SEHWAG wishes to bat at NO.4 and may retire after 100 tests!

I could see it working out well as I feel you need someone who can really bat to be a little lower in case your lower order really struggles, It has really helped when one of the top Batsmen on the team has steadied the lower order batsman especially if they are young and inexperienced.

Well Sehwag was a number 5 or 6 batsman for his state team, as India was struggling to find a explosive opener in ODI's and tests, Sehwag was made a make shift opener. Whatever, he had created records which not even sachin was able to achieve like the triple hundred in very quick time. It is good idea for Sehwag to come at Sachin place but if openers think they will not get rest then I will not agree. Like Sehwag, Gautham Gambhir too will be doing fielding and then has to open the innings, Gambhir will be in the short leg spot where he has to take many blows from opposite team batsmen. One more thing, Sehwag is comparing with Dhoni. Dhoni will in action in each ever over because he is a wicket keeper which is hardest job to do in cricket. Has to sit down and stand up and has to collect all the throws from the fielders and lot of hectic work. So, Dhoni needs more rest than any other player on the field. If there is no one as good as Sachin who takes the number 4 spot then it is Sehwag. But I feel Rohit Sharma is good place to fill up the number 4 but if Sehwag wants to come down then it is good choice. But if he is coming down the order because he is not getting rest then it is silly in my view..

well the thing is that a player cant play for ever and that is quite evident that we have to accept the loss of sachin also in near future. so that goes for all players. now the thing is that it is completely his decision to play or retire. yes requests can be made if the team thinks that there is no replacement at that time. but the thing about batting at no4, well that is something that the captain will decide. we are no one to comment. but yes, his role as an opener is very important. he can get off the filed when there is not many wickets and take some rest and come to bat.

well i also read this in newspaper and definetely not to my likings. [b]for starters,why he wanna play 100 test matches and retire after his 100th test match? he is no different from the flintoffs,bonds and whoever heck think their body will not work well after 34 years and not fit for test matches.if your body is not fit for test matches,one should quit playing test matches. second,he wanna bat at number 4.? thats not gonna happen my friend because sachin has made it his for quite a long time. besides sehwag has already played 76 matches and my guess is tendulkar might retire after 2011 world cup and there could be atleast 5 to 6 test matches before world cup so that makes it 82. so you wanna guy who is going to play only 18 test matches after tendulkar's retirement and retire himself to replace tendulkar? how pathetic this could get? and it also leaves the opening spot empty and whoever replaces it,you guys wont be happy cuz he is not sehwag but another slow poke.[/b]

i do not understand why sehwag is making a fuss about it since he has done so well at the opening slot. he usually fields in the slips so how does he get tired? sachin tendulkar is the best batsmen at the number four position and i doubt sehwag will do as well in the middle order as he does it upfront. we know sehwag likes to score at a good strike rate. since he comes at the opening he is able to hit boundaries since the ball is hard. even in the last match we saw him slow down a little against the spinner in order to play a long inings. the ball becomes comparitively softer in the middle overs and sehwag likes to play his strokes from the first ball which is not very conducive in the middle overs against the spinners. i think he should stick to the opening slot and let youngsters like rohit sharma take over in the middle order when the legends retire.

That is what the test matches are all about - ENDURANCE! A player has to have some amount of endurance in him ! Also, this shows the fitness level of the team.... But, I accept that it will be quite tough to do that as well! Also, I do not want Sehwag to retire after only 100 matches!

Ohh dear sehwag. He isnt the same as he was before

Sehwag may have seem to worry a little about getting injury prone now-a-days as most of the Indian players are getting injured in the tight cricketing schedules these days which is being followed by almost all the countries. But is we see Tendulkar's stand when he was made to bat at number four position in test matches, he was literally against that decision made by the Indian selectors and was opposing it for sometime. But later, he gave in for the benefit of the team balance as the selectors wanted a player of his caliber to come in at no. 4 and play long innings and carry the team along with him. He took the decision sportingly later on and it worked very well for team India as he has also scored many runs now batting at that slot. But if we see his opening record, he was the best batsman at the opening slot and has always liked opening for the Indian Team, be it a test match situation or a one day International match. And since Sehwag has got that trust of the selectors in him that he can bat at no. 1 for Team India alongside Gambhir and bat for India, he should be thankful enough and make the most out of this opportunity until it is present. Later on then, if we miss it, we will have to look back at times, and repent our decisions as to why we had said so!!

i dont think that sehwag should bat at the number position since the opening position is very suited and tailor made for him . he can use the new ball to good effect . since the ball will be hard he may get some chances when he slashes them hard and thus he may escape at times . i dont think he should bat at number 4 . we have seen him struggling at lower orders when he played at times . more over its not all the time he has to bat immediately after fielding for more than a day . we wish him that he continues his good job at the opening position and plays more than 100 tests as he wishes .