Virender Sehwag quotes were also very explosive like his batting. He was not only explosive cricketer but he often gave funny and explosive remarks on various situations which became quite popular over the period.
Here are some famous quotes by Virender Sehwag
1. Once Geoff Boycott mentioned that Virender Sehwag is ‘talented but brainless’. On this Sehwag reacted “Boycott can say what he wants. He once batted the whole day and hit just one four.”
2. When he was asked by a journalist that what is the difference between him and Sachin Tendulkar as they both look similar while batting. He Said: “Our bank balance.”
3. When he was told that Rahul Dravid and he has missed a golden opportunity to break the 50-year old world record of 414 runs (which was held by Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy) for the opening wicket partnership by four runs. He asked, “Who is Vinoo Mankad? I don’t know anything about them. I haven’t even heard about them.”
4. When he and Gautam Gambhir were stopped by security people in Durban to not walk out on their own late in the evening, then he said: “No, there is no danger. We are the most dangerous batsmen in the world.”
5. On his 284 not out in less than a day: “In the dressing room they told me I was hitting the good balls too, but if you look at it my way, I hit only the bad ones.”
6. Paddy Upton and Eric Simons asked Virender Sehwag that what advice he gave VVS Laxman when he was batting on 94 (Sehwag was runner for the injured Laxman): “Obviously when you are on 94, you can get there with just a six.”
7. When asked about ‘the zone’: “I have asked Tendulkar many times what the zone is. He tells me that’s when ‘I see nothing except the ball’. I have asked Rahul Dravid the same thing. He says sometimes when he is in really good form, he sees the ball and not even the sightscreen, the non-striker, the umpire or who is bowling. I ask how that is possible. I have never entered that zone.”
8. When Team India was employing nightwatchman ploy. “What is the difference between batting at the end of the day or at the start? If you make a mistake you’ll get out. Whenever a captain or coach asked me for a nightwatchman I would say, ‘No, why? If I can’t survive 10 or 20 balls now, then I don’t think I’ll survive tomorrow morning’. I believe that’s the best time when you have the opportunity to score runs, when everybody on the field is tired and you can score 20 runs off those 20 balls.”
9. On how he approaches a Test innings: “I have made it very simple for myself. There are 90 overs to play in a day. If I am able to hit a boundary in 80 of these I can get to a triple hundred by the end of the day’s play and set a match up for my team.”
10. On hitting sixes while approaching landmarks: “Sachin Tendulkar always likes to chat and can get serious and caution you not to hit unnecessary shots. During that (Multan) innings he told me, ‘If you try to hit a six I will hit you on the bum.’ He gave me a simple example – about my Melbourne innings in 2003, when I tried to hit a six on 195 and got out. Till then India were in a good position, but after that we couldn’t make a big score and we lost the Test. So he made me realise my mistake. That is why I didn’t hit sixes in Multan, but when I was near 300 I told him that I was going to hit Saqlain (Mushtaq) and he could hit me on my bum!”
11. On his love of playing spin: “Once Gary Kirsten asked me, ‘What would you do if there is a long-off, long-on and deep midwicket?’ I asked, ‘Gary sir, do fielders matter to me?’ He burst out laughing… Let me give an example: I was batting on 291 at Chepauk, against South Africa. I told Paul Harris, ‘Come round the wicket and first ball I’ll hit you for a six.’ He accepted my challenge and the very first ball I hit him for a straight six, and there was a long-off, long-on, deep midwicket and a deep point. I was so tired and he was bowling on the pads and I was getting bored. So rather than spending 10-15 minutes to get to the triple-century I gave him good advice.”
12. On what bowlers needed to do to try and escape his wrath: “I don’t want to sound pompous. But I can surely tell you that once I get to 60 or 70 there’s no bowler in the world who can get Virender Sehwag out. Only Virender Sehwag can get Sehwag out at moments when I am batting the way I am currently. My philosophy has always been to make the most of the situation when you are in form. So when I go out there, I identify a bowler and get after him. If he is the best bowler in the opposition, your job becomes much easier.”
13. “Beta beta hota hai, aur baap baap hota hai!” – Sehwag sledging Shoaib Akhtar, after the latter was hit for a six by Sachin Tendulkar.
14. After getting out for 293 Virender Sehwag Quotes: “Not many people have got two triple centuries and followed that with 293. So there is nothing to be disappointed about.”
15. To Pakistan close-in fielders after Shoaib Akhtar continuously asked Sehwag to hook, bowling bouncers at him from around the wicket: “Yeh bowling kar raha hai ya bheekh maang raha hai? [Is he bowling or begging?]”
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