Virender Sehwag (Image-X) The former Indian opener Viender Sehwag has opened on the intense emotions he felt whenever India lost Pakistan. With the highly anticipated clash of the Asia Cup between the arched rivals scheduled for September 14. Sehwag, who played 42 matches against Pakistan and average 50.65, admits that while celebrating 17 victories, he was 21 times on the loss. Frequent failures against Pakistan, he says, sometimes disrupted his concentration in the field.“Whenever you lose against Pakistan. So I would lose concentration. I would lose my temperament and everything,” Sehwag said. One of his most memorable performances came during the Indian tour of Pakistan from 2008. Sehwag faced a steep goal of 300 in Karachi and created 119 championship shifts of only 95 balls. He struck 12 borders and five six, helped India to chase a total of 47 balls to save. It is remarkable that he achieved this during fasting and showed his absolute determination to succeed even in demanding conditions.
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“I was fasting that day. On an empty stomach. I had to run the score to satisfy the hunger,” Sehwag said, thinking about the shifts. Sehwag shared this knowledge in a video published by Sony Sports Network on X. Video here. Looking at the Asia Cup 2025, India finds herself in a competitive group and together with UAE, Pakistan and Oman. India will start his campaign against the SAE 10 September, facing Pakistan 14 September and closes the group phase against Oman 19. September in Abu Dhabi.Indian Group for Asia Cup: Surya Kumar Yadav (C), SHUBMAN GILL (VC), Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Varma, Hardik Pandya, Shivam Dube, Axar Patel, Jitesh Sharma (WK), Jasprit Bumrah, Ashdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep, Sanju Samson (WK), Harshis (WK)
