My XI Ian Chappell: Virender Sehwag, 195 v Australia, 2003 - 'Classic see-ball, hit-ball batsman'

Ian Chappell picks the eleven most memorable centuries that he has seen.
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[@tejasnatu90]

When Ian Chappell says he loves a player so much, that is a huge compliment indeed.

[@DARKKNIGHT-ur7uz]

What a way to tell a Cricket Story.. Ian Chappell one of the best 'CRICKET STORY TELLER'

[@PrakashChandra766]

The man who forced me to love test cricket, contributed a lot to national team in every format got retired silently. And BCCI couldn't even provide him a proper send off. Shame.

[@gauravpatwal5276]

Agree from you bro....

[@nrz_rzk]

Same with yuvraj Ab Dhoni k sath v aisa hi krne wale h ye BCCI

[@filmwale5188]

Same with gambhir sehwag yuvraj harbhajan simply they rejected whole of 2011 champion players except few

[@sibghatmansoor5125]

Shame.

[@parikshitrao4208]

@@nrz_rzk Bhai dhoni retire hone ka decision toh le. Phir hi to send off denge wo to ja hi Nahi Raha hay

[@roshan11140]

Sehwag is single handedly responsible for inspiring generations to play their natural game... Warner, Roy, Sharma, Agarwal, Shaw, Stirling are heirs of Sehwag💕💕💞

[@shettyquityhere5823]

Even messi, carlsen and neymar

[@puckpuck18]

Almost the average of 50 in test's 100's-23 200's-6 300's-2 Absolute legend of the game

[@aratrikghosh2717]

And a strike rate of 84.5

[@fanboy8026]

@@aratrikghosh2717 odi SR in test match

[@aratrikghosh2717]

@@fanboy8026 haha very true that's viru for you his test strike rate was more than some of the players odi strike rate of that era

[@TheAbirindia]

He has a 295 right?

[@rajazubair.5955]

Do mention strike rate. 84+

[@zeefudeking]

sehwag was one of the two reason why i watched cricket

[@nikhilbansal1533]

Other was the Sachin

[@mohitsn519]

hehe...same here :D

[@zeefudeking]

+Mohit Kumar Saini wish he was given a farewell .. as I look back we were all fortunate to watch him tear apart great bowling attacks around the world.

[@krishnaannam7897]

Same !!!!!

[@SilentHotdog28]

India had Sehwag and Australia had Hayden, both tore up bowling attacks around the world, they are certainly my 2 favourite openers and possibly the 2 greatest of all time.

[@ashishmitra7640]

Sehwag actually changed the whole test cricket. He is a revolutionary cricketer.

[@Bernie8330]

I wish I had a dollar for every player that has been credited by someone somewhere with 'having changed test cricket' ....

[@srinivasgowda1807]

Yes

[@pranayprateek5912]

Sehwag, Dravid, Tendulkar, Laxman, Ganguly. That was some batting line up. Don't think India will have that kind of line up ever again.

[@8319-x6z]

Agree

[@8a2-i2o]

Had they had a ishant or a shami with zak agarkar we wud have been top class

[@atulkothari1999]

Yuvraj & Dhoni

[@suresh2441]

sehwag changed the cricket approach always loved to watch while he is batting

[@narayave]

+Suresh Addanki Yeap .. long before the T20 craze picked up ...

[@esucil]

Dude it was sanath jayasuriya who changed the game.. thank him for no more boring starts to innings, T 20 , more results based games.. sehwag, gilly etc were then played up the order because they realised how devastating they can be

[@mikespearwood3914]

esucil true. It was the 96 WC winning Sri lankans with Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana opening that changed cricket and paved the way for T20.

[@sirlordhenrymortimer6620]

Before sehwag their was Gilchrist and before him there was SIR VIV

[@AshwaniKumar-gh1bx]

@@sirlordhenrymortimer6620 Gilchrist was contemporary.. Sehwag was a on opener..most aggressive one at that..

