Sehwag Bold Meets At The Discretion

Five days ago, Virender Sehwag was beaten to a land in Kochi, which was held so low that the batsmen were dismissed before starting the counter. Sehwag responded with 80 from 47 deliveries, where survival was a lottery for the other. Five days later, Sehwag faces his own teammates in Hyderabad. Forgot your gardeners to maintain catches. His players have chosen not to make bulletproof windows. Their hitters took turns to press the self-destruction. Sehwag responded with 119, 56, where it has been easy to throw a ball in anger and frustration.


Delhi Daredevils need 144 from 13 transfers. They won in addition to savings, and the margin would have been greater if not dismissed Sehwag over 17. Twice in three games, Sehwag has shown that he is what Sachin Tendulkar in India Delhi most of his career. The show begins and ends with Sehwag. The man knows it, and secretly enough to acknowledge that he is special. "Batting as Warner, or me, or Gilchrist and Tendulkar can not do anything if we play as many overs," Sehwag said. "I told the boys to play cricket without fear."


Fearlessness is the cornerstone of Sehwag's batting. Discretion, however, is not a measure applied in abundance, especially in the shorter formats of the game. By combining the two virtues, their ranges, batting to another level. These days, its orientation weak links in the opposition bowling attack is almost predictable. Inevitably, Ishan Malhotra and Bharat Chipli disappeared for 43 in two overs.


These days, he also realizes that the competition between him and the cream of the attack opposition need not be a showdown of gladiators. Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma got the respect they deserved a lot bouncer, but Sehwag still managed four boundaries from them.


Spin and Sehwag has a tempestuous relationship. It brings out the best and worst of him. Predictably Amit Mishra was taken for 37 to 14 deliveries. Predictably, the two catch also dropped from Mishra.


"He said he played only by the charm of Steyn and Ishant. They do not have a fifth player Amit Mishra and I've played a lot in the networks," said Sehwag. "I knew I could come hard for them. I just I played my photos and if we can get the momentum, we can do."


Despite their indifferent performance, Sehwag does not think it was wrong to blame his teammates for not doing their part. .. "We played a dozen, and I clicked in just three so I have not been consistent and I can not really blame the others I have more responsibility, others are not as experienced. Venugopal Rao is only a little experience, you take time. it takes time to build a good team. "


Delhi already a campaign is now down they need to win almost every time I step off the field, Sehwag has made him the heavy responsibility lightly, as you can. Five days, won a minefield, and once the other team, which seemed the aim of scoring own goals. Today, he scored 102 more runs as his team's second leading scorer in the game, James Hopes. "It's kind of player who is a companion," Hopes said. "He is as good as you get to the cricket world."

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sourav ganguly back to IPL

Kolkata / NEW DELHI: It may seem like a classic case of closing the barn door after the horse has bolted, but it is the Sahara Warriors sign Pune Sourav Ganguly in place of injured pacer Ashish Nehra that meets the eye.

The Warriors Yuvraj Singh-led, languishing at the bottom of the table after six straight losses, need to win all their other six games to give themselves a realistic chance of breaking a playoff spot in the fourth IPL

Yuvraj batting was not bad, although he refused to lift the order but failed to move forward. By roping in Sourav, who has always been a mentor to Yuvi, the Warriors management has clearly attempted to increase their confidence captain.

"We needed someone with experience, when key players like Angelo Mathews, Ashish Nehra and Tim Paine sidelined by injuries. Who would not want Sourav? He brings experience. After all, he played with Yuvraj, Uthappa and Karthik, and one of the most successful captains of the country has seen, "Abhijit Sarkar, Head, Sahara Adventure Limited, told TOI. "

We were lucky that everything fell into place for us, "said Sarkar." The team has had bad results ... We are confident that the arrival of Sourav going to change things around us. "

TOI sources said, the first shot came from Pune, close after the team's owners decided to go to someone with experience. When Ganguly was offered to play in Pune, his first reaction was: "Why I am not ready to play, even without money."
The Bengal left-hander wants to prove a point to those who think cricket career is over. Sources close to Ganguly says he is simply trying to avenge the "insult" to the auction.

While veterans like VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Shane Warne to play in IPL, why could he not? Ganguly will be paid about Rs 80 lakh to play the rest of the season.

What new job profile Ganguly ask him to do a lot of mentoring in addition to contributing to the bat. After six straight losses, two of them from winning positions, is the team's morale is very low.

The only problem is that the franchise owners may have left too late. For Sourav is a case of fifth time lucky. Twice to take into account all the concessions and 10, players are auctioned in January, and two failed attempts by Tuskers Kochi to take it on board, Sourav finally gets the opportunity to show the world that he belongs.

Sourav, who spent a terrible auction after four months, but refused to give up his dream of IPL, has been to the gym regularly. Two days after sending the fans into a tizzy at the Eden Gardens to appear on the stands during the match against KKR Kings XI Punjab, Bengal's favorite son returned to his "spiritual home" and were engaged in serious practice Network on Tuesday.

On his way he stopped to confirm agreement with the warriors of Pune, the promise of long talk after being formally introduced. A twist of fate can be prevented from being anointed as the "King of Kochi, but a turn of fortune is now seen in the avatar of" warrior prince "in Pune.

It is unfortunate that warriors are not expected to play in the Garden of Eden cons KKR, but expect fireworks on May 19 when the two teams clash at the DY Patil stadium in Navi Mumbai.

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