This is up there with Laxman's 281 and few other cult knocks. My hands have turned red and can hardly hold a dosa now as it had been spending the whole day clapping for Sehwag's brilliance. How do you describe this talent ? Time and again , at least in Chepauk , I ve seen him be as good as Sachin . It was only when he goes outside India , he frustrates us lil bit because he has so much of talent going untapped !

Sehwag made batting look easy today. There was not an inch in the ground that he didn't cover with his strokes. The major improvement that I could notice in his game was his defensive strokes. His judgement is much better now and he looks far more quicker with his release. He has developed a very good offside game now as before he was only good in the square of the wicket. The wicket might have been a bit flat but boy , let me tell you ,

to score 300 against some fantastic pace bowling ( Steyn ! Superb ! ) and some atrociously negative disgusting spin bowling and in SCORCHING HEAT of more than 40 degree celsius , is one of the greatest feats by an Indian Batsman. Any other player , including the Maeostro HIMSELF IMO would have fallen to the negativity in the South African bowling attack as the batsman would have wanted to keep his team in a winning position. But Sehwag kept us afloat in a winning position and also kept his temparement intact against Paul Harris and his rubbish bowling ! Hats off Veeru !!

People should not underestimate this knock because this was a flat pitch or something. NO , it was not that bad a pitch. Steyn proved that you could damage the batsman in this pitch but if the batsman was playing like GOD , you can only sit back and let him get back his mortal status !

As for the other contributors , I would say Jaffer did pretty well considering his scoring rate and method of scoring ! Jaffer is the typical Old School opener. He is not going to be a hero for us but at the same time , he can be quite handy against certain teams in certain conditions ! He rotated the strike nicely and was playing for the team unlike a certain RAHUL DRAVID IMO ...

This was a highly painful and irritating knock by Dravid. No , don't gimme the bullsh*t of how he had to stay put at one end and rotate the strike and not lose wicket and all that cr@p you might here in NEO SPORTS . I saw it with my very own eyes and let me tell you that Rahul Dravid played like a man who wanted to get some match practise and secure his test career status rather than a man who wanted to put India in a winning position at the end of day 3.

In all of the 180 odd balls that Dravid faced , there were some pointless and painful defensive strokes that really irritated the crowd. We gave Dravid a standing ovation when he reached his 100 ( of course , 100 balls played we meant ! ) and the South African team appreicated our humour !

Dravid did not rotate the strike well ! He just stayed put at one end and wasted poor ball after poor ball. He could have so easily got a 100 today considering how bad they bowled to him and how defensive the field was when Dravid played . I ve lost a lot of respect for this man and so did everybody in Chepauk. On one end , here was this guy with the Midas touch and on the other end , Dravid should have played for the team and got us to 500 today very easily !

At one point of time , some people started getting very nervous when a negative bowler in Harris bowled a negative line to a negative batsman in Dravid !! It was so painful to watch and it really could cost us this game IMO as Sehwag was in such a mercurial touch today , anybody on the other end could have silently got themselves a 100 and the team close to 500 ( which gives us the onus for the next 2 days ! ) ..

Anyways , I won't let such small black spots affect what was one of the greatest cricketing days of my life . Virender Sehwag , Chennai takes it's hat off to you for providing us an unforgettable day... You have made 1 Billion people eat humble pie I hope 
 

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