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Here is an excellent compilation of \u201cSehwagisms\u201d<\/a> \u2013 quotes from Sehwag which show his mindset.\u00a0 He is unique in the way he expresses with his bat.\u00a0 Although modeled around Sachin Tendulkar, he is very different and in some ways better than Tendulkar himself \u2013 highest number of Triple century scorer for example.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeh bowling kar raha hai ya bheekh maang raha hai?<\/em> [Is he bowling or begging?]\u201d
\nTo Pakistan close-in fielders after Shoaib Akhtar<\/strong>\u2018s continuous sledging, asking Sehwag to hook. Even Shoaib\u2019s team-mates couldn\u2019t keep from laughing. Multan, 2003-04<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI was batting on 291 at Chepauk, against South Africa. I told Paul Harris: \u2018Come round the wicket and first ball I\u2019ll hit you for a six.\u2019 He accepted my challenge and the very first ball I hit him for a straight six, and there was a long-off, long-on, deep midwicket and a deep point. I was so tired and he was bowling on the pads and I was getting bored. So rather than spending 10-15 minutes to get to the triple-century I gave him good advice.\u201d
\nOn Paul Harris<\/strong>. Chennai, 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThey are bowling into my body, and I\u2019m playing my hook and flick shots to get boundaries. There is no other [effective] way they can bowl to me.\u201d
\nOn New Zealand bowlers<\/strong>, whom he admitted to feeling sorry for. Hamilton, 2008-09<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBoycott can say what he wants. He once batted the whole day and hit just one four.\u201d On Geoff Boycott<\/strong>, who had referred to him as \u201ctalented but brainless\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, I don\u2019t know anything about them. I haven\u2019t even heard about them.\u201d
\nOn Vinoo Mankad and Pankaj Roy<\/strong> after narrowly missing their world record for the highest opening partnership in Tests. Lahore, 2005-06<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOur bank balance.\u201d
\nWhen asked for 343867th time what was the difference between him and Sachin Tendulkar<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s soft, but that\u2019s the way we are.\u201d
\nOn his decision to withdraw the appeal for mankading against Lahiru Thirimanne<\/strong>. Brisbane, 2011-12<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBall ka ghar hai boundary, wahan usay pahunchao<\/em> [The ball lives beyond that boundary, keep sending it there]\u201d In an advert series titled \u201cSehwag Ke Thande Funde<\/strong>\u201d [Sehwag\u2019s cool fundas]<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the dressing room they told me I was hitting the good balls too, but if you look at it my way, I hit only the bad ones.\u201d On his 284 not out<\/strong> in less than a day. Brabourne Stadium, 2009-10<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNo, there is no danger. We are the most dangerous batsmen in the world.\u201d
\nTo security people in Durban<\/strong> who insisted he and Gautam Gambhir not walk out on their own late in the evening<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously when you are on 94, you can get there with just a six.\u201d
\nTo Paddy Upton and Eric Simons<\/strong> on what advice he gave VVS Laxman when he was on 94. Sehwag was running for the injured Laxman. P Sara Oval, 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to work hard to take 20 English wickets. They are not Bangladesh.\u201d
\nOn England<\/strong>; his appraisal of Bangladesh<\/a> hadn\u2019t changed. Ahmedabad, 2012-13<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"