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Aakash Chopra Recalls Sehwag’s One-Line Advice To Ganguly: “Just Score Runs”

Chopra relayed the light-hearted exchange on Doordarshan’s The Great Indian Cricket Show, underscoring Sehwag’s candid persona.

Overview

  • Chopra said the remark left everyone amused and described it as a mic-drop moment.
  • The quip came as Ganguly was upset about negative media coverage when runs were hard to come by.
  • Sehwag finished his international career with 17,253 runs in 374 matches, including 38 centuries and 72 fifties.
  • He was the first Indian to register a Test triple hundred, scoring 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004.
  • Coverage also revisited the pair’s mutual respect, with Ganguly praising Sehwag as an elite opener and Sehwag calling Ganguly the best captain he played under.