'Greg Chappell's words hurt me' - Virender Sehwag reveals why he was unhappy with former Indian Coach

Overview

• Virender Sehwag claimed he was unhappy with Greg Chappell who questioned his technique and way of scoring runs
• The former Indian batter said he answered the former Indian Coach the best way possible by scoring 184 in two sessions of a Test match
• Sehwag claimed to have given back to Chappell saying hr was capable of scoring runs despite not having a good foot movement

Virender Sehwag claimed he was unhappy with Greg Chappell who questioned his technique and way of scoring runs. The former Indian batter said he answered the former Indian Coach the best way possible by scoring 184 in two sessions of a Test match. Sehwag claimed to have given back to Chappell saying hr was capable of scoring runs despite not having a good foot movement.

Sehwag appeared in a podcast where he was asked if he ever got hurt by someone in the Indian Cricket. Sehwag narrated how Chappell's take on his batting technique triggered him. The former Indian opener said Chappell was criticial of his foot movement despite him scoring a lot of runs. 

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"Greg Chappell’s words hurt me. There was a time when I wasn't scoring runs, and he told me, 'if you don’t move your feet, you won’t score runs at the international level. I replied back saying, 'Greg, I have scored 6000 runs in Test cricket at an average of more than 50'. He said it doesn’t matter and again told me if I don’t move my feet, I won’t score runs. We had a big argument," Sehwag said on The Life Saver podcast.

"Rahul Dravid, who was the captain then, had to separate us. The next day, when I was going to bat, he said, 'Make sure you score runs; otherwise, I will drop you.' I was like, 'Do whatever you want'. Imagine a batter is going to bat, and that's the kind of thing he hears from the coach," Sehwag added.

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"Doesn’t matter if I move my feet or not, I know how to score runs," - Virender Sehwag's message to Greg Chappell

Sehwag then said he made the then Indian Captain, Rahul Dravid, the mediator to convery his message to the former Indian Coach that he could score runs without moving his feet, as he referred to a Test match where he scored 99 runs before the lunch and 184 runs before the tea session.

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"When I took strike, I started smashing the ball and reached 99 runs before lunch. When I was entering the dressing room, Dravid was standing there. I told him, 'Tell you coach not to come near me.' I had my lunch, and after returning, I continued batting. I was out close to tea after scoring 184. Then I looked at him [Chappell] standing in a corner and told him, 'Doesn’t matter if I move my feet or not, I know how to score runs'," Sehwag added.