Virender Sehwag has been one of the most destructive batsmen the world has ever seen. During his time, Sehwag played some of the most insane knocks of that era. Which is why it is somehow baffling when some of the modern-day youngsters are compared to Sehwag.
Sehwag, himself, now has cleared all doubts and has said that there is no one from the current Indian set-up whose style of batting resembles his. However, he also named two batsmen who came close to his style of batting.
“I don’t think there is any player in the Indian team who bats like me. The two players who came to my mind who have come close to it are Prithvi Shaw and Rishabh Pant. I think Rishabh Pant is a little bit close to what I used to bat like in Test cricket but he is satisfied with 90-100 but I used to score 200, 250 and 300 and then be content. If he takes his game to that level then I think he can entertain the fans even more,” Sehwag said during News18 India Chaupal.
“I used to play tennis ball cricket where my mindset was to hit more runs through boundaries. I played with the same template in international cricket and used to calculate how many boundaries I need to score a century. If I am on 90 and to reach 100 if I take 10 balls then the opposition has 10 balls to get me out, which is why I used to go for boundaries and gave them only two balls to stop me reaching the triple figure-mark. The risk percentage rate dropped from 100 to 200,” mentioned the former India opener.