Sourav Ganguly, the former India captain, has said that Virender Sehwag is the `greatest opener’ India has ever had since Sunil Gavaskar. This opinion was disclosed in the trailer of the upcoming Netflix series The Greatest Rivalry: India vs Pakistan, which will be out on February 7.
On Wednesday, January 29, a 2-minute and 13-second promotional video was released on Netflix’s official social media handles. It went instantly viral, with Ganguly’s big shout at Sehwag catching everyone’s keen eyes of Indian cricket fans on social media. Screenshot of that statement is highly circulated on the web.
In the trailer, Ganguly states, “Virender Sehwag has been the greatest opener after Sunil Gavaskar.”
Sehwag has scored 8586 Test runs, 8273 ODI runs, and 394 T20I runs with an incredibly destructive aggression and outstanding entertainment as contemporary cricket’s most exciting opener. He brought glory elements to the 38 centuries and 70 half-centuries.
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He is the first and only man ever to land 7500-plus runs as an opener in both Tests and ODIs in international cricket.
At that time, Gavaskar had been operating, when Test cricket was given the utmost importance. He scored 10122 runs for India with the longest format and had 3092 in ODIs. He is considered to be the first complete batter of India and stood like a rock against the pace and spin greats of the world.
The trailer also showcased statements from Sehwag and Ganguly on how Pakistan used to employ reverse swing, with their bowlers hiding the variations they delivered.
In Sehwag’s words: “The entire Pakistan side is very capable of scratching up the new ball and generating reverse-swing because even if the ball has been scratched, torn, or worn on one side, the other side is shining. Pay attention to the bright side of the ball; if shine is on the left side, it’ll swing away; right-hand movement is when the shine is on the right side.”
Ganguly commented: “They used to hide the ball while running. If you just looked at their action or their run-up, they’d keep it hidden from the batsman sighting the ball in front of them and then at the last moment, it would change.”
