"To reach & sustain No.1 spot tough"

by Sethu Maathavan    January 17, 2009

Virender Sehwag said "I think it's going to be difficult to become the number one side because we still have Australia and South Africa ahead of us. And as the saying goes, sustaining your place at the top is always more difficult than reaching there,"

"As of now, if we win the series against New Zealand, we might have a chance to become the number one. But once you get there, you have to make sure that you don't lose a match and a series. So it will be quite difficult to sustain," he said and added "But we are ready for the challenge."

"I always dreamt of playing against McGrath but got just one series at home. There I found I could not hit him for a boundary whenever I wanted, he kept such tight line and length", he said.

"Against Murali too, I realised you have to wait for a bad ball or find a vacant area to hit a four," Sehwag said.

"Otherwise there is not a bowler whom I cannot hit for a four if I want," he said.

"To be honest, during the Lanka tour, I was more worried about Murali and his doosra," Sehwag said.

Sehwag said, "During that knock, I was picking his deliveries off the hand and got to know which ball he would bowl".

"Besides, I was attacking him as well. When you attack a bowler, it creates doubt in his mind.”

“I was hitting him through covers and picked his googly and off-spin quite well, hitting him through long on and deep mid-wicket.”

"I was backing myself and when I back myself, I can hit boundaries at will, no matter where you station the fielders," he said.

"So many people ask me which one is my best knock and I point to this one. I carried my bat through to emulate Sunil Gavaskar", he said.

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