Virender Sehwag is relying on meditation to restore that ability which makes him, when in form, the most destructive batsman in world cricket.
The Indian opener is trying to overcome the pressure through meditation
MONTEGO BAY: Virender Sehwag is relying on meditation to restore that ability which makes him, when in form, the most destructive batsman in world cricket. The Delhi opener confesses that his prolonged form slump was beginning to take a toll on him and he was trying to deal with the increased pressure through meditation during the cricket World Cup.
“I started to meditate when I was out of the team. I wanted to calm down too many things running in my head,” Sehwag revealed after the Indians had nets here in the morning. Sehwag has not sought any meditation guru: for him it’s good enough to concentrate on a certain object and it is a practice which he intends to continue throughout the World Cup. “Everyone has his own way of dealing with pressure: some try to relax, other take up yoga while I like to meditate. You keep worrying about a lot of things, the things people are saying; the stuff media is writing, all brings its own pressure,” he said.
Sehwag’s new mantra is to look to bat for 50 overs and the rest would take care of itself. “I now try to bat cautiously for first 5-6 overs. My new mindset is that I must stay at the wicket. At the same time you can’t be too cautious for if the runs don’t come, it brings its own pressure,” he said.
Sehwag said the new gospel in the Indian dressing room was to bat for full quota of 50 overs. “We are now looking to keep wickets and bat for full quota of overs. That’s the basic strategy of the team for the World Cup. If the top three can give a solid start, the middle order can bat through the slog overs.”
Sehwag believes he deserved to go out of the Indian team after his run of poor scores in South Africa. “It is true for everyone. If you are not performing then you must go, it doesn’t matter if you are a Sehwag or a Tendulkar.”
Sehwag, along with meditation, is watching the videos of his previous innings to get inspired as well as notice the reasons which made him such a successful presence at the crease. He hoped Rudi Webster, the Caribbean-based sports psychologist. would join the team some time during the World cup. In the past he has acknowledged Webster’s contribution when he was going through a bad patch.
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