New Delhi,
Former New Zealand all-rounder Ross Taylor shared Sehwag’s unusual batting advice in his autobiography, comparing it to eating prawns.
Former New Zealand cricket team captain Ross Taylor has written an autobiographical book about his experiences in cricket called ‘Black and White’. In it IPL He has written about some of his experiences while playing in the tournament. Its details are as follows:-
2012 IPL I played for Delhi team in cricket. One night we went to Shewak’s hotel in Delhi. Most of the players in the team were watching the final round of the Premier League football match on the mega screen there. The food at this restaurant was very good, especially the prawn dish. I whitewashed them.
The next day when the field came down, Sehwag drove the ball from all four sides of the ground and scored runs. I stumbled upon a nano crisis. As I was taken for a higher amount, I had to play accordingly. This made me nervous while batting. But Shevako danced very relaxed. He came near and said, ‘Ross…you have to play cricket like how you relished and relished eating prawns. Cricket is an exciting game. He advised that you should dance with fun. After that, whenever I pass that way, I remember the thing that I was told to compare the shrimp and bat.
2011 IPL An incident while playing for Rajasthan Royals in the tournament. Then we went to Ranthambore National Park there to see the tiger. Players including Rahul Dravid were also present. I asked Dravid, ‘How many times have you seen a tiger?’ He replied, ‘I have never seen a tiger. I have been like this 21 times. He said that not even once did he see a tiger. If it was me, after so many disappointments, I would say, ‘Pongpa… I didn’t come to the park to see the tiger. I will watch it on Discovery Channel at home’.
After a short distance in the security vehicle, the driver received information on the radio call that the tiger was standing at a particular spot. Dravid’s face got red due to this. He went 21 times and did not see the tiger and was thrilled when he saw the tiger on the 22nd trip and that too in half an hour. It was 100 meters away on a rock. At the same time, the onlookers in another vehicle started clicking their cameras when they saw Rahul Dravid. While we were looking at the tiger, they were excited to see Dravid. They were more interested in seeing him than the tiger. There are nearly 4,000 tigers in the wild around the world. But there is only one Rahul Dravid.
This is what Taylor said in it.
Taylor’s claim in the book that one of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals team, irritated by a duck-out while playing for Rajasthan, slapped him 3-4 times on the cheek caused a stir. But he did not mention who slapped him. “We don’t want to comment on this issue,” said one of the Rajasthan team management members.