Cricket All-Stars Series: Virender Sehwag Hits A Six While Singing 'Kaise Bataayein ki Tujhko Chaahe'
During his heydays, Sir Vivian Richards would whistle while facing fast bowlers. In the modern era, Virender Sehwag was known to match Sir Viv for his playing style. However, during the Cricket All-Stars Game between Sachin's Blasters and Warne's Warriors in Los Angeles, Sehwag took the coolness quotient to an all new level by emulating The King.
Virender Sehwag was renowned as an aggressor and a dasher during his international career. Now, he can add the tags of Singer and Mr. Cool to his personality. During the Cricket All-Stars Twenty20 game between Sachin's Blasters and Warne's Warriors in Los Angeles, Sehwag gave the audience a thrilling moment. (Warne's Warriors Sweep Sachin's Blasters 3-0 in Cricket All-Stars)
In the third over of the Twenty20 game, Sehwag was facing South African bowler Allan Donald. As the bowler started his run-up, Sehwag was humming the song, "Kaise bataayein ke tujhko chaahe yaara batana paaye" from the 2009 film Ajab Prem ki Gazab Kahani which starred Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif. While humming the song, Donald bowled onto the pads and Sehwag launched him into the stands at deep mid wicket. Here is a video of the incident (Video Courtesy: Cricket All-Stars Facebook)
Virender Sehwag - SIX!!! Flicked over square leg. Sachin Blasters 48/0 in 3 Overs.
Posted by Cricket All Stars on Saturday, 14 November 2015
Sehwag had a good outing in the three-match Twenty20 series, scoring 55, 16 and 27. In the final match, he smashed three fours and two sixes as he blazed away to a fifty-run opening partnership with Sachin Tendulkar.
Sehwag, who has been compared to Sir Vivian Richards for his playing style, has actually emulated 'The King'. In Richards' playing days, the dashing West Indies batsman would whistle calmly while facing the bowlers. In 2015, Sehwag has taken it one step ahead by singing while facing a hostile bowler.
The Cricket-All Stars tournament had a lot of glamour, glitz and star power. Sehwag's coolness quotient has given the fans a lasting memory of the event.