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'I didn't think about the double-century' - Sehwag Virender Sehwag might have taken extra care to make sure he batted deep into India's innings at Mirpur, but when it comes to his press conferences, middle overs continue to remain conspicuous in their absence. He talks like he bats, and after his 175 - his longest one-day innings in terms of runs, balls faced, and overs elapsed - his reaction was: "I am happy that at least once in my career I have batted 47 overs." That was followed by a warning: "I was planning to bat 50 overs. I couldn't do that, but hopefully I will do so in coming games." That came moments after a similarly forthright show at the presentation ceremony, where he said, "Everyone did well, other than Sreesanth." He also said this was a grudge match after India's defeat to Bangladesh in the 2007 World Cup, something not many like to admit. He also maintained that Bangladesh are not a good Test side. "They can compete in ODIs, but today they could not." Inside the press-conference room, the fun continued. The mix-up with Sachin Tendulkar, which resulted in the latter's run-out, was delightfully explained. "We discussed we will take it easy on singles," Sehwag said. "He was calling, and I was not listening, and I was looking at the ball, yeah. For a fraction of a second I thought I had made a mistake, but you know when I went to the dressing room, he said, 'It's okay. What's important is to win the game for the country. It's not important who is performing.'" In Christchurch, in 2009, when Tendulkar retired hurt on 163 at the end of the 45th over, Sehwag told him he had missed out on a double-century. At 175 in the 47th over, Sehwag said he himself didn't think of that mark. "Not at all. When he came back not out, eight or nine overs were left. When I came back, three overs were left, and I still had 25 to get. I would have had to play 15 out of those 18 balls, so I wasn't thinking of the double-hundred. My target was to bat 50 overs, no matter how much I score." His own innings, Sehwag termed the most satisfactory "as far as overs are concerned". It was obviously a conscious effort to play a longer innings, and take fewer chances. One of the bigger challenges of such innings is the middle overs, when fields are spread. Sehwag said his plan was to concentrate on taking singles. "It was easy for me to rotate the strike. I think I hit a six on 49, and after that till 75 or 80 I was just rotating the strike because I knew I had to play 30-40 overs, and if I do that I would get a hundred. Still my strike rate was more than 100." There was praise for the other centurion, Virat Kohli, and not just hollow praise, but analytical appreciation. "Whenever we spoke in the middle, we told each other to not throw our wickets away. I still remember against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy [in Centurion, in 2009], he was playing well, but he played a shot straight to long-off. After that he has scored six hundreds. Sometimes a little nudge is enough for some people. He is a quick learner, and a mature batsman." The last question to him was if he feels any pressure from the pundits that he is most crucial to India's prospects in the World Cup. Sehwag's dead-pan reply was, "My job is to play and make runs."

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great start ,lets see if he can maintain it against top teams,they can easily frustrate.even yesterday he got frustrated at a time n started trying shots,but got through

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well you don't know about running between the wicket. It was Tendulkar's call' date=' he was going to danger end. Sometimes you don't even call, jsut run with your partner. Sehwag was guilty of watching the ball. Have you seen Sehwag and Gambhir run. Most of the times its through their eyes.[/quote'] You said it yourself, 'through their eyes'. Tendulkar called and Sehwag was not looking at him and obviously didn't hear him. So, you wouldn't head 7 or 8 steps thinking he would listen at any point. Sehwag has explained that he wasn''t thinking much of singles with Tendulkar. Other than a brain freeze, I can't explain why Tendulkar ran like that.
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sdTxGZVb-Z8 upar se aankea, niche dabana,piche uthankea haaa haaa haa I love the way sehwag says "the upar cut" just like a fob :icflove:
First time i saw Ranveer on screen Dinesh karthik came to my mind. He resembles him a lot.
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You said it yourself' date=' 'through their eyes'. Tendulkar called and Sehwag [b']was not looking at him and obviously didn't hear him. So, you wouldn't head 7 or 8 steps thinking he would listen at any point. Sehwag has explained that he wasn''t thinking much of singles with Tendulkar. Other than a brain freeze, I can't explain why Tendulkar ran like that.
You explained yourself. You are NOT supposed to look at the ball when it's going behind you, you are supposed to look at the batsman on the other end, since it's his call and he's going to the danger end. On the side note, never thought you need to look at somebody to hear them.
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It's so very heartening to see Veeru trying to emulate SRT's mode of batting. Hope he continues to be successful, two SRTs on the middle can only bring good fortunes for the team.

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You said it yourself' date=' 'through their eyes'. Tendulkar called and Sehwag [b']was not looking at him and obviously didn't hear him. So, you wouldn't head 7 or 8 steps thinking he would listen at any point. Sehwag has explained that he wasn''t thinking much of singles with Tendulkar. Other than a brain freeze, I can't explain why Tendulkar ran like that.
Yaar if you haver ever played cricket you will know what you are saying is impossible. Once you start running in full flow, its easier to get to the other end than stop, turn and go back. And you just hope once your partner stops ball watching, he will start running. Your complete focus is so much on the ball and the other crease that it takes a while to realise that your partner never started running. Been there, done that.
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Sehwag has his own style of play, he's no SRT 2.0, he's just Sehwag whatever version you want to call him. He's got double and triple hundreds in Test cricket so he knows how to build the innings if required. All he has to do is emulate that into the ODI game. He scores at a brisk rate and if he stays at the crease for 20-25 overs, India is going to be in a healthy position. It's no surprise that the more overs the top order plays, the better it will be for India. The fact that the top order is trying to play out for the 50 overs is a healthy sign in terms of their positive approach. IIRC, there was a stat dished out recently that when Veeru stays there for 15 overs, India wins 80% of the games.

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