5 instances when Virender Sehwag's words were as outrageous as his strokes

#2 Sehwag on spinners

Sehwag stood tall and scored a magnificent 201 when others fell pray to the guile of Mendis

When India’s star opener was asked about how he was the only Indian batsman who dominated Sri Lanka’s mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis during the tour of Sri Lanka in 2008, Sehwag nonchalantly said,

”Bhaisaab, spinner ko spinner batsmen banata hein! Agar use aap ball spin hi naa karne do, aur pehli hi over me use bahar pheink do, who zindagi bhar spin nahi karenga!” [A spinner is made by batsmen. If the batsman does not allow the ball to spin and throw him out of the ground, he will not spin the ball all his life!] Sehwag then also added that he never considered a spinner a bowler.

The spectators also witnessed numerous glimpses of Sehwag’s attitude towards the spinners during his playing days. One famous incident has to be the one when he hit Pakistan’s premier off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq for a six when he was batting on 294 and completed a triple hundred.