mominsaigol
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I disagree. Yes his stats in SENA are a joke but Indian fans during that era always underrated sehwag because sehwag batted qith Sachin.Sehwag is also quite overrated. His stats in SENA are a joke.
All eyes were on Sachin and hence Sehwag was ignored.
By the time Sachin retired, Sehwag was a has been and was memed for his 2012 pakistan series and was dropped for Dhawan eventually.
Everyone finds excuses for Sachin in 2003 claiming he faced Mcgrath which is why he failed and the target was 360.
No one appreciates Sehwag striking it at 101 and scoring 82 of 81 against mcgrath, Hodge, Gillipsie etc. No one dominated that attack but sehwag did.
Sehwag however got no backing in that game and eventually he got run out due to stupidity of the other batter.
Had Sachin or anyone else backed him, India may have won or gotten close to that target in 2003.
Everyone viewed sehwag as a hindrance to Sachin or just average when in reality Sehwag played more important knocks In his career then Sachin did.
Infact One complaint for Sachin later on his career was that by late 2000's he would slow down for his milestones and it would cost the team.
By 2011 and 2012 any time Sachin scored a century the team would lose, With only asia cup 2012 vs Pakistan being an exception.
2012 Bangladesh game was a hilarious innings from the God himself.
Sehwag on the other hand never did that. Infact one trend about sehwag from his debut to his retirement was that he'd always get his 50's or 100's with a 4 or a 6.
Never slowed down.