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It is strange that while Sehwag remains one of the most polarising figures among online fans community, most cricketers current and retired as well as professional writers/analysts overwhelmingly regard him so highly.

Many online fans don’t take much time in putting Sehwag down by calling him an HTB/FTB. So down that as if he’s a nobody in world cricket.

But then come these professional cricketers and writers who seem to be in complete awe of Sehwag. It is astonishing how many ATG XIs he makes ahead of Hayden, Cook, Smith, Amla, Kirsten of his generation who are all respected more than him by online fans, apparently on basis of their more balanced record.

Why do the professionals not seem to care and put as many question marks on Sehwag as the online community does?

Is it favouritism/ignorance by professionals? Maybe they give too much attention to hype and word of mouth and not to statistics.

Or are online fans excessively paranoid about finding consistency and balance in statistics?
 
Sehwag is a legendary Test opener and a genuine contender for all-time Test XI. Undoubtedly among the top three most impactful Test batsmen ever. Miandad is the only Pakistani batsman who can be considered his equal. He is better than anyone else we have produced.

If anything, we should at least respect him for toying with Pakistani bowlers and beating the daylights out of them.

Downplaying his legacy by using stupid terms like FTB, HTB means nothing. The players who played against are still terrified by his aura because they witnessed first-hand his capacity to demolish teams. If Sehwag bats for two sessions, the game is over.

From 2004 to 2011, he was the most feared batsman in the world, even though the a few other batsmen had better statistics.
 
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Sehwag is revered as much for his runs as how he scored his runs.

Ian Chappell raves about the 195 he scored in Australia. Not because of the runs but because of the attitude with which he batted.

A batsman who goes to a triple century with a 6 - it's no surprise that many would be in awe of him.

So it's his approach to batting as much as his runs itself that has put Sehwag among the ATGs.
 
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Sehwag along with Hayden changed the test batting forever. A similar think that Jayasuriya did for ODIs in 96. Sehwag was the main reason Indian team was so dominant at home in test matches. I know people talk about Sachin, Dravid, VVS etc. but no one had impact that sehwag had. Easily one of the greates test openers of all time.
 
Best batsman ever against spin and on Asian wickets. Makes my all time XI opening the bat with Gavaskar.
 
topspin said:
Best batsman ever against spin and on Asian wickets. Makes my all time XI opening the bat with Gavaskar.
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It is actually India’s misfortune that there was a generation gap between Gavaskar and Sehwag. Their opening pair would have been ridiculous.
 
He was a monster. Destroyed us repeatedly. Anyone who doesn't understand his stature and ability is a fool.
 
the_outsider said:
Sehwag is revered as much for his runs as how he scored his runs.

Ian Chappell raves about the 195 he scored in Australia. Not because of the runs but because of the attitude with which he batted.

A batsman who goes to a triple century with a 6 - it's no surprise that many would be in awe of him.

So it's his approach to batting as much as his runs itself that has put Sehwag among the ATGs.
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Indian supporters wont like this but in Asian conditions only he was better than Sachin and played more match winning and opposition destroying innings.
 
He was a tail-ender when the ball moved an inch. Has any expert, journalist or statistician denied this?
 
Was a genuine match winner on flat wickets. Absolutely demolished Pakistan in tests. India's most fearsome batsman in Asia, no one else comes close.
 
Fahdi said:
Was a genuine match winner on flat wickets. Absolutely demolished Pakistan in tests. India's most fearsome batsman in Asia, no one else comes close.
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54 @ 83 in India, 92 at 86 in Pakistan, 69 at 96 in Sri Lanka. He was probably the greatest batsmen ever in Asia.
 
Bilal7 said:
He was a tail-ender when the ball moved an inch. Has any expert, journalist or statistician denied this?
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GLORY OF '92 said:
Come on. Stop being so biased all the time.
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Let us not target Bilal.