[@umedavk2011]

I love listening to Ian Chappell's views on cricket. Thanks for the upload.

[@akaranbir]

give me one batsman who can jump out for a six on 295

[@jayfloramusic]

Brendon McCullum lol, and the same score on Boxing Day.

[@akaranbir]

yes until mcculum did it

[@wal33dtube]

Lara jumped out for a 6 at 374 to tie and eventually break the Hayden record.

[@karthikkamath7507]

+Jay Flora NO. McCullum has scored only a single triple ton till date and that was not scored in a day. he took 500 odd balls to get there

[@karthikkamath7507]

the only indian to be out stumped on 99

[@brianvittachi6869]

In my favorite XI Sehwag would be my first choice as opener. Then Matthew Hayden.

[@dinakarvelagala845]

Sehwag is real entertainer. He scores and entertains Cricket viewers in Ground and on TV.

[@abhishekudawant2918]

Sehwag is a Legendary Batsman I have ever seen in cricket.

[@freddiegg7292]

First time ever i saw Ian chappel smiling ..

[@mayurshesh9450]

Freddie GG Courtesy of VIRENDER SEHWAG 😎😎🇮🇳🤘

[@letsrumble8933]

Sehwag is a Legend The most dangerous destructive player in all forms of cricket Strike Rate in Tests - 85, Odi-100, t20-150 Compare with devilliers, Gayle Warner Tests-53, Odi-100, t20-140 He averaged 50 in tests 8500 runs striking at 85 2 triples, 6 doubles

He is an amazing player with amazing ability and talent. There is an interview or Ashwin where he says - his secret to getting shehwag out was to bowl bad balls to him. Because the better you bowl to him, he takes it as a challenge and the harder he hits you 😂. No joke.. That's the courage Ian is talking about here.

[@surendrasharmaignou]

Sehwag is one and only lion. Cricket is very boring without him

[@arunkumar-xx5oc]

such a good storyteller he is !

[@sadynasty]

Sehwag is one of the best opening batsman cricket have ever played...he is the best...I have seen what a wanderful entertainer..super super player...he only plays one way..go and bashshed bowlers

[@andrewenglish2901]

Sehwags innings was one of the best ive seen. The foundation of it was his play through the off side. Upper cuts to 3rd man and cut shots through point. He batted leg side of the wicket,Australia kept bowling it into his wheelhouse and he kept smashing it. Awesome.

[@abcrk1]

Sehwag scored 2 triple centuries (Steyn,Ntini, Morkel) & In Multan(Shoib aktar,Sami, Saqulain) . He made triple centuries in 4 session.

[@ayyappalaksh2290]

Noone has an attitude like sehwag. He s amazing

[@annasemisomberi]

Sehwag's 202 at Galle is the wonderful knock! He single handedly neutralized the Lankan bowlers especially A Mendis!

[@sghai948]

Hats off to Hon'ble Ian Chappell & Greg Chappell for their immense contributions to Int'l cricket 🏏 🏏 ... Honestly speaking, India opener Viru Sehwag is class apart (..and also so is VVS Laxman ) 🏏 🏏 👏 👏 👍 👍

[@harshbhatt5249]

I don't like test cricket, but when viru paji used to play, I fell in love with test cricket and I still watch his old clips on KZbin.❤️❤️

[@subratmallick5082]

Shewag only knows offense is better than defense

[@mikespearwood3914]

Like Brendon McCullum.

[@invincibleanon3712]

@@mikespearwood3914 yeah. But B Mac did that in white ball cricket only. Not in tests.

[@tbp33911]

@@invincibleanon3712 he has a 300 against India and the fastest test century of all time.

[@cheesemccheese5780]

@PP - 09AS 704228 Jean Augustine SS That is just a bold face lie. His average was 38.64.

[@cheesemccheese5780]

@SyphorX Did I say Mccullum was better. No. I was just saying what that guy said was a lie.

