Muralitharan says Sehwag’s power was his spontaneity, asks subsequent technology to get pleasure from cricket with out overthinking

During his prime, Muttiah Muralitharan had usually puzzled how Virender Sehwag may belt bowlers all around the park with out care. The Sri Lankan spin legend needed to know the key.

“So I asked Sehwag, ‘How could you play like that, you just come and smack every bowler’. Then Sehwag said, ‘The sun will come up tomorrow also. It doesn’t finish with one match, there is another game coming, and I will be different. So I enjoy my game’,” revealed Muralitharan as he suggested younger gamers to benefit from the recreation and never fear in regards to the end result.

Virender Sehwag cuts Muralitharan in a One Day International match between India and Sri Lanka on the Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Muralitharan, the world record-holder along with his 800 Test wickets, was in Kochi to inaugurate the TCC Spin Foundation and to work together with younger gamers on the Tripunithura Cricket Club’s Palace Oval on Sunday.

He suggested gamers to not assume an excessive amount of.

“Now, we hear players saying ‘I’m stressed’. We didn’t even know what stress was or the meaning of stress. Don’t overthink, overthinking brings pressure.

“Do your duty to the best of your ability and enjoy. Sometimes, you won’t be able to do it, sometimes you can do better than what you expect. So, don’t put pressure on yourself.

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“When you think too much about things you can’t control, you put pressure on yourself. They are not in your hands. When you get an opportunity, don’t say I have to prepare, I have to do this, I have to do that, then only performance will come,” he added.

“If you love the game, it’s a big gain. Maybe, today’s players are too serious because they want to make a career out of it. But those days, we just played for the enjoyment.

“So enjoy your game, whatever the result, there is always the next match and the match after that. There is always the next day.”