He represents a community that genuinely feels Sehwag is a below average batsman. You might hate it or disagree but a large section of posters online hold this opinion and they have every right to it.

My point being that the cricketers current and past and overwhelming number of sports journalists/analysts however don't seem to pay the same attention to Sehwag's shortcomings. They seem to build their opinion on his strengths rather wherein seem to lie a divide between online fans and professionals.

Are professionals driven my market forces/friendships such that they can't openly call out Sehwag being an FTB/HTB?

Or are they simply less obsessed with balanced stats as the online community seem to be?
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Let us not target Bilal.

He represents a community that genuinely feels Sehwag is a below average batsman. You might hate it or disagree but a large section of posters online hold this opinion and they have every right to it.

My point being that the cricketers current and past and overwhelming number of sports journalists/analysts however don't seem to pay the same attention to Sehwag's shortcomings. They seem to build their opinion on his strengths rather wherein seem to lie a divide between online fans and professionals.

Are professionals driven my market forces/friendships such that they can't openly call out Sehwag being an FTB/HTB?

Or are they simply less obsessed with balanced stats as the online community seem to be?
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Cricketers in general do not care about stats. However, fans do care about stats and it is rich that we are expected to talk facts when singing praises about Sachin and his 40+ average in all countries, but talk books and articles when discussing The Flat-Track Bully.

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Professional Experts rank him as one of the greatest:

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?185143-The-100-Greatest-Cricketers-Geoff-Armstrong

Features in Gower's top 50 ahead of the likes of Inzy, YK, Moyo:

http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?185143-The-100-Greatest-Cricketers-Geoff-Armstrong
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And? How does this relate to my post? Does this prove that Sehwag was in fact, a good batsman against the moving ball?
 
freelance_cricketer said:
He represents a community that genuinely feels Sehwag is a below average batsman. You might hate it or disagree but a large section of posters online hold this opinion and they have every right to it.
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There is no community that thinks Sehwag was a below average batsmen, stop making things up. Being one of the greatest batsmen in Asia and averaging 49 at a strike rate of 82 is not below average.
 
freelance_cricketer said:
Let us not target Bilal.

He represents a community that genuinely feels Sehwag is a below average batsman. You might hate it or disagree but a large section of posters online hold this opinion and they have every right to it.

My point being that the cricketers current and past and overwhelming number of sports journalists/analysts however don't seem to pay the same attention to Sehwag's shortcomings. They seem to build their opinion on his strengths rather wherein seem to lie a divide between online fans and professionals.

Are professionals driven my market forces/friendships such that they can't openly call out Sehwag being an FTB/HTB?

Or are they simply less obsessed with balanced stats as the online community seem to be?
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Why would any Pakistani fan feel Sehwag is a below avg batsman when he avgs 93 against them?
 
Why do the English/South African/Kiwi/Aussie ex cricketers/analysts pick Sehwag so often in their teams?

Isn't the arguement against Sehwag based mostly on him failing in those nations. How come he's still favoured by so many of them?
 
I always thought sehwag was a glorious slogger. I won't lie about it.

That's why I was always surprised how he could time and time again play those big knocks.

I still can't believe he made triple century.

He will always remain mystery to me.

By principle and the outcome, I am wrong and I'll admit it. I just never grasped how he actually did it. Because when he was batting, o always felt like in the next ball, he will be out.
 
Sehwag holds the record for the second most 250 plus scores in the history of cricket. Destroyed Pakistan on countless occasions. I'm not saying that he is an ATG, but if anyone thinks that he is not a cricketing great is just kidding themselves.
 
Bilal7 said:
He was a tail-ender when the ball moved an inch. Has any expert, journalist or statistician denied this?
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All I know is that I have seen Sehwag in many all-time XIs.

But I haven't seen YK in a single all-time XI.
 
