Former Indian batter Virender Sehwag is taken into account some of the damaging opening batters to play the sport of cricket. The precise-handed batter performed some magical knocks all through his profession and was a match-winner for the Males in Blue. Nonetheless, the veteran batter has now opened up a few time when he considered quitting the sport.
Sehwag revealed that in 2008 he was going by way of a lean patch within the 50-over format and in addition bought dropped from the workforce which was below the management of former skipper MS Dhoni. Nonetheless, Sehwag was then suggested by one other Indian nice Sachin Tendulkar to not retire from the format.
Sachin Tendulkar stopped me from asserting my retirement: Virender Sehwag
“In 2008 once we have been in Australia, this query (of retirement) got here to my thoughts. I made a comeback within the Check sequence and scored a 150. Within the ODIs, I couldn’t rating that a lot in three-four makes an attempt. So MS Dhoni dropped me from the taking part in XI then the considered quitting ODI cricket got here to my thoughts. I believed I’ll proceed taking part in solely Check cricket,” Sehwag stated on Cricbuzz present ‘Match Social gathering.’
“Sachin Tendulkar stopped me at the moment. He stated ‘this can be a dangerous section of your life. Simply wait, return residence after this tour, suppose onerous, after which resolve what to do subsequent. Fortunately I didn’t announce my retirement at the moment,” he added.
To notice, India was taking over Australia and Sri Lanka in a tri-series in 2008. Sehwag was unable to attain runs within the first 4 matches of the sequence as he scored solely 6, 33, 11, and 14 in India’s first 4 matches. Because of this, he was dropped from the squad for the squad.
He bought one other go after two matches, however Sehwag bought out cheaply as soon as once more. The Males in Blue went on to win the tri-series, however Sehwag couldn’t do a lot. However, the dashing opener bounced again within the subsequent assignments and performed his final worldwide match in 2013.
