Thu, Nov 04 10 07:22 PM
Ahmedabad, Nov 4 (PTI) Flamboyant opener Virender Sehwag today said he and and Rahul Dravid did not discuss even once their different batting styles even as they struck contrasting centuries on the opening day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand here. While Sehwag was his usual aggressive self, scoring a quick hundred, Dravid took time to get into groove and gradually improved his strike rate. Sehwag''s 173 came off 199 balls while Dravid took 227 balls for his 104-run knock. In the process, they shared a splendid 237-run stand for the second wicket, their 10th century-stand, and helped India reach a solid 329 for three at close. Sehwag said they were talking to each other regularly but ''how to get runs'' never became a topic. "I play my way and he plays his way. He has his own style and I bat in my style. We were chatting a lot but not on how quickly he should score or I should. He knows how to get runs and he got them," said Sehwag, who had put on a mammoth 410-run stand with Dravid at Lahore in Pakistan in 2006. Sehwag said the hosts are looking to pile up a total in excess of 500 tomorrow to put New Zealand under pressure. "We are looking at 500 or 550. If we can reach there we can put pressure on the New Zealand batsmen as the wicket is a slow and I think it will start to turn on the third or fourth day," said Sehwag who slammed his 22nd Test ton, said. More PTI SSR AT
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