First of all no one can call him a FTB or HTB. Anyone who calls him a ftb or htb doesn't know its meaning.
He was prolific in Sl, pak, aus. So he surely isn't a HTB.
Secondly he scored heavily on rank turner, bouncy Australian pitches, so he isn't a FTB.
He wasn't a good player of swing bowling and that's why he isn't an ATG.
But i am okay with it, there was no player as impactful as sehwag in asian conditions.
 
he brought fear in opposition players
spinners were flies to be swatted( murali mendis anybody)
fast bowlers and bounce not an issue

good catcher in slips
good useful offspin

didnt slow down at 90 - a 20 ball 35 sehwag innings in one dayers laid the foundation for many a victories

he did well in south africa too

his unselfish nature is what makes him an atg

he was like shoaib alhtar - gave it all in way he can and always positive

i would pick them both in my team over mcgraths and tendulkars
 
Sehwag was dropped during 2006-2007 period. Also, he was as dismal as it gets during that 2006 tour to South Africa. No legendary batsmen looks as hopeless after becoming a world class batsmen as Sehwag looked in that 2006 tour to SA and as a result, he was dropped at that point.

However, no doubt he is one of the greatest entertainers of the game. I put him behind Smith and Hayden among the greatest openers of post 2000s.
 
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Ab Fan said:
Sehwag was dropped during 2006-2007 period. Also, he was as dismal as it gets during that 2006 tour to South Africa. No legendary batsmen looks as hopeless after becoming a world class batsmen as Sehwag looked in that 2006 tour to SA and as a result, he was dropped at that point.
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Ricky Ponting says hello.

2001 tour. 17 runs from 3 tests. 3 ducks. Avg of 3.4 runs per innings.
 
IMO he is in:
Top 5 batsman in Asia ever
Top 3 highest impact players
Top 3 feared players
A very good player of spin
Only really failed in seaming conditionS

By that measure he is easily an ATG for me, his stats do not do justice to what he done for India and to the game in general
 
He is definitely an ATG due to his brutal impact in the runs he did score,he is also the greatest ever batsman in asian conditions.Everyone feared him.Wasnt a good player of swing by any means,but his fear factor was phenomenal.
 
GOAT flat track bully.

He proves why cricket is such a different game depending on the type of wickets its played on. If Sehwag was born in England, he would't have made into the England lions team. A scarecrow has better foot movement, against swing he looked no better than Glen McGrath. Even against pace and bounce he was average, scored 190 odd in Australia but was dropped a few times and hit on the head a couple of times.

On the pancake tracks of Asia with no pace, no bounce, no movement, sure he could hit the ball hard and far.

Sehwag is a legendary Test opener and a genuine contender for all-time Test XI
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Haha good one.
 
In games against Pakistan, I rated him higher than the fab 4
 
Arrogance of some Indians on this post is truly shameful. Sehwag might have been a great player but he is no God of Cricket.
 
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Excellent in places with no lateral movement. Phenomenal strike rate.

England had set India 360 and were chasing a rare test win. Tendulkar got the credit for scoring a ton, but it was Sehwag’s assault on the new ball that made the win possible.

Not good at all in places with lateral movement such as England, SA and NZ. I remember Anderson getting him in one test for a King Pair, identical first-ball deliveries nicked to Strauss at slip.
 
KingKhanWC said:
GOAT flat track bully.

He proves why cricket is such a different game depending on the type of wickets its played on. If Sehwag was born in England, he would't have made into the England lions team. A scarecrow has better foot movement, against swing he looked no better than Glen McGrath. Even against pace and bounce he was average, scored 190 odd in Australia but was dropped a few times and hit on the head a couple of times.

On the pancake tracks of Asia with no pace, no bounce, no movement, sure he could hit the ball hard and far.



Haha good one.
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Had he been born in England he might have turned into a different player. He got 100s in his 1st series in England and SA which indicates that the ability was always there, just that bad habits/mindset caught up with him soon. Assuming he was England born he and the coaches would have made necessary technical/mental adjustments to account for the swing in his youth days, we can't tell for sure. Then he might not have developed into a destroyer of spin bowling because he most probably wouldn't have honed his skill set in that department.

