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Sehwag's triple hundred at Chennai vs SA :Veeru Creates History!!

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And chennai is the worst of all venues interms of heat & humidity. Its a draining experience to bat the whole day in these conditions & only a maverick like Sehwag could have scored 250 runs on a single day here!
Well said. Dean Jones nearly died during the tied test, and that was just a double-hundred. Continuous vomiting, ice-baths, saline drip, the lot. People don't quite understand how hard it is to bat in the Chennai heat.
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Well said. Dean Jones nearly died during the tied test, and that was just a double-hundred. Continuous vomiting, ice-baths, saline drip, the lot. People don't quite understand how hard it is to bat in the Chennai heat.
All they say is ''such a flat track '',.As if every tom ,dick and harry are scoring triple tons every other day on flat tracks .
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Those are who alluding to how difficult it is to bat a whole day on the heat are absolutely spot on. I can vouch for it, end March, early April in Chennai can be brutally unforgiving. Its a hard thing, just to even walk on the roads, but to play a sport, that too continuously for 7 hours is just an amazing feat. Sehwag is a freak, coz only a freak can survive that heat and yet call upon the kind of concentration levels required to face every ball he did. And the quality of the opposition bowling attack increases the magnitude of his achievement even more incredible.

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My tribute to Sehwag (written a long time ago); Reads a bit like an obituary, i apologise for that. He will play for many years.

#2 - VIRENDER SEHWAG Like other distinguished openers who represented India during the post-Gavaskar era, ie; Sidhu and Shastri - Virender Sehwag was never a specialist opener to begin with. Unlike those two stalwarts however, Sehwag went on to scale peaks never even seen before in the history of Indian cricket. Having announced himself to the world with a composed hundred in South Africa, he was soon entrusted with the unwanted job of opening the innings for India. Prior to his promotion to the top of the order, India had tried 5 different openers in that position, all to no avail. Never one to falter in the face of a challenge, Sehwag went on to make the position his own - compiling massive hundreds with remarkable consistency and at frightening strike rates as bowlers failed to come to terms with his brash and almost violent strokeplay. Throughout his career, he has made no less than eight 150+ scores - the most significant one being a 309 against Pakistan at Multan, during the historic '04 tour. The 300 mark was a herculean feat which had eluded other Indian batting legends and remained untouched for nearly a century. It also happened to be the first of many other memorable knocks Sehwag would play against Pakistan. No other Indian batsman ever managed to raise their game against the arch-rivals in the manner Sehwag could. A lay spectator wouldn't even need to know that he averaged 97 against them - as it would be a fact made blatantly obvious by the overly-exaggerated celebrations which accompanied his dismissals. His consistent bullying of their bowling attack earned him the respect associated with being India's most valuable wicket in these encounters. High praise indeed - given that he played alongside two other batsmen who would feature in any all-time Indian XI. His scant disregard for orthodoxy or even the reputations of bowlers he confronted on the field enabled him to build [and maintain] a psychological advantage over his opponents. Whether it was Mohammad Sami or Glenn McGrath, Sehwag's mindset would always remain the same. His priceless ability to forget the last delivery in the wake of a fierce bowling spell is legendary. No matter what the circumstances or the situation, Sehwag would continue playing in the only way he knew how - by relentlessly attacking the opposition, fighting fire with fire. An ideal example of this was his performance against Australia at the MCG in '04. Having braved heavy blows to the helmet by a fiery Brett Lee, inducing several inside-edges which just missed the stumps by a whisker, and with the ball darting around like mad - you wouldn't blame a batsman for thinking that it just wasn't going to be his day. Yet Sehwag was no ordinary batsman. Playing each ball strictly on it's merit, he bided his time and saw off the opening spell. Calmly reaching 50 by lunch, he then went on to unleash a vicious assault - hitting boundary after boundary until finishing at 195 just moments before stumps on day. Funnily enough, his dismissal was of his own design - a botched attempt at smashing his sixth six. It was lucky, it was dangerous, it was carnage - so typically Sehwag. Innings like the "toofan" he played at the MCG defined Virender Sehwag as a batsman like none ever seen in the history of Indian cricket. If Gavaskar's character can be distinguished by his virtues of patience, elegance and poise, then Virender Sehwag can be considered to be his direct antithesis. If Gavaskar cautiously bled bowling attacks dry, Sehwag simply mauled them without fear. This is precisely what separates him from the other Indian batting greats. He was a true ruffian - innately rebellious in his desire to challenge the widely taught conventions of customary footwork and technical correctness. Sehwag was all about risk, attitude, and audacity. Always up for a slash outside the offstump, relying solely upon his unbelievable hand-eye coordination - he was a batsman who attained success by making and following his OWN rules. Sehwag is an example of how a batsman can trust his instincts, live on the edge and still average over 50. His humble beginnings as a farmer's son coupled with the rustic charm of his batting transformed him into an idol for the masses living outside the cities. Sehwag's legacy now lies in the sudden rise of other small-town batting heroes such as Mahendra Singh Dhoni - one of many more who will want to emulate him and keep the "Butcher of Najafgarh's" spirit, alive in our hearts forever.
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