[@jeremygraves1720]

I love Virender and I love Ian Chappell

[@michaelparadisis4076]

Sehwag was really something. Great compliment from Ian Chappell.

[@karthikeyans3583]

Ian well knew the worth of Sehwag, Test cricket failed to produce such a attacking opening batsman since his adieu. Mccullm played a few bu not as equal as Viru bhai. ❤️

[@rohitsinghshengerrohitsing1663]

love watching sehwag play

[@FrenchCutcricket]

I'm always a massive Sehwag fan since I was a kid

[@OmkarDadwal]

I agree and that is why I hate Sri Lanka. Pure jealously when on 99 in a ODI they purposely bowled a no ball even though he smashed it for 6 so Sehwag was stranded 1 short of century. Just as bad as the under arm incident

[@chandramohang2652]

Thanks to my old alarm watch lol I was able to this live , poor stuart mcgail he was like who is this guy lol

[@TheIkaraCult]

I love how Ian talks about Sewag, its not just about the innings in question, its about the Batsman he was as a whole

[@t-kon846]

One word for Entertainment world...."A little thing of beauty is joy forever-John Keats"____I am not fan of cricket but I am a big fan of beauty which can blow our mind such a way forever. If I can say about Cricket world, then can state that, the only player who made us joy by showing beauty with every single moment as long as the man been on the ground. Sir Virender Sehwag. If we review our cricket world from the beginning to the end, there got enormous iconic player who played decades after decades and made them greatest such as an example, Sir Don Bradman, Sir Viv Ricahards, Sir Brian Lara, Sir Sachin Tendulker etc and more. Yet you should observe the Cricket is about 3 format of game. Nobody could show the beauty of aggressive in every single moment by hitting every single ball with the most tremendous style that ever born in cricket history. Though we can compare his style with Sir Sachin Tendulker but Sir Sachin always played with smooth beauty style all over the ground like magical way that is full of beauty package. That's why he is legend. Yet, the material point is, the way Sir Sachin played & Sir Virender Sehwag played the same way but the difference is Sir SACHIN played with smooth tremendously and Sir VIRENDER SEHWAG played same like that style with hammer shot perfectly in every single ball, no matter what types of format it is, TEST, ODI, or T20. Sir Virender Sehwag did change the modern cricket world by his plenty of fearful batting style. That is very to rare to see & learn the lesson of Cricket book. Respect and enormous love for Sir Virender Sehwag.

[@OmkarDadwal]

I would love to have a cricketing conversation with Ian Chappell. A man that talks sense and speaks his mind.

[@prabhakarsagar3261]

Most destructive opening batsman in the world we Lucky we gotten sehwag in our team india .. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 No fikar No fear Nothing Bat flowed in his style always been

[@shrikaragr6941]

My childhood hero..

[@flatoutt1]

gather round people i'll tell you a story .and man can this bloke tell us a story. he adds to the game of cricket world wide ,with an aussie flavour [which is totally unique and spices things up ] with his unique ability [because he's such a student of the game and such a nuanced eye he can dig in to the things we miss and pull out the gold and shows us ] thanks Ian. absolutely marvelous a great aussie patriot who speaks up when we need it. absolutely love and respect his fairness regarding his fellow man, with his UNHCR work and calling attention to how we treat some boat people with our detention policies

[@hareshdagur8670]

Viru ❤

[@Right1512]

When chappelli tells war stories, you just drop everything else and listen...

[@vinniche]

Best analysis. I can hear him all day 🙂. He's an excellent story teller.

[@BinaryRex18]

Sehwag and WG are the only two truly attacking openers I can think of. As usual, Chappelli is right... what an asset to have someone like that in your team.

[@rajuji1405]

Ian chappel is so articulate n so very correct !

[@akhileshputhu]

Thanks for accurate subtitles it helps a lot 🤣🤣

[@cullyx2913]

Sehwag and Gordon Greenidge my all time favourite openers.

