Sir Sachin Tendulkar 4

[Plum]

World Cup India Pakistan match: Win is the only thing

Virender Sehwag had once come up with this highly entertaining tale about his sledging with Shoaib Akhtar during an India-Pakistan match: “Shoaib was repeatedly bowling bouncers and I kept ducking. He’d walk up to me and taunt `show me your hook shot’.

After a lot of this sort of talk, I told him pointing out at Sachin, `that’s your father at the non-striker’s end. Ask him to show you the shot.’ Next over Shoaib bounced at Sachin and he hooked him for a six. I walked by Shoaib and remarked, “Beta beta hota hai, baap baap hota hai”.

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/commen...-thing_1524471

How true is Sehwag's story about Sachin

The story goes something like this:


Sehwag was batting on a score close to 200... Shoaib Akhtar kept peppering him with bouncers and kept asking Sehwag to hook... Sehwag's response to Akhtar was "your daddy is batting at the other end, ask him and he will hook"... Sachin was batting at the other end... Shoaib bowled the bouncer to him... Sachin hooked him for 6... that is when Sehwag uttered those words

Which match was it?


Did it actually happen?


The one Sachin 6 off Shoaib that comes to mind is the one over point during the World Cup match in 2003.


When was this famous hook for 6?


A friend, Maryam Haroon, investigated this story further and here is what she found.


In test matches against Pakistan, Sehwag has been close to a score of 200 on 4 occasions:


1. 309 in Multan, 2004. Shoaib played the game, Sachin scored 194*, but his innings did not include any 6.


2. 173 in Mohali 2005. Shoaib did not play.


3. 201 in Bangalore 2005. Shoaib did not play.


4. 254 in Lahore 2006. Sachin did not get to bat.


So the incident definitely did not take place in a test match.


So maybe it was an ODI?


Well Sehwag has never got to a score of close to 200 in an ODI against Pakistan, but he does have two centuries. The 108 in Kochi, 2005, when Sachin scored only 4; and the 119 in Karachi, 2008, a game that Sachin did not play.


So then, a made up story being told by Sehwag on national Television?


There doesn't seem to be much truth in it.

[littlemaster1982]

Did Sehwag say I was batting on close to 200? I don't think so. Btw, this is the match Sehwag was talking about. Check the last ball of third over.

[ajithfederer]

Yes, thats right.

[ajaybaskar]

http://www.zimbio.com/Cricket/articl...ign+Photoshoot

[ajithfederer]

Thanks for the link ab, Took some pics from there.

[Plum]

LM, that was a Pakistani response to Sehwag. I just posted it here. I am not saying Sehwag was lying.

In general, it is quite pointless to logically analyse(like the Paki blogger did) anecdotes from memory because you can get mixed up with memories - while you'll know for certain an incident happened, you may not be able to say with certainty when exactly - whether it was on this occasion or that occasion.

[littlemaster1982]

LM, that was a Pakistani response to Sehwag. I just posted it here. I am not saying Sehwag was lying.

In general, it is quite pointless to logically analyse(like the Paki blogger did) anecdotes from memory because you can get mixed up with memories - while you'll know for certain an incident happened, you may not be able to say with certainty when exactly - whether it was on this occasion or that occasion.

True, some Pakistani bloggers got their knickers in a twist by Sehwag's anecdote and even posted some of Shoaib's wickets

[ajaybaskar]

[Plum]

I'd be quite happy if Shoaib doesnt play on Wednes. When you play Pakistan, you want to have the guys who have done well recently playing. The dangerous ones are the ones that are currently being criticised, humiliated or laughed at.

[VinodKumar's]