{"id":7438,"date":"2025-08-26T14:52:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/2025\/08\/26\/sachin-tendulkar-reveals-why-running-with-virender-sehwag-was-a-nightmare-viru-ko-bhagana-mushkil-hi-nahi-cricket-news\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:52:35","slug":"sachin-tendulkar-reveals-why-running-with-virender-sehwag-was-a-nightmare-viru-ko-bhagana-mushkil-hi-nahi-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sochtimes.com\/hi\/2025\/08\/26\/sachin-tendulkar-reveals-why-running-with-virender-sehwag-was-a-nightmare-viru-ko-bhagana-mushkil-hi-nahi-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sachin Tendulkar reveals why running with Virender Sehwag was a nightmare: &#8216;Viru ko bhagana mushkil hi nahi &#8230; &#8216; | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-123528114,imgsize-53908,width-400,resizemode-4\/123528114.jpg\" alt=\"Sachin Tendulkar reveals why running with Virender Sehwag was a nightmare: 'Viru ko bhagana mushkil hi nahi ... '\" title=\"Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag (AFP Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag (AFP Photo)\">Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag (AFP Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sachin-tendulkar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> fielded a wide range of questions from fans during a Q&amp;A session on the social media platform Reddit. When one fan asked him who was the toughest to run with between the wickets, Tendulkar named <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/virender-sehwag\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Virender Sehwag<\/a>, explaining that Sehwag mostly dealt in boundaries.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Tendulkar and Sehwag formed one of India\u2019s most successful opening pairs in limited-overs cricket. Statistically, they are fourth on India\u2019s list of highest run-scoring ODI partnerships, with 4,387 runs in 112 innings at an average of 39.16, including 13 century stands and 18 fifty-plus partnerships.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>What Sachin Tendulkar said on not having a century at Lord&#8217;s<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>The fan\u2019s question was: &#8220;Hi Sachin Sir, Big fan of your&#8217;s from Patna, Bihar. My Ques is &#8211; With which batsman, you found running between the wickets toughest and easiest respectively?&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>To this, Tendulkar replied: &#8220;Viru ko bhagana mushkil hi nahi namumkin tha kyunki woh chakkon aur chaukon mein deal karta tha!&#8221; (To make Viru run was not only difficult but impossible because he would only deal in sixes and fours.)<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/><\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\".\" msid=\"123528131\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/imgsize-23456,msid-123528131,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Sachin Tendulkar, widely regarded as one of cricket\u2019s greatest batters, built a career defined by remarkable consistency and longevity.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>In Test cricket, he played 200 matches, scoring 15,921 runs at an average of 53.78, with 51 centuries, 68 fifties, a highest score of 248 not out, and 115 catches.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>In ODIs, his numbers were equally staggering: 463 matches, 18,426 runs, an average of 44.83, and a strike rate of 86.23. He scored 49 centuries, including the first-ever men\u2019s ODI double hundred (*200), along with over 2,000 fours and 195 sixes. 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