Sehwag not worried about personal records – Cricket News Update
Veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739, on Monday shared that giving his side a good start holds more importance for him as compared to individual records.
“Giving the team a good start is more important than my own performance,” said the hard-hitting Indian opener while speaking to media reporters ahead of the 2nd One Day International against Sri Lanka.
The 33-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the ODI series opener, on Saturday, to come out of the extended lean patch he has been experiencing in international cricket in the latter half of the last season.
This was Sehwag’s first half century in six innings played this year, in which he has scored just 161 runs at an average less than 27.
Though, the record string of fifties in the fifth edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) had put the swashbuckling opener in the scheme of things, a big innings in an international match was necessary for Sehwag to silence his critics.
Luck gods were also with the Indian opener on Saturday, as he was given a reprieve by Sri Lankan counterpart http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691, who dropped him at point, on zero. Sehwag took full advantage of the missed opportunity, plundering ten boundaries on his way
to a calculated 96, scored at almost a run a ball rate.
All in all, Saturday’s 96-run knock was far from Sehwag at his best, as he scored just 14 runs from his first 30 balls, leaving it up to his partner, young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 to take the pressure off him.
But the right-hander was satisfied with his personal performance as well as with team’s performance, and urged the side to remain consistent in the ensuing encounters.
“We played well in the first ODI but we need to be persistent in our game,” said the Delhi batsman who shared 173-run stand with centurion Kohli for the second wicket.
The tourists have already gained 1-0 lead in the five-ODI series. The second one-dayer of the itinerary gets underway at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota on Tuesday, July 24, 2012.
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