I think, I got it too late: Sehwag on his induction in ICC's 'Hall of Fame'

Known for his straightfaced humour former India opener Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said that his induction into the ICCs Hall of Fame has happened too late Sehwag along with former Indian womens team skipper Diana Edulji and Sri Lankan legend Aravinda de Silva were made members of ICC Hall of Fame for their stellar achievements during their playing careerAlso ReadKane Williamson We are excited about the challenge aheadI think I am too late quipped Sehwag when former West Indies bowler Ian Bishop asked him about his thoughts to be part of the ICC Hall Of Fame One of the most destructive batters of the modern era Sehwag donned India colours between 1999 and 2013 He scored a total of 23 Test centuries during his illustrious career the fifth most by an India mens player His highest score of 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008 the best of any Indian player ever During his conversation with Bishop Sehwag touched upon a number of milestones of his career including his first ODI match his first Test match his promotion from middleorder to opening the innings in both ODIs and Test cricketAlso ReadICC World Cup 2023 IND vs NZ Players with most wicketsSehwag who accumulated 8586 runs from 104 Tests at an average of 4934 and also took 40 wickets during his Test career which spanned from 20012013 revealed the role of Zaheer Khan in his promotion as an opener Everybody thinks it was Sourav Ganguly that thought of making him open the innings but it was Zaheer Khan who came up with that suggestion first He told Ganguly to make me open the innings said Sehwag The 45yearold totalled 8273 runs for India in 50over cricket at an average of 3505 and his 219 against the West Indies in Indore in 2011 remains the thirdhighest score achieved by a male cricketer in ODI Sehwag said he always believed in the philosophy of see the ball hit the ballI was not somebody who believes in watch the ball play the ball There were players like Sachin Tendulkar Rahul Dravid VVS Laxman all legends who were doing that So I had to be different from them and that is also the reason why I never thought of changing my style of play Talking about being dropped from the side around 2007 Sehwag said Here was a guy who has scored a triple hundred was sitting at home and watching it on TV players scoring 3040 runs in the match I missed 1011 matches I have to thank Anil Kumble for bringing me back into the teamThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever