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

4. When he didn’t care about what happened in the past:

Not really an incident but this perfectly describes the mindset of Virender Sehwag as a batsman. Again, taking the Viru’s 195 in Melbourne in December 2003 and his 309 in Multan in April 2004 in context, we know Sehwag got out trying to complete a splendid double hundred with a six but was caught in the deep. The situation was similar in Multan, except this time, Sehwag was not nearing a double hundred, he was close to a magnificent triple century.

He would definitely be aware of what happened 5 months ago. How he was caught in the deep off Simon Katich mistiming a stroke and missed a double hundred in Australia. This time, he was close to a triple century, a feat no other Indian batsman had achieved yet. He was facing Saqlain Mushtaq, a bowler of much more bowling expertise than Katich. Any other batsman would refrain himself from going for a big shot again but Sehwag is different. In fact, he pre-planned to hit Saqlain Mushtaq for a six and did exactly that on 295.

Sunil Gavaskar once said that to be a successful batsman, one should have the ability to forget what happened on the last ball. Maybe that is Virender Sehwag’s biggest secret. Maybe that is why he looks so unperturbed in his batting approach. He forgets what happened in the past or maybe he doesn’t care about it. He got out trying to hit a six to complete a double hundred barely 5 months ago but still he went for the same to reach a bigger milestone. Some may claim that Sehwag was lucky and they won’t be wrong completely but if you think practically, this just describes Sehwag’s batting mindset accurately – ‘Bat in the present, bat in the zone..’