Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag (Credits: Twitter)

Former India opener Virender Sehwag has revealed that he feared facing Shoaib Akhtar the most during his playing days.

The sight of Virender Sehwag standing on the crease with a bat on his hand was enough to send shivers down the spine of many a bowlers. His batting is all about scoring as many runs as quickly as possible. His stunning hand-eye co-ordination made it tough for even the best of the bowlers to contain him. Starting from Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Dale Steyn, Muttiah Muralitharan and many other great bowlers faced his  wrath.

Strike-rate of over 100 in ODIs and T20Is and over 80 in Tests pretty much proves how dangerous a batsman he was. Time and again, several bowlers have revealed how seeing Sehwag on the pitch made them worried. But in a recent interview, the legendary Indian cricketer revealed that he feared taking on Pakistan’s tearaway pacer Shoaib Akhtar.

Virender Sehwag Reveals The Name Of Only Bowler He Feared Facing
If there is one bowler I was scared of it was Shoaib Akhtar: Virender Sehwag

Sehwag said that the unpredictability of Akhtar’s bowling made him a tough bowler to deal with.

Virender Sehwag

In a live video chat hosted by UCBrowser, Sehwag said: “If there is one bowler I was scared of it was Shoaib Akhtar. You didn’t know which ball he would hit on your shoe and which one on your head. And he has hit many bouncers on my head. I was scared of him but had fun hitting balls from him too.”

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In the same chat, former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said that he never like bowling to Virender Sehwag.

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Both players also spoke about the favourite moments of their career. While Sehwag said that for him the 2007 World T20 triumph and the 2011 World Cup win were the best moments, Afridi spoke about the 2009 World T20.

Virender Sehwag Reveals The Name Of Only Bowler He Feared Facing
Virender Sehwag (Credits: PTI)

Sehwag is the first Indian to score a triple century in Tests. In fact, he has two triple centuries to his name while he missed the third one by just 7 runs. He also has a double century to his name in ODIs.

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