those who think veeru scored only on slow track remember onday series of newzeland the fastest pitches on earth when no player from both sides scored more than 60 in that series veeru scored two centuries and 70 runs so he is much better player than fissadi indian batting on any pitch of the world .there are many more example like this
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by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 14, 2008 10:12 PM Permalink
You know how many centuries Sachin and Dravid have scored in Newzeland ? Get a life FOOL
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by PP Y on Jul 14, 2008 10:30 PM Permalink
Guyz though statistically it's unfair to compare to sehwag with tendulkar....but he's never been a technically sound batsman ( he belongs to the hand eye coordination bracket......and then his superhuman confidence.....any one who knows bowling can hit him on head and beat him with 2 outswingers....followed by an inside edge to pads...but it's not guranteed that he'll be cautious on the fifth ball....he'll stil atempt to hit you if the bowl demands......and more often than not this ploy succeeds and demoralizes the bowlers....for instance see his centuries ( 300's baffling heat in Multan and chennai....195 boxing day on a fresh fast pitch against lee and gillespie.....100 on debut ( overcast conditions....against SA IN sa).....100 on opening day seaming pitch of nottingham.....166 on a dreadful chennain wicket against mcgrath, lee , gillespie, warne and kasprowicz....when the next best score in the test was 60...160 on a fifth day adelaide wicket....success on skidding trampoline wickets of NZ..which are not fastest as the author above acclaims but a testament to batsmanship of highest class...seam swing overcast and nagging dibbly dobbly medium pacers.......a hunderd 180 in WI...150 ON BREAKING WICKET in mumbai...after all all of his last 10 hundereds are a score above 150 a feat which not even bradman cud achieve leave aside sachins and dravids.....so guys give the credit where it is due......let's hail VEERU as like RD n SRT he has his own niche in INDIAN CRICKET.
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by anand anand on Jul 14, 2008 10:51 PM Permalink
excellent.exactly what i feel.sachin may be sounder technically compared to viru but mentally viru miles ahead if sachin.count the number of times he has failed on tracks helpful to bowlers.may be once or twice he might have scored but mostly he fails.but viru is feared by bowlers world over.he has scored runs every where and agiant quickest bowlersand at a fast rate.above all as opener and he was not an opener to begin with.so definitely worth his place in world xi and we stop this nonsense of talking too much about tendulkar who is very uncomfortable against spin except against warne ia one season. let us give credit where it is due and enjoy the feeling of an indain in world xi selected by english.
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by Satyam Mishra on Jul 15, 2008 12:10 AM Permalink
i abolutely agree to the gentleman here.........he is one of the rare feats of international cricket as pitch quality, bowl shape (old or new) does not change his style of batting neither does it change his attitude towards the bowler and the opponent.
how about two 300plus scores by the only indian.....and one amongst 5 international batsmen.....including bradman........!!!!!!!! says a lot about his temprament.
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by hello,shiv here on Jul 15, 2008 12:28 AM Permalink
I had only Heard but knw i can Confirm that Indian fans have extremely short term memories..Sehwag being rated better than Sachin proves that ... how bout goin 12to 18 months bac in time when Sehwag was the most irresponsible batsman?
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by dheeraj on Jul 14, 2008 11:24 PM Permalink
even wid his stylish shots if he can win more matches to indians than sachin...whats the plot
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by aseem gupta on Jul 14, 2008 10:12 PM Permalink
i dont degrade sehwag and his credits but he can not be comapred to sachin and dravid as they both have better technique than him
