Sehwag breaks Sachin's ODI record, slams 219 vs Windies in 4th ODI

GoldenAsif · December 10, 2011, 3:54pm

Re: Sehwag breaks Sachin’s ODI record, slams 219 vs Windies in 4th ODI

LOL !! Sehwag is what Pakistani fans dreamt that Afridi could become when he first came to the stage.

I finally got the time to watch the highlights. It was quite a massacre. A lot of intelligent shots in the gaps. A lot of strong cover drives. And of course a lot of thappars for 6. A lot of them were BIG 6s too.

What I reallly really enjoy about a Sehwag innings is that he doesn’t give a **** if he is at 96 or 196, record or no record.. there is no slowing down for singles.. there is no change in attitude…there are no veiled expectations from the other batter to give him strike if they are running out of time..(unlike a certain other cricketing great, and many other good international batters) …he is gonna keep smacking it no matter what .. what an entertainer!

The attitude is a bit similar to Afridi isn’t it? Keep smacking no matter what. The difference is that Sehwag is largely successful in doing it so he keeps doing it.. specially since he opens and has a good group of batters to come after him.. in Afridi’s case he is largely unsuccessful, but he still keeps doing it.. regardless of the situation and the fact that there is no decent batter after him.

Yaar aap ne to dil pe ley liya!! … It was meant as a joke . No knowledgeable cricket fan in their right mind w’d say that Afridi (I see him more as a genuine bowling allrounder in ODIs who can slog successfully at times as well) is a better batsman than Sehwag!!

When it comes to **master blasters **in ODI who were/are genuine batters as well, I rate them as follows:

Viv Richards
Gilchrist
Sehwag
Jayasuriya
Chris Gayle