12 Best Quotes On Virender Sehwag

In the history of game, Virender Sehwag will be remembered as one of the most impactful batsmen of all time.
Virender Sehwag has announced his retirement from all forms of International cricket and IPL. Sehwag has entertained millions of cricket fans all around the world ever since his debut in 2000.
One of the most destructive batsmen world cricket has ever seen, Virender Sehwag will always be remembered for his extra-ordinary ability to demolish the strongest bowling attacks and his fearless attitude. 

Here are some of the best quotes on India's irreplaceable opening batsmen :-

1) No matter how good and experienced you are, Virender Sehwag can kill your attitude - Brett Lee
2) A Batsman like Sehwag is never out of form - Mike Hussey
3) When Viv Richards retired I thought it was end of entertainment. But then came Virender Sehwag, the King of entertainment -Ramiz Raja
4) I have to learn from Sehwag how to play in the nervous 90's - Sachin Tendulkar
5) I would always have Virender Sehwag in my team. I want to watch him bat but not bowl to him - Shane Warne
6) Sehwag is the most unpredictable batsmen i have seen in my carrier- Glen Mcgrath
7) I Say it Again! I Never Saw Sir Viv Bat but I've Seen Sehwag Bat - Yuvraj Singh
8) He Is Don Of cricket - Bollywood Actor Farhan Akhtar
9) He is a gambler, a player who loves to take risks - Sourav Ganguly
10) Have to say Sehwag is the best player in the world to watch FEARLESS!- Michael Vaughan
11) I'd swap everything I've done in my miserable little life to bat like Virender Sehwag - British Journalist Piers Morgan
12) Having scored 298 and still hitting a six is something unimmaginable and you need to be a genius for that- Waquar Younis.

Jeff Thomson

1) Jeffrey Robert Thomson was born on the 16th of August 1950 in Greenacre, Sydney, New South Wales.
2) Jeff had an unusual sling-shot bowling action. In fact, his father Don bowled with the similar action. Years later one of his sons, Matt, replicated that action. Don’s two other sons didn’t bowl much, but whenever they did, the action was similar to their father’s.
3) Rod Marsh has stated that Thomson was the fastest bowler whom he has kept wickets to. In his opinion, Thomson bowled in excess of 160 Kmph and might have even touched 180 Kmph during his fastest spells.
4) Jeff Thomson always wanted a boat as a kid and as a toddler he always wanted toy boats. Jeff loved his beach excursions and fishing. 
5) Commenting on their bowling during the 1974–75 season, Wisden wrote: “ it was easy to believe they were the fastest pair ever to have coincided in a cricket team”.
6) Thomson attended the Condell Park Primary School and took up cricket there. From talking to girls to surfing to terrorising opposition team’s batsmen — his partner in crime was pacer Len Pascoe, then known as Lenny Durtanovich. Pascoe later went on to play 14 Tests and 29 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) for Australia. 
7) Clive Lloyd corroborated Marsh's opinion when he said that Thomson was the fastest bowler he ever faced. 
8) In his early years, Thomson was equally good at cricket and soccer. He claims to have chosen cricket because it required less rigorous training than soccer. Once during a soccer competition, Thomson punched a referee as he was unhappy with several of his decisions as a result of which he was banned. 
9) England was called ‘Dad’s Army’ when they called 42-year old Colin Cowdrey to come in and do battle with the likes of Lillee, Walker, and of course, Thommo. Bowling to Denness, one of Thommo’s bouncers ripped from the surface and smashed into the sight screen on the first bounce. Colin Cowdrey, who witnessed the ball first said to Thommo on the way back to the latter’s bowling mark: ‘Good morning, my name is Cowdrey’. Needless to say, this did little to save Cowdrey as he was rendered with blow after blow on the body.
10) England skipper Mike Brearley had once famously described Thomsons’ pace: “Broken marriages, conflicts of loyalty, the problems of everyday life fall away as one faces up to Thomson.”
11) Thomson happens to be few of the living bowlers to bowl to the great Don Bradman. It was a rest day during a Test at Adelaide in 1978 and Thommo got the opportunity in backyard cricket. By his own admission, he thought, “I had just better bowl my leg-spinners as it wouldn’t look too good in the newspaper if I killed Don Bradman in a game of backyard cricket.” The 70-year-old Bradman faced him without any protection and smacked him. Thommo reckons that Bradman is the most remarkable batsman he bowled to.
12) The action of Jeff Thomson did not have a jump in the run-up, which meant that he was able to generate additional pace. As Richie Benaud would go on to describe the action, it was similar to that of a javelin thrower.
13) Thomson, a charming personality himself, married the pretty model Cheryl Wilson. The wedding flowers were supplied by the legendary Ray Lindwall.
14) In the World Cup 1975, Thomson once again proved his lethalness and this time against the minnows — Sri Lanka. Sunil Wettimuny and Duleep Mendis had launched a counterattack and this only infuriated Thomson who hit both the batsmen all over the body — targeting boots and ribcages. He sent both the batsmen to hospital. Wettimuny, hit on the boot was hobbling around in pain and Thommo famously said him, “Look mate, it’s [foot] not broken. But if you face up to the next ball, it bloody well will be broken!” After the match, Australian captain Ian Chappell introduced him as ‘The Ambassador to Sri Lanka.’
15) One batsman has described a bouncer from Jeff Thomson reaching the boundary board on the first bounce. One can only imagine the number of sight screens that would have been decimated by five ounces of the cricket ball when released by Jeff Thomson.
16) On January 27th 2016 Jeff was inducted in the Australian hall of fame
17) Graham Gooch was Jeff Thomson’s 200th wicket in Test cricket.

Ricky Ponting Picks His Best all-time IPL Playing XI

Ricky Ponting picks MS Dhoni as captain of his all-time IPL XI

Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has picked Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the captain of his all-time Indian Premier League XI, which comprises of seven Indians and four overseas players

AB de Villiers, who has dominated almost every single bowler and on numerous occasions single-handedly took the Royal Challengers Bangalore to victory was left out of the playing XI.

Apart from that, big names such as Sunil Narine and Brendon Mccullum were not included as well.

Ponting’s all-time IPL XI:

Openers: Chris Gayle and David Warner

Middle order: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Suresh Raina

Lower middle order and all-rounder: MS Dhoni (c and wk) and Dwayne Bravo

Spinners: Amit Mishra and Harbhajan Singh

Fast bowlers: Lasith Malinga and Ashish Nehra

Final Team:-

1) Chris Gayle (Kolkata Knight Riders, Royal Challengers Bangalore)

2) David Warner (Delhi Daredevils, Sunrisers Hyderabad)

3) Virat Kohli (Royal Challengers Bangalore)

4) Rohit Sharma (Deccan Chargers, Mumbai Indians)

5) Suresh Raina (Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Lions)

6) MS Dhoni (c) (wk) (Chennai Super Kings, Rising Pune Supergiant)

7) Dwayne Bravo (Chennai Super Kings, Gujarat Lions, Mumbai Indians)

8) Harbhajan Singh (Mumbai Indians)

9) Amit Mishra (Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Sunrisers Hyderabad)

10) Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians)

11) Ashish Nehra (Chennai Super Kings, Delhi Daredevils, Mumbai Indians, Pune Warriors, Sunrisers Hyderabad)