Shoaib Akhtar knew he was chucking: Sehwag

TIL Desk Sports/ Former India opener Virender Sehwag has called out Shoaib Akhtar’s bowling action, saying that the Pakistan fast bowler used to jerk his elbow while bowling and ‘knew he was chucking too’.

Sehwag also said that it was easy for him to read Brett Lee’s ball because his hand came down straight. However, he could never read Akhtar’s bowling because he could never guess where the hand and ball would come from.

“Shoaib knows he used to jerk his elbow; he knew he was chucking too. Why would ICC ban him otherwise?” Sehwag said on the third episode of ‘Home of Heroes’. “Brett Lee’s hand came down straight, so it was easy to pick the ball. But with Shoaib, you could never guess where the hand and the ball will come from.”

“I never feared facing Brett Lee, but with Shoaib, I could not trust what he would do if I hit him twice to the fence. Maybe a beamer or a toe-crushing yorker,” admits Sehwag.