Cricket Facts

1) He averages 10-12 runs more than Sourav and Laxman. But still he is not considered among the Fabulous players. (Why not Fab Five instead of Fab Four?). Is crossing 30 the major criteria for this?.......lol


2) He(60 matches) has sored as many centuries(15) as Ganguly(109 matches) and 3 more than Laxman(96 matches). His average hundred is 199.28 which is the highest after Bradman's 234.47. When he gets a 100 he gets them big inspite of scoring centuries more frequently than others.


3) If any opposition captain is given a choice to claim a free wicket they would definetly prefer Sehwag rather than Sourav, Laxman. (It will be a close call between Sachin, Dravid and Sehwag).


4) Another important reason that might be working against him is that he is yet to score a century against Zimbabwe and Bangladesh like the others in Fab 4 list.....lol.

5) Whenever he scores a century, the same old comment will be raised........FLAT SUBCONTINENT PITCH. I want to know in which countries are Adelaide, Melbourne, Nottingham, Gross Islet, Blomfontein.....whether in India or in SL or else in Pakistan?


6) No one said (and will say in future) Sachin scored 194 on a flat track(Multan) and also Dravid scored 270 on a flat Rawalpindi pitch in the same series when Sehwag scored 309.
Should he also score a century facing 200 balls like others giving the impression the pitch is difficult to bat on? We saw Sachin struggling to get to 200 quickly even on that flat pitch which resulted in a declaration.

7) He scored a 300 at Multan(which no Indian has ever done before)....Instead of being proud of it........comment: the pitch was flat, he was lucky to survive some chances.
Tell me whether Sehwag is the only batsman to have played in Multan or in general on a flat surface? I would like to know the players who have scored triple tons in really tough and testing conditions. He scored those runs against Shoaib(fastest bowler) and Saqlain(one of the finest off-spinners ever).
Coming to chances, agreed that he survived two tough chances when on 70 odd and 90 odd. Two flew between slip and keeper which cant be considered as chances. Is any one sitting in front of TV sets watching all the matches that are played around and tracking the number of chances a batsman gets in the process? Everybody gets chances, if not today may be tomorrow.

8) He scored a 300 once again at Chennai.....once again comment: The pitch was very flat.
People forget how hot and humid it was and the bowling line up of SA is currently the best including Steyn, Ntini and Morkel. The more important thing is that India were chasing 540 which the SA'ns had already posted in the first innings. This huge score will itself lead to a panic most of the times irrespective of the flatness of the track (Ex: Pak lost the Multan match by innings even though the pitch was flat throughout the five days)

9) People talk about his consistency becoz they never remember his 30's and 40's just becoz he will get them in no time and get out even before some switch on their TV sets. This is not the same case with the others because they spend more time at the crease even if finally they end up scoring the same 30's and 40's. This makes people remember their scores. The more they see their heros at the crease the more they admire them.
These reasons are more than enough to consider Viru as one of the best(atleast if not the best) batsmen of all times.
I am sure he will be the best by the time he retires.