Axing in 2007 was a blessing in disguise: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429
The swashbuckling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 opener Virender Sehwag admitted on Friday that his sacking from the team in 2007 compelled him to look into his game and bring some changes which ultimately paid him dividends.
“When I got dropped from the team in 2007, nobody expected the selectors to drop me but they did because of poor form,” the hard-hitting batsman was quoted as saying. “That's when I changed my game both in terms of thinking and playing style.
I started thinking on how to make my way back into the team.”
The 32-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 batsman, while responding to a question about ‘Change the Game moment’ said that self-belief and self-confidence push the cricketers beyond limitations from where they can improve their game. He also highlighted improvisation
as a key to his improved game.
Sehwag further added that he has what it takes to change the game in the ground, particularly in critical conditions.
“I had just scored 20 runs in 2 hours,” said the right-handed batsman while quoting himself as an example. “...can you imagine Sehwag scoring 20 runs in two hours? That was not how I played, but I changed my game just to save the Test match.”
Sehwag mentioned http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gautam-Gambhir-c58623 and Harbhajan Singh amongst the game changers who have impressed him so far. He added that the thought process of these players, both on and off the field,
help them achieve success and excel in any form of cricket.
Since debuting in April 1999, Sehwag has played 228 One Day Internationals compiling a tally of 7,380 runs at an average of 34.64 including 13 centuries and 36 half-centuries.
The quadrennial mega event, however, is yet to experience the real strength of Sehwag who will be playing his third World Cup.
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