Virender Sehwag: “From all the people at the ground including Wasim Akram, Ramiz Raja, Sachin Tendulkar etc, every person said that whichever captain wins the toss will choose to field, except for one person and that person was Sachin Tendulkar”

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Former India opener Virender Sehwag has revealed that iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar was the only person who thought Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed had made a mistake when he opted to bowl first in his side’s World Cup clash against India last Sunday.

Sarfraz’s decision to bowl proved disastrous as India posted a mammoth score of 336/5 behind opener Rohit Sharma’s 140 and captain Virat Kohli’s 77.

In response, Pakistan struggled to keep up with the required run rate and lost wickets at crucial moments in the match.

As a result, they ended up losing to India by 89 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

India’s victory extended their unbeaten streak against Pakistan as they have now won all seven of their meetings against their arch-rivals in the World Cup.

To make matters worse, Pakistan have now only won one of the five World Cup games they have played.

“From all the people at the ground including Wasim Akram, Ramiz Raja, Sachin Tendulkar etc, every person said that whichever captain wins the toss will choose to field, except for one person and that person was Sachin Tendulkar,” Sehwag was quoted as saying by The Nation.

“He [Tendulkar] said that whenever there’s an India-Pakistan match, you shouldn’t look at anything else, not the weather, not the wicket. It’s a big game and there’s a lot of pressure on both sides, it’s better to [enjoy] pressure-free batting because even if you make 150 runs, there’s a chance of winning.”

Pakistan’s next World Cup match will be against South Africa at Lord’s on Sunday.

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