He always thrived on Aussie pitches, even in the 2007-08 series he did well and scored a match saving 150+ in the 4th test, I'd say he was above average against genuine pace/bounce.
 
Most people do not consider the proficiency of batsmen against spin bowling, historically SENAW players used to downplay achievements on Asian pitches and inferiority complex ridden Asian commentators would follow suit. That trend holds true even today where runs/wickets outside Asia are given greater weightage. Anyone who saw Sehwag's 200 on that Galle rank turner would know it as one of the greatest test knocks of all time, but ask a random online fan and it won't figure in top 500 test 100s of all time, the bias is nauseating.
 
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He had issues against the moving ball but on flat pitches and in Asia he was a gun. Brilliant entertainer at his best. He's well respected in the cricketing world.
 
Easily an ATG. For me he could have ATG status even if he did zilch outside of Asia. With that SR and average as an opener, and probably the best player of spin I've seen, he was the biggest matchwinner/most important player in setting up wins in the team.

Far more important to perform in Asia where he played 70% of cricket, and there arguably he was the best even better than Tendulkar there. And even then he still did very well in Australia. And got centuries in England and SA.
 
Swashbuckler said:
Most people do not consider the proficiency of batsmen against spin bowling, historically SENAW players used to downplay achievements on Asian pitches and inferiority complex ridden Asian commentators would follow suit. That trend holds true even today where runs/wickets outside Asia are given greater weightage. Anyone who saw Sehwag's 200 on that Galle rank turner would know it as one of the greatest test knocks of all time, but ask a random online fan and it won't figure in top 500 test 100s of all time, the bias is nauseating.
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Sehwag was great on difficult Asian pitches too. You can call him and Asia basher (he still had some good innings outside Asia, especially in Aus though), but FTB is just wrong.
 
From wisden:
Wisden cricketer of year in 2009 and 2010.

Sehwag has to be first on the team-sheet to represent the World, whatever the game's format. He would take on the Martians, however hostile and alien their attack, disrupting their lines and wavelengths; and, if he succeeded, as he normally does, he would make life so much easier for those who followed.
 
For me stats mean very little. For the world XI against Australia he was the highest scorer. They had to have elaborate plan to get him out. Hope Prithvi shaw does half of what he did. Genuine match winner. I remember SL making 394 runs rapidly at wankhede and feeling they could stretch India. Sehwag walked in smashed Murali all over and made 287 runs in less than a day. Never seen, will never see a opener with that kind of a mindset bar may be Krish Srikkanth who was overly aggressive for his own good.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
For me stats mean very little. For the world XI against Australia he was the highest scorer. They had to have elaborate plan to get him out. Hope Prithvi shaw does half of what he did. Genuine match winner. I remember SL making 394 runs rapidly at wankhede and feeling they could stretch India. Sehwag walked in smashed Murali all over and made 287 runs in less than a day. Never seen, will never see a opener with that kind of a mindset bar may be Krish Srikkanth who was overly aggressive for his own good.
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The 2 matches that stand out though for me are the 319 he made against Steyn and Morkel and the Multan triple. I remember SA making 500+ in the 1st inngs and then it was Sehwags turn to bat ... on 3rd day he smacked Steyn, Morkel, Kallis, Ntini to all parts of the ground in the proess forcing Smith to ask his spinner bowl -ve lines. Sehwag responded by taking guard a foot outside legstump and goading the spinner. By the end of that day he had made a triple and had Smith worried about saving the match if this continued the next day.

In Multan he thrashed Shoaib and Sami, Saqlain like they were some club bowlers ... the faster they bowled the faster and harder he thrashed them ... it was just epic batting.
 
A legendary batsmen who scored heavily against good bowling sides. A batsman who treated both spin and fast bowlers with utter disdain.

