Bowlers face music with bhajans, songs on Sehwag's lips

Here is the dashing opener Virender Sehwag's simple formula for success in his own words: "I want my mind to be absolutely free while facing up to a bowler."

He does not lose sleep before a match, he does not worry about the pitch -- Virender Sehwag just hums Sai Baba bhajans and Kishore Kumar songs till the bowler is about to deliver the ball.

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Here is the dashing opener's simple formula for success in his own words: "I want my mind to be absolutely free while facing up to a bowler. I try to hum songs, Sai Baba bhajans and Kishore Kumar songs, especially those pictured on Amitabh Bachchan till the bowler is about to deliver."

"I then tell myself: watch it. I try to sing songs as perfectly as possible in order to keep my mind completely uncluttered," he told PTI in an interview in New Delhi.

Excerpts from an interview:

Q: When you look back, do you fret about why you went for a six when you were on 294 in Multan?

A: I never look back. I have never looked back on that innings. What is gone is gone, it's over.

Q: Surely a triple century ought to mean something. Not one but 2 triple centuries?

A: They don't. Surely not as much as winning a match for your team. All of us play to win. Nothing is more thrilling than winning a match for your team.