Virendra Sehwag: When Sehwag’s debut was postponed by a phone call, otherwise there would have been a storm in the desert of Sharjah

New Delhi: Virender Sehwag, the former opening batsman of the Indian cricket team, was a terror for bowlers around the world with his explosive batting. Even the biggest bowlers used to tremble to bowl against Sehwag. Till the time Sehwag landed on the field, he created a storm with the bat but before his entry in Team India, there was an incident with him due to which his debut was postponed for a year. Sehwag told the story of his debut in a recent episode of Breakfast with Champions, how he had to return after reaching the airport. Sehwag said that it was in the year 1998 when Team India had gone to Sharjah for the Coca-Cola Cup. At the same time, I suddenly got a call from the team management and they were called to Sharjah. The ticket was booked in a hurry and I also went to the airport. Checked in but he got a call again at the airport and was told that he had returned. In such a situation, the same saying came true with Sehwag that it came to the hand but not to the mouth.

What was the whole matter?

Sehwag said that when Team India went to Sharjah for the Coca-Cola Cup, some players fell ill there. In such a situation, he got a call but by the time he flew, the players who were ill got well. In such a situation, the team management asked him to stay.

However, exactly one year after that, Sehwag entered Team India. After this, he did not look back again. In Tests, ODIs and T20s, he attacked bowlers around the world with his explosive batting.

Sehwag’s career for Team India

Sehwag landed in 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20 matches for Team India. In Test cricket, he scored 8586 runs at an average of 49.34, in which he scored 23 centuries and 32 half-centuries. At the same time, he has 8273 runs in ODIs, in which his average is 104.33. Apart from this, he also scored 394 runs in T20.

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