Published 14:54 IST, August 4th 2020
Shoaib Akhtar mocks Virender Sehwag for 'Baap Baap Hota Hai, Beta Beta Hota Hai' comment
Shoaib Akhtar claimed that such an incident never took place and if Virender Sehwag would have said anything like that, he would have beaten him at the ground.
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Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar and former Team India opener Virender Sehwag were two of most feared cricketers in world cricket during ir playing days. Shoaib Akhtar was kwn to terrify batsman with his express pace. former pacer also bowled fastest ball in history of cricket which clocked 161.3 km/h. Shoaib Akhtar fastest ball came against England on 22 February 2003 in a World Cup match at Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa.
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On or hand, Virender Sehwag was kwn for his explosive style of batting at top. Both Virender Sehwag and Shoaib Akhtar enjoyed some memorable battles on cricket field and recently, former Pakistan pacer opened up about his controversial incident with Virender Sehwag in which he denied claim made by former India opener about sledging Pakistani pacer during a Test match.
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Virender Sehwag on Shoaib Akhtar sledging incident
Back in 2010, Virender Sehwag while speaking to a Bollywood actor at an award show, narrated an incident in which he spoke about how Shoaib Akhtar tried to sledge him during an India-Pakistan match when he was batting close to 200 with Sachin Tendulkar at n-striker's end.
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While narrating episode, Virender Sehwag added that Shoaib Akhtar was probably tired after bowling longer spells. He added that after one point of time Shoaib Akhtar started coming around wicket and began to bowl plenty of bouncers asking him to hit a pull shot.
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Sehwag furr said that he asked Shoaib Akhtar to bowl a bouncer at Sachin Tendulkar, who was at n-striker’s end. In next over when he bowled a bouncer to Sachin, he hooked it for a six to which Virender Sehwag said in Hindi "Baap baap hota hai, beta beta hota hai" which, in this context, loosely translates to ' master can never be defeated by a vice'.
Shoaib Akhtar denies Virender Sehwag's claim
Dismissing claim made by Virender Sehwag, Shoaib Akhtar while speaking to a Pakistani journalist claimed that such an incident never took place. Akhtar, in his reply, asked reporter wher Virender Sehwag would have survived after saying something like that. While commenting on issue, Akhtar said that he would have 'beaten up Sehwag at ground and n at hotel also'.
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Sachin Tendulkar stats
Coming to Sachin Tendulkar stats, cricket icon had a decorated cricket career. Since making his debut in 1989 until his retirement in 2013, right-handed batsman scored 34,357 international runs across all formats and he is more than 6,000 runs ahead of second-placed Kumar Sangakkara (28,016). Sachin Tendulkar is also leading century-maker in international cricket. With 100 international centuries, he is currently 29 centuries ahead of second-placed Ricky Ponting (71) and 30 tons ahead of current Indian captain, Virat Kohli (70).
(COVER IM: SHOAIB AKHTAR/ VIRENDER SEHWAG/ INSTAGRAM)
14:53 IST, August 4th 2020