He instilled fear in bowlers and always took the attack to the opposition. He singlehandedly change the dynamics of test cricket. Those Pakistanis who downplay or belittle him are probably hurt by the numerous phaintas Sehwag dished out to Pakistan.

No other country has produced a test batsman of Sehwag’s caliber. I consider him a GOAT.
 
Sehwag is a dust-bowl bully, not a FTB. Made guy like Murali look like a street bowler more than few times.

He is arguably the greatest player of spin the game has seen.
 
GLORY OF '92 said:
He was a monster. Destroyed us repeatedly. Anyone who doesn't understand his stature and ability is a fool.
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Yeah, just in those games Afridi was average 50+ with 120+ SRs :yk and YK was averaging 70+.

Sehwag was a good in Asia but can he play an innings like VVS?

And the less said about his game vs lateral movement, better. Even at his prime he was pwned by likes of Naved-ul-Hasan :yk

Off the field, he must learn to shut the heck up. Talks too much for an grown man.
 
Hitman said:
Basically no one rates SRT above Viv. And anyone who does so is because of jealousy/financial interest or is a biased Indian fan :)))

Does anything more needs to be said about this?
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Isn't that just a given on PP for any Indian player?

If you're getting praise from anywhere there can be only one possible explanation: that person is fishing for an IPL contract. Either as a player or as a memeber of the broadcasting crew.

There is no other possible reason why anybody would ever praise an Indian.
 
People always talk about Mohammad Yousuf failing in four different test nations, well Sehwag's cumulative test average in England, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia was a mediocre 33. This was boosted by a 195 he scored against Australia's 'B' attack that was spearheaded by Brett Lee.

More embarrassingly, he averages below 25 in three different test-playing nations. These are tail-ender numbers, I'd reckon the likes of Philander, Warne, etc have better averages in these three places than Virender "ATG" Sehwag.
 
Look at it this way:

PAK public was NEVER afraid of Sachin, nobody feared him, nobody thought "Hey this guy's ON now, and he will demolish us!".


BUT.

Sehwag instilled that fear. He could take the game away, and was a genuine match winner.

Just like Kohli is today.
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Hawkeye said:
Look at it this way:

PAK public was NEVER afraid of Sachin, nobody feared him, nobody thought "Hey this guy's ON now, and he will demolish us!".


BUT.

Sehwag instilled that fear. He could take the game away, and was a genuine match winner.

Just like Kohli is today.
[MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] [MENTION=113824]Nikhil_cric[/MENTION]
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What about the public in England, New Zealand and South Africa?
 
Hawkeye said:
Look at it this way:

PAK public was NEVER afraid of Sachin, nobody feared him, nobody thought "Hey this guy's ON now, and he will demolish us!".


BUT.

Sehwag instilled that fear. He could take the game away, and was a genuine match winner.

Just like Kohli is today.
[MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] [MENTION=113824]Nikhil_cric[/MENTION]
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ATG tag isn't dependent on how a nation perceives a player. Sehwag was the biggest threat to Pakistan from Indian side, fine. But similarly someone like Aaqib Javed was regarded as a threat by us and never Waqar Younis who was probably Pakistan's best bowler those days. Similarly Lara was pants against India while Sarwan, Chanders, Jimmy Adams etc plundered us, doesn't mean Lara was a lesser player. Match ups matter, all players bring out their best against a particular opponent(s) eg Sehwag against PAK, Sachin/VVS against AUS, Dravid against ENG, Gambhir against NZ etc. This holds true for every sportsperson across disciplines, that's why overall record matters.
 
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People always talk about Mohammad Yousuf failing in four different test nations, well Sehwag's cumulative test average in England, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia was a mediocre 33. This was boosted by a 195 he scored against Australia's 'B' attack that was spearheaded by Brett Lee.

More embarrassingly, he averages below 25 in three different test-playing nations. These are tail-ender numbers, I'd reckon the likes of Philander, Warne, etc have better averages in these three places than Virender "ATG" Sehwag.
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Which 3 nations?
 