[@gopalakrishnanr525]

I can remember many matches I switched the channel after Sehwag getting out ❤️ specially in Test matches. Miss u Viru ❤️

[@sadenb]

sehwag the boss

[@shubhankarbanik1873]

Love u viru & miss u so much

[@sibghatmansoor5125]

He only struggled against macgrath and swinging ball in England late in his career.Great batsman.

[@mohanlal-tw5lp]

perhaps the only batsman in test history who might be regarded as an 'ALL TIME GREAT' despite having very moderate record in 3 of the 8 nations in which he played.Reasons... his other specialities...str: of 82.23 combined with 49.34 average for an opener & several beastly mammoth inns . Again, if he was properly managed, he could have got even that country wise record up to the mark.He started with a bang in SAF & ENG only to fall apart subsequently due to mismanagement.

[@mastergknowledgetv2925]

1:10 real words... 🙏🙏🙏

[@kumarselva7034]

King of opening. Forever

[@maggieznoodles]

Ian Chappell is a solid raconteur

[@abhoyable]

I am an Indian! I consider myself quite literate about cricket!but my honest admiration (don't consider, me being INDIAN)but this innings of sehwag was the best openers innings I have ever seen in my lifetime,specially on foreign soil, and also wish had simon katich not bowled he would have scored around 220to 230 on that day! And I still regret how we lost that match

[@musicmusic2043]

And also for the first 20-25 overs he was very cautious and then accelerated at super fast speed..phenomenal player and a pheneomenal innings. I watched it live on TV

[@pujadas1432]

No one can match sehwag

[@sharadmore6624]

fearless champion batsman......

[@frasergibson5763]

This is the first time I've ever heard Chapelli talking about someone in a positive light, rather than his usual criticism and having a go at everyone

[@evilplaya6350]

watch him talk about VVS Laxman's 281 from the same episode... Amazing....

[@mikespearwood3914]

Fraser Gibson you haven't heard much of Chappelli then! He dishes out praise when it's due. The people he criticises usually deserve it from what I've seen.

[@saahilgupta7175]

@@mikespearwood3914 ya, but he criticize very harshly a few times

[@srinivasrao369]

My favourite player

[@mastergknowledgetv2925]

Fully agreed sir.

[@sbalak]

Chappell is all class.

[@rajanbabur4551]

Sehwag bating super hero

[@sugatasenmazumdar7704]

Viru THE GREAT

[@sureshbhat8048]

A gem of world cricket.

[@raghunandansasmal483]

Viru is an extraordinary player

[@amouretpaix3178]

Sehwag surely one of murderous Hitter of the cricket Ball...I fail to understand that when someone is describing hitting They always have a chuckle on their face.Why is that???Is it funny?i think its courageous

[@drjjk-followyourpassion1789]

Tendulkars total intnl 100s: 100 Ind won : 53 Lost : 25 Draw/ tie : 22 The ultimate match winner for team India.

[@biggbrother955]

It means 47 we not win,, not a match winner..

[@Bernie8330]

@@biggbrother955 For goodness sake, the ones you didn't win were hardly Tendulkar's fault.

[@prosenjitbanerjee7490]

Credit should be given to Sourav Ganguly who backed him to be opener and sewag was after Vivian Richards the most destructive batsman

[@gopalakrishnan5958]

Shewag may or may not be among one of the greats But cricket world will never see another dynamic dashing entertaining cricketer in the near future that too in the opening slot.

[@rajanbabur4551]

Sehwag my Hero

[@muhammadnizamuddin8924]

Probably the best Indian test opener ever!!

[@balajimk8439]

And Ben duckett inspired sehwag

[@abvll5049]

GOAT among see ball hit ball batsmen in tests.Sehwag.

