Former Indian batsman Virender Sehwag has shared advice for the current batsmen on how to counter evergreen pacer James Anderson after the England pacer produced yet another outstanding performance on Day 2 of the ongoing second Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground.
Anderson continued to impress everyone and at the same time, stun the Indian batsmen in the ongoing five-match Test series at home, and on Friday, August 13, he did the same, scalping three wickets to complete another five-wicket haul to help England restrict Team India to 364 at Lord’s.
As Anderson yet again rocked the Indian batting line-up, Sehwag had advice for the tourists, though as expected it was oh-so-hilarious, saying they should move forward with their bat and then pray to god to counter the English seamer’s threat on the field.
Sehwag said on Sony Sports, “Move forward, put your bat and say Jai Bajrang Bali. Just pray that it somehow misses because the spot at which he bowls, there is only one fear, not about the ball going away but if the ball comes in, you will be LBW or bowled because you cannot leave the delivery.”
He also pointed that Anderson had dismissed Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara on many occasions, but this time, he got the better of Ajinkya Rahane as well while hailing his excellent bowling.
The legendary batsman added, “He bowled amazingly well. He has two pet customers, Pujara is there but this time Ajinkya Rahane got trapped, Kohli did not get trapped but otherwise when he bowls near the off-stump to these two players, it seems he will definitely get them out.”
Meanwhile, Sanjay Manjrekar has compared Anderson's bowling performance against India to Sir Richard Hadlee's performance during his time, saying he became a threat in the subcontinent as well.
Manjrekar said during the discussion on Sony Sports: “This bowling was a carbon copy of Richard Hadlee. He used to bowl just like this and he was the first one to take 400 wickets. Jimmy Anderson's performance that was seen in this Test match is praiseworthy.”
He signed off by saying, “He gets some help in England but nowadays his performance is not that bad in India as well. He does a decent job on those pitches as well. He did not play all the matches on the last tour but bowled well there.”