Hawkeye said:
Look at it this way:

PAK public was NEVER afraid of Sachin, nobody feared him, nobody thought "Hey this guy's ON now, and he will demolish us!".


BUT.

Sehwag instilled that fear. He could take the game away, and was a genuine match winner.

Just like Kohli is today.
[MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] [MENTION=113824]Nikhil_cric[/MENTION]
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Yeah but then again he is undisputedly the greatest batsman in Asian conditions. His impact was unbelievable. Nobody has bullied bowling attacks the way he did on Asian wickets(flat or turners)probably in the history of test cricket. Not that consistently anyway.
 
Hawkeye said:
Look at it this way:

PAK public was NEVER afraid of Sachin, nobody feared him, nobody thought "Hey this guy's ON now, and he will demolish us!".

BUT.

Sehwag instilled that fear. He could take the game away, and was a genuine match winner.

Just like Kohli is today.
[MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION] [MENTION=76058]cricketjoshila[/MENTION] [MENTION=113824]Nikhil_cric[/MENTION]
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If you're talking specifically about test cricket then you're right. Sehwag not only scored big but he did it fast. At his best there hasn't been a batsman like Sehwag in international test cricket. Not Tendulkar, not Lara, not Viv not even the great Don Bradman.

In ODIs however i'd say pound for pound Tendulkar matched him quite often and if you claim Pakistanis were never afraid of him maybe you're representing the ones who started watching cricket after 2000. In the 90s Tendulkar was in a league that's not been matched by any yet.
 
Bilal7 said:
What about the public in England, New Zealand and South Africa?
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Should probably ask them. :najam

Swashbuckler said:
ATG tag isn't dependent on how a nation perceives a player. Sehwag was the biggest threat to Pakistan from Indian side, fine. But similarly someone like Aaqib Javed was regarded as a threat by us and never Waqar Younis who was probably Pakistan's best bowler those days. Similarly Lara was pants against India while Sarwan, Chanders, Jimmy Adams etc plundered us, doesn't mean Lara was a lesser player. Match ups matter, all players bring out their best against a particular opponent(s) eg Sehwag against PAK, Sachin/VVS against AUS, Dravid against ENG, Gambhir against NZ etc. This holds true for every sportsperson across disciplines, that's why overall record matters.
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Well that's true. I'm talking from PAK perspective.


Tusker said:
How did that work out in 1992, 2003,2011 WorldCup matches ?
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Only 2003 was a brutal knock.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Yeah but then again he is undisputedly the greatest batsman in Asian conditions. His impact was unbelievable. Nobody has bullied bowling attacks the way he did on Asian wickets(flat or turners)probably in the history of test cricket. Not that consistently anyway.
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That is true.

But, I don't know of many Asian batsmen who really bullied bowling attacks outside Asia. Kohli, Saeed Anwar... who else?

freelance_cricketer said:
If you're talking specifically about test cricket then you're right. Sehwag not only scored big but he did it fast. At his best there hasn't been a batsman like Sehwag in international test cricket. Not Tendulkar, not Lara, not Viv not even the great Don Bradman.

In ODIs however i'd say pound for pound Tendulkar matched him quite often and if you claim Pakistanis were never afraid of him maybe you're representing the ones who started watching cricket after 2000. In the 90s Tendulkar was in a league that's not been matched by any yet.
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True, and I agree about post-2000 statement.
 
Former Team India opener Virender Sehwag, who is widely renowned as the 'Nawab of Najafgarh', celebrates his 42nd birthday on Tuesday (October 20).

During his playing days, Sehwag notched up a total of 8,586 runs from 104 Tests he played at an average of 49.34 besides also amassing 8,273 runs from 251 ODIs.

The former opener also appeared in 19 T20Is for India, accumulating 394 runs.

The 42-year-old was also a part of two World Cup-winning squads, led by former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. India clinched the inaugural World T20 in South Africa before lifting the World Cup in 2011 on home turf.

