match :duh: :tired: :wall: :eew: :plzdie:

[yoda]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt Didn't know it was a very small debt. :chin:

[kabira]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt zero payment till 2010...so Sehwag is fine..

[gabbar]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt it is sad that sehwag has come to this point

[dial_100]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt 0%APR????

[kumble_rocks]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt The positive side is he lasted three balls.

[King]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt There you go. It is better to talk less and let the bat do the talking. These players blunder by talking to the media about things such as this.

[Rajiv]

Re: Sehwag to repay Dravid debt Now, Sehwag has to pay with compound interest