BATTING. RAJNIKANT STYLE.


This morning, one of my friends mentioned Sehwag’s Magnum Opus as a performance befitting the South Indian superhero. I agree. Anyone who were lucky enough to have witnessed what unfolded yesterday at Indore would. The charismatic opener absolutely bludgeoned his way to a record breaking 219.

I’m sure, Darren Sammy and his men wouldn’t have even dreamt what they would be up against yesterday afternoon. It wasn’t as if the West Indian bowlers were bad. It was just that Sehwag’s game had moved notches above. The knock was absolutely entertaining. A slice from Bollywood. A regular in a Rajnikant movie. Making the impossible look like an everyday chore.

Sehwag went about his task a la Richards’ style.The original King of Cricket would be proud of him. Driving, cutting, pulling and flicking mercilessly. With the scantiest of respect to line, length and the reputation of the bowler. Watching him bat, one felt, as if, he was out there with a mission. With fear or pressure trespassing nowhere near the periphery of his mind.

It was a knock, where a batsman was in a position to dictate the line and length to the bowlers. Watching him., one just felt he made them bowl where he wanted them to. Or was he just good enough to make us believe that way?

Let’s not get too clinical in dissecting this great knock. Instead, let’s just surrender ourselves to the delirium that seems to have been created in our minds after what we witnessed yesterday. I am sure, Rajnikant would have.


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