Top 11 Quotes on the Nawab of Najafgarh - Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag changed the way opening batsmen play Test cricket.

By Jatin Sharma

Updated - 04 Jun 2024, 18:07 IST

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Top 11 Quotes on the Nawab of Najafgarh – Virender Sehwag: Call him a basher, ruthless, brutal or simply brilliant, Virender Sehwag changed the way opening batsmen play Test cricket. He is the only India to have hit 2 triple centuries in Test cricket and a double hundred in ODIs. One of the most devastating batsmen in modern era of cricket, Viru was a part of the 2011 World Cup winning Indian squad.

Here are some quotes by other cricketing legends about the Najafgarh mauler

1. "Sehwag is a miracle, Sehwag is an institution." - Navjot Singh Sidhu

2. "Sehwag can change the course of a match with the ease of moses parting the red sea." - Greg Chappel

3. "To bat as fearlessly as him, you need to have great confidence in your ability, and the self-belief that you're better than any bowler, any attack." - Ian Chappell

4. "A batsman like Sehwag is never out of form." - Michael Hussey

5. "Virender Sehwag- he is don of cricket." - Farhan Akhtar

6. "No matter how experience and good you are, Sehwag can kill your attitude." - Brett Lee

7. "Sehwag is the most unpredictable batsman I have seen in my career." - Glenn McGrath

8. "The way Sehwag bats, he forces the oppostion to think about how they are going to bowl him and think about changing their plans." - George Bailey

9. "The best way to know how [Sehwag's] mind works is to sit next to him in the players' balcony when India are batting. Every few minutes he will clutch his head and yell, 'Chauka gaya' [missed out on a four] or 'Chakka gaya' ... That's how he thinks, in fours and sixes." - Sourav Ganguly.

10. "When Viv Richard retired, I thought It was end of entertainment but then came Sehwag, the king of entertainment." - Rameez Raja

11. "He almost manipulates the field. You change it and he is like 'Right, I am going to hit somewhere else now.'" - Andrew Strauss.

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