THE SIMPLEST PHILOSOPHY

"I have bat, ball is there, I hit. Very simple, no?"

THE ANTI-METHOD

Step 1See the ball

Step 2Hit the ball

Step 3There is no step 3

NO COMPLICATIONS. NO OVERTHINKING. JUST DESTRUCTION.

WHAT COACHES SAID VS WHAT SEHWAG DID

COACHES SAID

Play with soft hands

SEHWAG DID

Smashed it harder

COACHES SAID

Respect the new ball

SEHWAG DID

Hit it for four

COACHES SAID

Watch the field

SEHWAG DID

Didn't bother

COACHES SAID

Build an innings

SEHWAG DID

Started at 100 SR

THE UPPER CUT

SIGNATURE DESTRUCTION

BALL TYPEFast, short, outside off

RESULTSIX OVER THIRD MAN

BOWLER REACTIONDisbelief

"Most batsmen duck. Sehwag hits it for six. That's the difference."

STRIKE RATE ANALYSIS

TEST CRICKET

82.23

REVOLUTIONARY FOR OPENER

ODI CRICKET

104.33

EXPECTED DESTRUCTION

THE REVOLUTION

Attacked in Tests like others attack in T20s

NORMAL OPENER

~45 SR

SEHWAG

82.23

DIFFERENCE

+37 SR

THE MIND

∅

EMPTY

That's the point

No demons. No doubts. Just ball and bat.

WHAT THEY SAID

"He made Test cricket look like a video game."

— Commentator

"I gave up coaching him. He just hits."

— Coach

"You can't set a field for him."

— Captain