Former India captain Ajit Wadekar said Virender Sehwag's phenomenal knock of 219 in the fourth ODI against West Indies at Indore was "out of the world" stuff.
Published: Dec 08, 2011, 09:13 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 08, 2011, 09:13 PM (IST)
People will remember Sehwag’s knock for a long time: Wadekar
New Delhi: Dec 8, 2011
Former India captain Ajit Wadekar said Virender Sehwag’s phenomenal knock of 219 in the fourth ODI against West Indies at Indore was “out of the world” stuff.
“I think the knock was out of the world. I have never seen anyone hitting so hard and so aggressively. His cuts, pulls were ferocious. We talk about Vivian Richards, the Aussies but in Sehwag we have someone who can play breathtakingly,” Wadekar said.
“He has got so many 200s. He has such confidence. He knows that he can do it and it was just a matter of time. This knock is one of the best. People will remember his knock for a long time,” he added.
Wadekar said today’s knock would give Sehwag a confidence boost ahead of the Australia series later this month.
“The record breaking knock will give him a lot of confidence. Having played such a knock, helping the team to 418 is not a joke. I’m sure the Aussies would be very worried now,” he Wadekar said.
“It gives us a thrill. We have all the record breakers in our team — Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid. This is the best Indian team ever,” he said.
Former Test player Lalchand Rajput said that it was Sehwag only who could have broken Tendulkar’s record.
“This was one of the best knocks I have ever seen. People were casting aspersions on him. Many were writing that he had not scored for the past five innings. But he answered them in the right way,” Rajput said.
“If there was anyone who could have broken Sachin Tendulkar’s record it was Sehwag. Had he stayed there till the end who knows he could have even scored even a 250. A innings such as this before the Australia tour will give him a lot of confidence.” (PTI)
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