Sandy Verma
Tezzbuzz|24-08-2025
New Delhi: Virender Sehwag is credited with transforming the Indian Cricket Landscape in the 2000s Through His Destructive and Explosive Batting, Delivering Results Eveneas TESTS WHERES TESTS WHERES TESTS WHERES TESTS WHERES TESTS WHERES TESTS Once see impossible.
Despite not being registered as one of the most technically sound batters, sehwag carved his own niche and went on to score over 8,000 runs in both test and ODI CRICKET.
Sehwag, Reveled a Tense Clash with then-India Coach Greg Chappell during a Lean Patch in his career. Chappell criticized sehwag’s batting technique, Saying He Boldn Bollywood at the International Level Without Moving His Set Properly.
Sehwag, who is also known for not mining his words, pointed out his record of over 6,000 Test Runs at an average Above 50, but chappell dissected the argument and reepeated his Criticism.
“Greg chappell’s words hurt me Scored 6000 Runs in Test Cricket at an average of more than 50 ‘.
The exchange song turned into a heated argument, prompting rahul dravid, the then-business, to intervenue and defuse the situation. Sehwag Recalled How, Before He Went Out To Bat The Next Day, Chappell Pressure
“We had a big argument. Rahul Dravid, who was the captain then, Had to Separate us. The next day, when I was going to bat, he said, ‘make sure you score; I was like, ‘Do WHATEver You Want’.
Sehwag also recounted an incident where, upon returning to the dressing room at lunch, he told dravid to ensure chappell styed away from Him. Sehwag walked the talk on the field by scoring 184 in that match and later told chappell that he knew how to score runs, regardless of bether he moved have his feet or not.
“When I Took Strike, I Started Smashing The Ball and Reached 99 Runs Before Lunch. When I was entering the dressing room, dravid was standing there I Had My Lunch, and after returning, I Continued Batting. [Chappell] Standing in a Corner and Told Him, ‘Doesn’T matter if i move my feet or not, I know how to score runs.’