Inspired by Sehwag : Pathan

Pathan said even though Sachin was his hero, it was Sehwag's daredevil attitude which inspired him.

He is now the talk of millions of Indians, who were spell bound by his blistering counter offensive against the mighty South Africans, and who had the South Africans on nerves till he got out.

All say that India's World Cup chances depends upon this No 7 batsman. Previously it was Yuvraj, now it is Yousuf Pathan !

In Bangalore, speaking to MID DAY, Y Pathan said that " The obvious answer to that is Sachin Tendulkar, but the daredevil approach has come from V Sehwag ".

When Pathan made his way to the wicket, India were in big trouble at 60/5. When others fell, India slipped to 119/8. Then Pathan let loose his incredible strokeplay, blasting the S A bowlers to all parts of the field, hitting eight towering sixes and eight fours. When he fell for 105 off 70 balls, it was all over for India. It was said that India lost the game, not Pathan !

In the series Pathan averaged 55.33 and a strike rate of 134.95 ! He was inspired by Sehwag. " I was always inspired by the way Viru kept backing his own game despite people talking about the so called short comings in his batting", he said.