4 players who did well in Tests despite being touted as limited-overs specialists

#1 Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag

This is a story of not only a middle-order batsman succeeding in a role so obscure to him that he even had apprehensions before coming on-board but also of a leader who was not willing to let the talent of his youngster go waste just because he can't break into a middle-order which was packed with superstars. He was always ready to give his best, and back the youngsters when they needed a push in confidence.

The truth was Virender Sehwag wasn't able to break into India's middle-order despite scoring a hundred in his Test debut at Bloemfontein and had warmed the bench during the national side's Test series in the Caribbean in 2002. This is where Sourav Ganguly decided to draft Sehwag in the team as an opener for the series in England, a move that raised a lot of eyebrows at the time.

But Sehwag vindicated his skippers' decision by scoring a hundred at Trent Bridge and what followed after that was mayhem, a period of total destruction at the top that spanned for over a decade. From smashing the Pakistan bowlers - against whom he averaged above 90 - to decoding the mystery of Ajanta Mendis in 2008, Sehwag went on to become an opener whose successful transition from an ODI middle-order batsman to a Test opener is something every team is trying to emulate currently.

Test career: Matches - 104, Runs - 8586, Average - 49.34, Centuries - 23