Former Indian cricketer Aakash Chopra shared an amusing and interesting anecdote about his opening partner and batting legend Virender Sehwag, highlighting the batter’s unfiltered and straight approach towards things in sport and life alike.

Aakash was speaking on ‘The Great Indian Cricket Show’ on Doordarshan.

Chopra recalled during the show, “Sehwag used to talk very seriously, but it always turned funny on its own. Once, Dada (Sourav Ganguly), who was also his captain, was upset with the media for not writing positive things. Sehwag told him, ‘Understand one thing – if you do not score runs, people will say you played badly. If you make runs, they will praise you. So why is it so difficult? Just score runs.'”

Chopra added, “That is Sehwag. You call it a mic drop moment or just effort

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