Watch: Virender Sehwag puts his athletic side on display

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Virender Sehwag is a lively character on the pitch. Be it humming Kishore Kumar songs to keep his concentration while batting or cracking up the umpires with his jokes, he always keeps things interesting whether on-field or off-field.

One such moment where his quick wit was on display was in the post-match conference after a game against Sri Lanka during the Australia-Sri Lanka-India Tri Series Down Under. The reporter had asked him if the three were indeed slow fielders during the post-match press conference, Sehwag put a counter question: “Did you see my catch today?” Sehwag hardly thinks before he says anything which is what makes him the most candid person in the Indian Cricket.

The reason behind his reply was the new rotation policy which was introduced by Indian skipper MS Dhoni back then. According to this policy, senior players were rotated every match in place of a younger team member. Reportedly, Dhoni at that time felt Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Sachin Tendulkar relatively slow fielders and will leak too many runs in big grounds in Australia.

The question came up after Sehwag pulled off a stunner to get rid of his counterpart Mahela Jayawardene at Brisbane ODI flying to his left at midwicket to pocket a superb catch. Both Jayawardene and Dilshan had given a solid start to the inning, piling 95 runs for the first wicket before Jayawardene pulled one off Irfan Pathan to Virender Sehwag standing in between the midwicket and mid-on region.

Watch: Virender Sehwag puts his athletic side on display

 

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