“Test Cricketer of the Year” Sehwag’s Test Career (Part 3)
(Continuing the discussion of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429’s best Test innings, and in this article we will also throw light on his dismissals in Test cricket)
In the previous to part of the “Test Cricketer of the Year” Sehwag’s Test Career, one would come across the best this Indian Master Blaster batsman has given to the Test fraternity, in terms of his relentless batting power-plays.
Not to forget, the high level of strike rates and batting averages maintained by him throughout his Test career. His credentials are still growing at a rapid pace, mainly because of his ability to score massive and huge totals in Test cricket.
If one has to do justice to an analysis of Sehwag’s Test credentials, he or she will have to conclude a detail description of his dismissals in the longer format of the game. Keeping in mind, the current articles written on the veteran Indian batsman, doesn’t
include the ongoing Indian Test home series against the Australians. From his massive of 137 innings in Test cricket, he has been dismissed 132 times.
Out of the 132 dismissals of Virender Sehwag in Test cricket, he has encountered a total of 98 dismissals via pace bowlers from which 83 dismissals belong to right arm pace men and 15 dismissals to left arm pace men.
He has given his wicket away to spin bowling 27 times, in which 19 belong to right arm spinners and 8 to left arm spin bowlers. Other dismissals of the Indian veteran batsman have come from orthodox or slow right/left arm bowler, in total he has given away
his 7 wickets, in which 4 dismissals belong to right arm orthodox slow and 3 belong to left arm orthodox bowlers.
Most of his dismissals are catches given by him to fielders. In which 24 times he has been caught behind, showing the fact that he was unable to negate swing, seam movement or spin, and also indicates the fact that he might have weak foot work at the crease,
which is completely true as the veteran is known for his minimum foot work and maximum results.
He has been caught out by fielders in the cricketing ground 62 times, which justify the mere fact that the veteran is easier to get rid off when tired or un-settled, as he’s trying to impose pressure, not stay under it.
He has been clean bowled or helped the ball to hit the stumps with an inside edge a modest 19 times. Indicating how hard it is to break through his strong batting defence mechanism.
A number of 20 leg-before wickets are known to be the reason for the veteran’s dismissals. Also, illustrating a lot about his foot work technique, which has caused him 20 dismissals, not to forget, the 19 times it has led to the veteran looking at his stumps
fall apart.
He has a small number of run-outs, which indicates the fact that on very few occasion he loses his attention, which results in missing a run.
And last but not the least the veteran batsman has been stumped 4 times in his career. One can be sure that most of these stumping opportunities must have been given away while coming down to the pitch to strike the bowler, mainly spinners out of the park.
His rate of dismissals show that mostly he tends to give his wicket away himself. In his overall Test record, one would come across the number of huge totals he has made. And looking at them how he must have gotten tired or distracted and must have been
unable to secure the boundary.
Virender Sehwag still has a lot of Test cricket left in him, he has 10 years of international cricket to his name, and his physical fitness and in-form batting power-play suggest there are a number of years to come in his Test career. Fans look forward to
the Master Blaster batsman making more huge scores, break, and make more new World records for his team and country http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
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