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<\/div>\nFile image of Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar.\u00a9 AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Virender Sehwag<\/a> was a genius who made people sit up and take note of his unorthodox, yet highly effective batting. His carefree nature along with solid hand-eye coordination meant that he scripted several memorable innings for the Indian cricket team. He was part of India’s 2007 T20 World Cup and 2011 World Cup-winning teams. He played 104 Tests (8586 runs), 251 ODIs (8273 runs) and 19 T20Is (394 runs). He played his last match for India in March 2013 against Australia in a Test.<\/p>\n He had a unique trait, unlike any other batter. While most other batters used to go into a shell while batting in the 90s, Sehwag did the exact opposite.<\/p>\n “I used to play tennis ball cricket where my mindset was to hit more runs through boundaries. I played with the same template in international cricket and used to calculate how many boundaries I need to score a century. If I am on 90 and to reach 100 if I take 10 balls then the opposition has 10 balls to get me out, which is why I used to go for boundaries and gave them only two balls to stop me from reaching the triple-figure mark. The risk percentage rate dropped from 100 to 20,” Sehwag said on News18 Chaupal<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sehwag recalled incidents when he went for big hits as he was approaching important landmarks, and the results were contrasting. And one of them resulted in a funny conversation with India legend Sachin Tendulkar<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I can recall the incident, we were in Australia and I hit Simon Katich<\/a> for a couple of sixes to reach 195 and went for another one to reach the 200 but I got dismissed. Unfortunately. We lost that Test match. During the Multan Test against Pakistan I hit 6-7 sixes while reaching the 100-run mark, then Sachin Tendulkar came into bat and he said if you hit a six now then I will hit you bat,” Sehwag said.<\/p>\n “I asked why? Then he told me, we lost the Test versus Australia because you went for six. I didn’t hit a six from 120 to 295 runs and then I told him that I will hit a six now to complete the triple century. Sachin said, ‘Are you mad? No one has hit a triple century for India.’ I replied no one has scored 295 also and I stepped out to hit Saqlain Mushtaq<\/a> for a six and reach 300. Sachin Tendulkar was happier than me after that.”<\/p>\n