Virender Sehwag had earlier scored two triple centuries.
Virender Sehwag is probably the best Test opener in the world. Apart from two triple centuries against Sri Lanka in Mumbai in 2009, he also came close to a third. But former Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan revealed what Dasher told him after scoring 293 runs.
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Virender Sehwag is probably the best Test opener in the world. Apart from two triple centuries against Sri Lanka in Mumbai in 2009, he also came close to a third. But former Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan revealed what Dasher told him after scoring 293 runs.
“I remember he was batting on 290 against us in Mumbai and I think Dravid told him to stop because he can score 300 the next day. The next morning, he tried to tap it, but was caught out and bowled and told me ‘I should have never listened to Rahul and followed you instead’, Murali told ESPNcricinfo.
This was the third Test of the series between the two teams. Earlier, Sri Lankan team was out for 393 runs. Sehwag could understand and read what I was bowling. He says he didn’t read me, but I can tell that he played me differently (compared to the rest). He was very dangerous. I have said this many times,” he said.
“For Sehwag, I would keep the fielders as I knew he would take a chance. He thinks that on his day he can attack and face anyone in the world. So, we’ll try and set up a defensive zone and wait for him to make a mistake and give us his wicket. But Sehwag’s attitude was such that ‘I will give myself 2 hours and score 150 runs’. If I bat all day, I will score 300 runs. So he could have been out after lunch but by then he would have scored more than a hundred. Most batsmen batting at 98-99 will try to complete a century with a single but Sehwag will hit a six. Sehwag didn’t care whether he had a century or not. He just went for his shots,” said Murali.
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