13 Times Virender Sehwag showed that when it's his day, he is the Boss

13. Special Case: When Sehwag kept the team above himself

This isn’t a case of Sehwag’s savagery but it was a moment when he showed that he cares for the team more than himself. Sehwag was batting on 199 facing Muralitharan with Ishant Sharma (India’s number 11 in that game) on the other end.

He had an easy chance to get a single off the third ball of the over and complete his double hundred but he refused as he did not want to expose the tailender against Murali. Sehwag then played the last ball of the over past square leg, took a single, completed a well deserved double hundred and kept the strike.

He was proved right by Ishant to guard him as in the next over, he fell to Ajantha Mendis when he had to survive the over for only 2 balls. Sehwag carried his bat through the innings scoring 201* as India bundled out for 329 in the first innings. They won the match with Sehwag’s double hundred creating a difference between both the sides and Viru ended up as the man of the match.

Not sure if Virender Sehwag or Virender SWAG!

Written by Shubh Aggarwal