Gautam Gambhir reveals Virender Sehwag's logic for not taking strike when opening with him

Former Indian cricketers Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag formed a destructive opening pair for India during ir playing days. two batsmen ably complemented each or’s batting at top of order as evidenced from ir many match-winning opening stands. Quite recently, Gautam Gambhir praised Virender Sehwag’s batting style and his attacking mindset during an interactive session on Star Sports’ show Cricket Connected.

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‘Virender Sehwag most successful Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar’ – Gautam Gambhir

During interaction, Gautam Gambhir said that Virender Sehwag never considered himself as an opening batsman, which is why he refused to take strike off first ball of innings. Gambhir later revealed that he “h to face fire” up front because of his batting partner’s opinion of himself. left-handed batsman talked about Virender Sehwag’s two Test triple centuries while opening innings and described ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’ as “most successful Indian opener after Sunil Gavaskar”.

Gautam Gambhir also said that he and Virender Sehwag used to discuss “everything apart from bowlers” prior to beginning of innings. He stated that his ex-Delhi teammate was an impactful player whose mindset can never be copied. Gambhir furr praised 104-Test veteran by saying his run-scoring spree me an impact even in Test matches.

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Virender Sehwag on taking strike while opening with Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly

Despite Gautam Gambhir’s recent claims about Virender Sehwag t wanting to take strike first-up, attacking right-hander frequently faced first ball of innings while opening alongside his former teammates Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly. In May 2017, at inauguration of Cricket Beyond Technique in Bengaluru, Sehwag revealed reasons why he took strike while batting. He said that he took an vice of former cricketer Arun Kumar, with whom he shared dressing room during ir -group level days.

2011 World Cup-winning player mentioned that Arun Kumar often told him to face more balls in beginning in order to succeed in powerplay overs. Virender Sehwag mitted to applying same vice in international cricket. He also jokingly said that he “became famous” because he successfully denied first-ball strike to likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly.

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