‘So you played them out? Are you done? – Virender Sehwag recalls selfless incident with Ishant Sharma back from 2008

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Virender Sehwag is extensively revered as probably the most explosive batsmen of the Indian staff. Throughout his energetic years, Sehwag was feared by bowlers throughout the globe, as he had a popularity for attacking the ball proper from the beginning. He additionally has fabulous stats to point out for his stellar profession.

Within the 104 Exams that Sehwag performed for India, he accrued a whopping 8586 runs, together with his greatest innings being his 319 runs in opposition to South Africa in 2008. However it was within the ODIs that the ace batsman performed his greatest cricket. He represented India in 251 ODIs, the place he scored 8273 runs.

Not too long ago, Sehwag additionally got here ahead to speak about an incident involving Ishant Sharma again when India took on Sri Lanka in 2008. He opined that if Ishant had not urged him to take a single, he might have scored much more runs.

I did not have that selfishness: Sehwag

In a chat with YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, Sehwag revealed that when he was batting at 199 in opposition to Sri Lanka, he was hesitating to take a single as Ishant Sharma was on the different finish. He talked in regards to the incident with Ishant after he was requested about unfavourable influences within the dressing room.

“Let me let you know a narrative. I used to be batting on 199. Ishant Sharma was my associate. I knew Ishant could not play out Muralitharan and (Ajantha) Mendis. I might’ve been egocentric that point, I might’ve taken a Single to achieve my 200 and provides Ishant the strike. However I performed out 5 deliveries in opposition to Muralitharan and took a single off the final ball,” Sehwag stated within the video.

“Ishant got here to me and stated, ‘Bhaiya, I’ll play. You are getting scared for no cause’. I stated okay, I scored 200, took a single, reached 201 and gave him the strike. Ishant could not survive two balls. Then I requested him, ‘So that you performed them out? Are you finished?” he stated.

“Right here, I used to be pondering that I can add extra runs to the scoreboard and he stated he’ll play them out. It wasn’t essential for me to attain 200. All I needed was to be on the strike and rating as many runs as doable for the staff. So, I did not have that selfishness,” he added.