Sourav Ganguly with Virender Sehwar.
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Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly congratulated Virender Sehwag for being inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame.
“The ICC has completely chosen the suitable individual to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. To me, and thousands and thousands of others, you’re a cricketing nice.
What made you such a particular participant is the way in which you batted.
Your talent was particular. You scored runs at such a quick tempo, you have been simply exceptionally good, and you’re in all probability the very best opening batsman after Sunil Gavaskar.
What set you aside was the way in which you performed and the way in which you approached the sport.
I keep in mind after I advised you that it is best to strive opening, you have been not sure since you had by no means accomplished it.
Once you bought going for the primary time in a Test match at Lord’s in 2002, From there, your confidence continued to develop.
Different period
It was a distinct period again then. In the early 2000s, you simply utterly modified the artwork of batting in Test matches.
An innings that proves that’s your 293 in opposition to Sri Lanka in 2009. To rating that many in a day of a Test in opposition to an assault together with Muttiah Muralitharan simply confirmed what you have been able to.
You loved taking part in all of the completely different codecs and when you have been good at one-day cricket, I feel you have been even higher in Tests.
You might do it in all situations and your triple hundred in Multan stays certainly one of my favorite innings. You hit a six to get to 200 after which did the identical to get to 300 – and also you had advised us you have been going to do it too!
I’ve so many fond reminiscences of taking part in with you, out of your hundred in Australia to your century in England on a inexperienced wicket early on in your profession as an opener in Nottingham.
You had pure means however that alone wouldn’t survive on the worldwide stage. You put in quite a lot of work and quite a lot of effort to change into the participant you probably did and also you simply saved getting higher.
Congratulations as soon as once more on this totally deserved honour.