[@smarajitpunaykanti6463]

He changed test crciket . We dint find such batsman now

[@gopalakrishnan5958]

shewag always believes offence ie attack is the best form of defence

[@kvaabsinternational6674]

Hit man

[@chandiranchandiran9516]

World number one power full batsman shewag 🔥

[@manjunathmanju574]

All time aggressive opening

[@DhirajKumar47]

Well mr.chappel he did it in chennai, 300 in a day

[@sumeetdas296]

He scored 284 in a day in Mumbai not 300 in chennai. stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/284225.html

[@subhodaygorai]

No he didn't. He went from 52 to 309, i.e, 257

[@1992KYA]

what is the name of the music that is played in the end ?

[@rupeshshendge1714]

Sehwag changed whole test cricket scenario in world cricket..

[@durgacharanmarndi6364]

Yes...next ball... opportunity to score

[@syedabbas1101]

I rate shewag 195 vs Australia is the best innings from Indian in any test

[@amitmishra7851]

Perhaps you haven't seen 2001 kolkata test VVS laxman

[@mukeshshahshah8706]

India ko next Sachin mil Gaya next Rahul Dravid mil Gaya next vvs mil Gaya next Dada like captain mil Gaya but India ko Sehwag Mila kya nhi aaj bhi 12opner try kiye hai4saalo me

[@santoshgirdhani4346]

Great Virendra Sehwag !!!

[@quovadis7119]

My best under-arm bowler to roll the last ball of a game down the pitch: Ian Chapel.

[@colddiesel]

Only problem with that is that he did not do so. It was his brother Trevor, on instructions from his other brother Greg.

[@aniket385]

It was his brother , Trevor Chappell. Also it’s the mistake of ICC to not update the rule rather than Greg Chappell who found the loophole.

[@gthirupathi111]

its true

[@rakeysharya7387]

donno why me memory went straight to the cricket world cup 2011 semi final,mohali

[@TheIkaraCult]

Sehwag was just an arse kicker. So much fun to watch

[@pappukumar420]

Sachin's safe attitude has been his only weakness in his career

[@ruchirmundhra728]

pappukumar420 in 1990's Sachin was a very aggressive player who didn't care about his wicket especially in odis

[@Aman-nk5uq]

ABe chutad chup hoga tu? Sab mc ek type k player hote h kya bkl?

[@dhirajnair5843]

Sachin later on became very obsessed with records. Just compare his strike rate when he starts his innings and once he gets to 80 odd. It keeps on declining.

[@timetraveller07070]

i am not going to steal the spot light off from viru .. viru 's mindset to get a 100 or a double or a triple with a 6 on a test match sounds great but when you think about a guy who had the tenacity to finish the world cup final with a 6 .. HOLY S HIT !!

[@madanpatel4673]

What is the difference between 199 and 200...only psychological...we all are mental patients...

[@Bernie8330]

Chappelli is contradicting himself. He is condemning Sehwag for being too gung ho on 195 near stumps in one innings in Melbourne, and then in that innings a few short months later in Multan, Chappelli is condemning him for being 'too cautious' towards stumps when following Tendulkar's advice. In the former case he was out for 195 half an hour before stumps, and in the second innings he finished 3O9 not out (off a mere 383 balls faced]. You can't have it both ways Chappelli.

[@armansingh8296]

He is not criticizing, merely expressing the bafflement.

[@mikebarwell8584]

Ian Chappel should talk about his Australian tour to South Africa in the 60's when his team got hammered and he hardly made a run. His main problem was a very fast bowler, Mike Procter

[@Bernie8330]

@@mikebarwell8584 He talks about Pollock's 274 in Durban in 1969-70 in another video.

[@AbhijeetKumar-ud5rl]

I think Sehwag is the best entertainer ever.

[@0004W]

He is the best commentator of all time … our desi ones are just damn annoying

[@rajarshichatterjee3281]

this man has serious issues with sachin !!! hahahaha but any way lot of respect for one of the greatest cricket captain and leader of all times !!

[@ronnieeshukla7757]

90's kids started watching cricket for Sachin,but they started playing after seeing Sehwag...

[@msantosh1313]

Viru is irreplaceable

[@chinmayshukla9978]

Viru Paaji❤