In the Indian Premier League (IPL), the all-rounder scored 2,728 runs from 104 games he played for the Delhi Daredevils and Kings XI Punjab.

He is the only Indian cricketer to score a triple century (300 or more runs) and managed to achieve that feat twice - 309 in 2004 against Pakistan and then 319 in 2008 against South Africa.

'Viru's 278-ball 319-run knock against South Africa in Chennai in 2008 is also the fastest triple ton scored in Test cricket.

Meanwhile, Sehwag was also in contention for India's coaching role after Anil Kumble stepped down from the post following the side's Champions Trophy campaign earlier in the year.

However, the BCCI handed the job to former team director Ravi Shastri.

https://www.dnaindia.com/cricket/re...rmer-team-india-opener-turns-42-today-2850939
 
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On topic - Sehwag was an absolute gun and could demolish anyone and everyone on his day like Hulk. Easily among top 5 that India produced. However, he overstayed his welcome by 2 years. He should have retired after 2011 world cup.
 
He is disgracing his legacy through his lame and often distasteful tweets.

But he will be remembered as the most devastating test match opener as well as the greatest basher of ATG level spin bowling ever.

Those two accolades are to be extremely proud of. I wish Sehwag came to his senses sooner because he's some who should be remembered with great respect and awe rather than as just a loose canon and a troll.
 
Gr8 opener esp in tests gr8 entertainer .....but post 32 33 more of a shadow of himself...
Gr8 cricketer but a petty low analyst and critic
 
