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Veeru, Veeru, Veeru, Oi, Oi, Oi !!!

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Brutal Veeru Sublime Veeru Viv like Veeru But most importantly, Focussed Veeru!! Though this innings of Virender Sehwag came against a reasonable rather than testing bowling and a feather-bed of a wicket, the way in which he approached it, indicates that if this player puts his mind to it, he can break all possible records in the annals of this game. To me, this puts Veeru right besides my most favourite batsman of all time, Viv Richards. There is lot more to Veeru than mere statistics, but they do tell something. Look at the following charts and it will show how Veeru is the most non-discriminating batsmen ever. He does not discriminate against any type of bowling, conditions, match situations and most importantly, the state of his own innings. He treats all same...one-dimensionally. If a ball is bowled, it is meant to be hit! And he rarely hits a shot in anger....he doesn't need to. He started off a little circumspectly, as his first 50 runs came off 41 balls or a