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

5. When he struck the ball out of the ground on purpose:

This is a classic example of Virender Sehwag taking savagery to a new level. This did not happen in an international game so not many fans know about it but those aware of this already have this story as one of their favorite cricket anecdotes ever, specially Jeremy Snape (the man who shared this incident in the first place) who was Sehwag’s teammate in the match.

Snape and Sehwag were playing together for Leicestershire in a game against Middlesex where Abdul Razzaq started reverse-swinging the ball. We all know how dangerous Pakistani bowlers can be when they get reverse-swing on the ball and the batsmen were far from being comfortable.

Sehwag went to his batting partner and said, “We must lose this ball. I have a plan.” Next over, he struck that ball clean out of the stadium for a massive six. Umpires were forced to change the ball. It was obvious that the new ball will not swing like the preceding one did for Razzaq as it will take the fielding side some time to get the new cherry in condition to show any signs of reverse swing. Sehwag told partner: “We are okay for an hour.”

This is how Virender Sehwag deals with his problems. The ball was reverse-swinging and Sehwag struck it for six on purpose to get the ball changed. Knowing he will have to strike the ball out of the park, he cut the problem off its root in his charismatic style. Pretty sure that would have left his partner Jeremy Snape impressed and he will remember that he played with someone like Sehwag for the rest of his life.