Former India international Virender Sehwag recalled an incident where the legendary Sachin Tendulkar hit him with a bat for singing songs during a 2011 World Cup clash against South Africa.
Sehwag and Tendulkar were one of the best opening pairs in cricket at one point and were instrumental in India's victorios 2011 World Cup campaign.
In a group stage clash against South Africa during the tournament, the Indian opening pair got off to a flying start, adding 142 runs in just 18 overs before Sehwag got out for 73 off 66 balls. Sachin Tendulkar went on to score a century (111 off 101 balls) but a middle-order collapse meant that the Men in Blues were restricted to just 296 runs.
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The Proteas chased down the total in 49.4 overs and won the tie by three wickets.
What happened between Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar?
While commentating on an IPL 2023 match, Sehwag walked down memory lane and recalled the time when Tendulkar hit him with the bat and issued a warning against singing songs during a World Cup match.
India were in a comfortable position against South Africa after pacey start and Sehwag was humming old Hindi songs while Tendulkar, the more serious one wanted to have chats with his batting partner about the opposition bowling.
Tendulkar apparently did not appreciate Sehwag's carefree attitude on the pitch and smacked him with his bat and asked his junior to be a little serious. It was all in good humour as Sehwag laughed it off while describing the incident during commentary.
What did Virender Sehwag say about Sachin Tendulka?
We were playing against South Africa in 2011 World Cup. I was singing songs while batting and he was also in good touch that time. He had a habit of talking between overs, but I wasn't talking at all. I was only singing because that helps me concentrate. This continued for three overs. After fourth over, he came from behind and hit me with a bat. He said, 'tujhe Kishore Kumar bana dunga agar aise hi gaane gaata raha (I'll go crazy if you keep singing songs like this).
I was like, ‘we are batting so good. What's there to talk, let's keep it going!'. In 20 overs, we scored around 140-150 that time. When the over gets finished, he wants to talk about bowlers and their tactics… basically the cricketing things. But I don't care about that at all.
How did India perform at the 2011 World Cup?
India qualified for the knock-out stage finishing second in their group behind South Africa. They then defeated Australia in the quarter-final, Pakistan in the semi-final and finally beat Sri Lanka in the final to lift their second ODI World Cup trophy.
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