Batsman with 1000+ runs with above 50 average in Asian condition

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[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]Avg [/td][td]100 [/td][td]50 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GS Sobers (WI) [/td][td]1958-1967 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]1059 [/td][td]75.64 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RG Sharma (INDIA) [/td][td]2013-2019 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]1533 [/td][td]69.68 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]VS Hazare (INDIA) [/td][td]1948-1952 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]1113 [/td][td]69.56 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SP Fleming (NZ) [/td][td]1995-2004 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]1571 [/td][td]65.45 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]V Kohli (INDIA) [/td][td]2011-2019 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]3966 [/td][td]63.96 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MEK Hussey (AUS) [/td][td]2006-2011 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]1198 [/td][td]63.05 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CH Lloyd (WI) [/td][td]1966-1983 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]1629 [/td][td]62.65 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CA Pujara (INDIA) [/td][td]2010-2019 [/td][td]45 [/td][td]3925 [/td][td]62.3 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KC Sangakkara (SL) [/td][td]2000-2015 [/td][td]98 [/td][td]9355 [/td][td]61.54 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]36 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RB Kanhai (WI) [/td][td]1958-1967 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]1039 [/td][td]61.11 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]S Dhawan (INDIA) [/td][td]2013-2018 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]1403 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]2 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BC Lara (WI) [/td][td]1990-2006 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]1530 [/td][td]58.84 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]VG Kambli (INDIA) [/td][td]1993-1995 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]1056 [/td][td]58.66 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]3 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Younis Khan (PAK) [/td][td]2000-2016 [/td][td]75 [/td][td]6926 [/td][td]58.2 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) [/td][td]1998-2009 [/td][td]53 [/td][td]4476 [/td][td]58.12 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]V Sehwag (INDIA) [/td][td]2001-2013 [/td][td]68 [/td][td]6256 [/td][td]57.39 [/td][td]18 [/td][td]24 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Javed Miandad (PAK) [/td][td]1976-1993 [/td][td]76 [/td][td]5492 [/td][td]57.2 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]28 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DI Gower (ENG) [/td][td]1980-1985 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]1138 [/td][td]56.9 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DPMD Jayawardene (SL) [/td][td]1997-2014 [/td][td]109 [/td][td]9399 [/td][td]56.28 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]42 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SR Tendulkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1989-2013 [/td][td]123 [/td][td]9674 [/td][td]56.24 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]38 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JH Kallis (SA) [/td][td]1997-2013 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]2058 [/td][td]55.62 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AI Kallicharran (WI) [/td][td]1974-1981 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]1323 [/td][td]55.12 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) [/td][td]1993-2007 [/td][td]68 [/td][td]5104 [/td][td]54.88 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]25 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AB de Villiers (SA) [/td][td]2006-2015 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]1746 [/td][td]54.56 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AR Border (AUS) [/td][td]1979-1992 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]1799 [/td][td]54.51 [/td][td]6 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DM Bravo (WI) [/td][td]2010-2016 [/td][td]17 [/td][td]1577 [/td][td]54.37 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TT Samaraweera (SL) [/td][td]2001-2012 [/td][td]60 [/td][td]4275 [/td][td]54.11 [/td][td]11 [/td][td]24 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]G Kirsten (SA) [/td][td]1996-2003 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]1131 [/td][td]53.85 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A Flower (ZIM) [/td][td]1993-2002 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]1614 [/td][td]53.8 [/td][td]5 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Azhar Ali (PAK) [/td][td]2010-2020 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]3797 [/td][td]53.47 [/td][td]12 [/td][td]19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AN Cook (ENG) [/td][td]2006-2016 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]2710 [/td][td]53.13 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Azharuddin (INDIA) [/td][td]1984-2000 [/td][td]59 [/td][td]4291 [/td][td]52.97 [/td][td]16 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]NS Sidhu (INDIA) [/td][td]1983-1998 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]2376 [/td][td]52.8 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Zaheer Abbas (PAK) [/td][td]1969-1985 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]2757 [/td][td]52.01 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) [/td][td]2002-2016 [/td][td]49 [/td][td]3538 [/td][td]51.27 [/td][td]8 [/td][td]24 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]R Dravid (INDIA) [/td][td]1996-2011 [/td][td]95 [/td][td]7370 [/td][td]51.18 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]32 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SM Gavaskar (INDIA) [/td][td]1972-1987 [/td][td]79 [/td][td]6254 [/td][td]50.84 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]30 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DB Vengsarkar (INDIA) [/td][td]1977-1990 [/td][td]68 [/td][td]4405 [/td][td]50.63 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]22 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sarfaraz Ahmed (PAK) [/td][td]2014-2018 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]1768 [/td][td]50.51 [/td][td]3 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ML Hayden (AUS) [/td][td]2001-2008 [/td][td]19 [/td][td]1663 [/td][td]50.39 [/td][td]4 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SV Manjrekar (INDIA) [/td][td]1987-1996 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]1001 [/td][td]50.05 [/td][td]2 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Saeed Anwar (PAK) [/td][td]1990-2001 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]2652 [/td][td]50.03 [/td][td]7 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
Nadeemp said:
Gun player. Makes india all time test team as opener.
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Sehwag makes India very very hard to beat in Asia + Sri Lanka + UAE + WI unless the curators leave a green grass cover on Day 1 and India is made to bat first. No one can do anything about that then.

Sehwag was ok in Australia actually.

It is in South Africa and England that he never clicked and it's ok. That's why you have Dravids, Tendulkars in the team. That's where they earn their bread.
 
Batting averages conbined in South Africa, England and New Zealand:-

Miandad 57
Dravid 52
Tendulkar 50
Saleem Malik 50
Yousuf 47
Ganguly 46
Sangakkara 43
Inzamam 43
Younis 42
Gavaskar 41
Kohli 41
Anwar 41
Gambhir 42

Sehwag 24
 
Ab Fan said:
Batting averages conbined in South Africa, England and New Zealand:-

Miandad 57
Dravid 52
Tendulkar 50
Saleem Malik 50
Yousuf 47
Ganguly 46
Sangakkara 43
Inzamam 43
Younis 42
Gavaskar 41
Kohli 41
Anwar 41
Gambhir 42

Sehwag 24
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Include australia too
 
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