5 reasons why we miss Virender Sehwag

#3 He was clever and came up with intelligent ideas

Sehwag and Kumble share a light joke in their heydays

Sehwag was a sharp observer, and when he advised the skipper, the latter would have to oblige. Remember that match from January 2008?

If it had not been for Virender Sehwag's advice, Ishant Sharma may just have missed the chance to get the crucial wicket of Ricky Ponting, which turned the game in India's favour. Skipper Anil Kumble was all set to remove Ishant from the attack when the stump microphones recorded an interesting conversation Kumble had with Sehwag.

Sehwag walked up to Kumble and advised him to persist with Ishant as Ponting was having a bad time facing the then 19-year-old pacer.

"Meri baat maano... Ponting strike par hai aur ladka (Ishant) rhythm mein hai,” (Trust me, Ponting is on the strike and Ishant is in rhythm) were Sehwag's words of wisdom.

Paying heed to the advice, Kumble asked Ishant, "Ek aur karega?” (Will you bowl one more over?)

Ishant replied, "Haan Karoonga” (Will do) and got Ponting caught behind of the very first ball of that extra over. That’s Viru Paaji for you!