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Scintillating. Devastating. Brutal. Heart-breaking. Demoralizing. Inspiring. All words to describe how fans, colleagues and opponents would describe Virender Sehwag’s latest exploits in the IPL. Sehwag produced yet another master-stroke of an innings as yet again he took won a game single-handedly for his team. I wonder why he doesn’t play like this more often in the longer format as well.
Chasing 176 in a must-win game, Delhi started off poorly losing Aaron Finch of the second ball. Naman Ojha and Venugopal Rao followed soon after and the team was heading for a disaster. At 25/3, Sehwag unleashed what can only be described as a hurricane. He ended up scoring 119 off Delhi’s 153 when he got out. Such was the dominance of this man that Ishan Malhotra, in his debut match, got to bowl only 1 over.
Setting a field for Sehwag is a nightmare for the opposing captain. Looks like both Sri Lankans, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakarra, now would be hoping to leave the IPL for their tour to England.
Delhi would be hoping that their talisman can continue in this form and lead them to an unlikely spot in the final four. Hopefully, for all Delhi and Sehwag fans, he can do so.
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