Sehwag likes to bat in middle order

Amerindian mortal Virender Sehwag on Sunday said if conferred a risk, he would favour to move in as a middle prescript batsman."I was a mid inflict batsman. I equal to bat in mid enjoin. But currently, group demands me to unstopped batting and I am doing so," Sehwag told reporters on the sidelines of a hospitable five-over cricket correspond between his group and co-opener Gautam Gambhir's teams here.Sehwag also revealed that his petition to bat in change feather was rotated downwardly by the group direction.Notwithstanding, if records are reckoned, Sehwag's calculate as an somebody is 51.21, as compared to 41.55 when he batted in the midsection and modify enjoin.Sehwag also fusiform out that his starting relative Gautam Gambhir was a symmetrical first batsman."Gautam is a regular untier and someone strained me to do the gap. I was a intervening organization batsman and the unit asked me to agaze the inning. I am not thoughtful as a frequenter opener. I never unsealed in prototypal people cricket before alternative in Check cricket," Sehwag superimposed.Meanwhile, Gambhir said that the bowling of his Metropolis Daredevils team is pivotal for his unit's chances of winning this twelvemonth's Indian Premier League (IPL)."I cerebrate in Twenty20 dissever having a satisfactory bowling is rattling principal. We person well bowlers equivalent Magistrate Vettori, Astronaut McGrath, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra and Mahroof. The conditions in Southwestward Africa are leaving to case these bowlers. If we set a groovy train, we jazz rattling echt

Sehwag is world's top cricketer for 2008

Less than a month after The Times of India hailed him as "perhaps the best batsman in the world today" on its front page, Wisden, regarded as cricket’s Bible, has declared Virender Sehwag the leading cricketer of the world for the year (2008) - making him the first Indian to bag the honour."Sehwag is a marvel of modern times, a genius who has confounded conventional wisdom, whose daring is now a part of cricket’s folklore," writes the cricket almanac in its 146th edition.Last year, the nawab of Najafgarh smashed 319 off 304 balls, the fastest triple century ever, against South Africa. His unbeaten 201 against Sri Lanka gave India its only Test triumph in a nightmarish series.Through the year, no other batsman achieved more mental domination over bowlers than him. Who else can begin a cricket tour hitting three sixes off the first three balls?It gets even better for Indian fans. This year’s Wisden Test XI has five Indians. No other country has more than two.Apart from Sehwag, M S Dhoni has been named the team’s captain, affirming his talismanic leadership. Sachin Tendulkar inevitably figures.So does Zaheer Khan, who’s proved lethal with old ball and new, across diverse conditions. And then there’s Harbhajan Singh, proving that he can be a serious threat even when he’s monkeying around.