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jitender_singh
December 27th, 2009, 12:35 AM
Just came across thsi article on rediff..another fan of sehwag .. fomer england pace bowler pringle..

he said ;-

Highly impressed with Virender Sehwag's [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=virender+sehwag) ] pyrotechnics, former England [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=england) ] cricketer Derek Pringle has rated the dashing Indian opener as the greatest batsman of the decade.
"Dashing openers have always been with us, and Chris Gayle [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=chris+gayle) ] may yet take violence against the new ball a step further, but nobody yet has managed to do it with the audacity and frequency of Sehwag," Pringle said.
"To many, the choice will appear controversial. Shane Warne [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=shane+warne) ], Muttiah Muralitharan [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=muralitharan) ], Jacques Kallis [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=jacques+kallis) ], Sachin Tendulkar [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=sachin+tendulkar) ], have all excelled over the past 10 years. They all announced their brilliance in the 90s, so were discounted," he added.
The Delhi [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=delhi) ] batsman, who has over 6,248 Test runs to his credit from 72 matches, has cracked two triple hundreds and four double centuries so far.
According to Pringle, Sehwag scores over other candidates Ricky Ponting [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=ricky+ponting) ] and Kevin Pietersen [ Images (http://search.rediff.com/imgsrch/default.php?MT=kevin+pietersen) ] over the way he had redefined the role he plays.
"Statisticians and the government policy-makers trust figures, wise men, facts, but I'm going to apply another measure: that of redefining the role they play, something Virender Sehwag has done for opening the batting in Test matches," Pringle wrote in his column for The Telegraph.
"While Ricky Ponting and Kevin Pietersen, the other candidates for best player of the decade, have not really changed perceptions as the Delhi-born Sehwag has," Pringle wrote.
"Sehwag's figures are impressive even before you consider the thrilling manner of their compilation. Two triple and four double hundreds in a 72-Test career is a weighty achievement for one who bats as if needing to catch the last plane out of Kabul," Pringle said.
Since his international debut in 1999 against Pakistan in Mohali, Sehwag has kept enthralling the spectators with his attacking brand of cricket and Pringle feels the risk factor involved in his shot selection has made him class apart.
"As most of his innings proceed at a run-a-ball, or better, there is a high-risk element to his shot-making. And yet there is also an appetite for runs at odds with the thrill-seeker in him that chases boundaries," the Englishman said.
"When he first appeared, bowlers consoled themselves with the fact that while humiliation was always likely, it would probably be brief. They cannot bank on that now as age and experience have sharpened his judgment to the point that a hundred no longer sates him, or the crowd, as it once did," he wrote




Hats off to sehwag !!!:rock

rajesh00
December 27th, 2009, 08:50 PM
He deserves it all and much more as he did what he did against all odds and criticism and not like Tendu etc who were and are always worshiped by media.He is great in many sense of things.We should be proud of him and should take immense pride in calling him and ourselves as JATS.It is a rare feet and exceptional order of performance.May God bless him always.

bsanjusmily
December 27th, 2009, 10:45 PM
thts true.....virevdra sehwag is great batsmen....the great jat.........after kapil paaji...sehwag is another cricketr of our comunity.......we proud on virevdra sehwag...........

prashantacmet
December 28th, 2009, 12:55 AM
Sehwaag is a unique talent and brought pride for our community . However, "batsman of decade" thing is an individual perception but undoubtedly sehwaag is one of the greatest batsmen of all time.

P.M.> "sanju ji", kapil paaji is not a Jat.

upendersingh
December 28th, 2009, 04:59 AM
Bhai, wo to Sehwag ka teesra tihra shatak nahi laga, nahi to yo to Batsman of All Time ho jata. Fir bhi India ki taraf se sabse jyada double hundred wala batsman to ban hi gaya.

Most double hundreds in a career
DG Bradman (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4188.html) (Aus) (12)
BC Lara (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52337.html) (ICC/WI)(9)
WR Hammond (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14022.html) (Eng) (7)
V Sehwag (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35263.html) (ICC/India) (6)
KC Sangakkara (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/50710.html) (SL) (6)
MS Atapattu (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48124.html) (SL)(6)
DPMD Jayawardene (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/49289.html) (SL) (6)
Javed Miandad (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/40879.html) (Pak) (6)
R Dravid (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28114.html) (ICC/India)(5)