I should take some tips from Nehra
However, host Sathaye began to dig further and enquired rather cheekily if the southpaw had given any advice to Sehwag."End of the day he was the ‘Gyan Baba’, he was advising Ganguly also," Sehwag said with a huge laugh."Fast bowling in the sub-continent is very tough. I think it just somehow started like that. The 37-year-old veteran who was a fighter on the field said sledging had to be a part of the game. Maybe I can’t stop myself but going up to bowlers and always giving them advice, that’s how it came into existence I think," Zaheer added with a grin. I got hope to train for IPL," Zaheer said during a promotional here on Thursday. "Getting married is not tough.With 610 international wickets, Zaheer finished as one of India's most successful bowlers, being the fourth-highest wicket-taker for India across formats.Former India pace spearhead Hose igniter Zaheer Khan believes Nehra, who made a raging comeback to the Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led side after five years, is doing a brilliant job.Zaheer and his 2011 World Cup teammate Virender Sehwag have been roped in as guests for a celebrity chat show ‘What The Duck’ by cricket humorist Vikram Sathaye. So many girls were following you and you didn’t pick one " Sehwag asked. All credit goes to him and because of that I was able to score 8000 (exact 8568 runs) Test runs," Sehwag was quick to comment.
The former India pace machine today is also a reputed businessman being the owner of a chain of restaurants and gyms."You’re the only one who could give attention to these kind of things," Zaheer said. When I was playing on the field, I always used to find ways of disrupting the batsman’s concentration for those 30 seconds when he bats. When enquired on what could be the reason for starting both diametrically opposite ventures, Zaheer saw the lighter side to it. That way I ended up picking wickets," he said. So I thought I better run after the wicket and bowl," he added.The chat was getting serious and Sathaye unearthed an interesting fact that makes Zaheer the only cricketer who got retired before marriage. It was either bowling or getting married, having kids and running after them."I was too focussed on the game," Zaheer answered."Sledging always doesn’t mean that you have to go and use bad words.
He has motivated me to train. When he does that you give yourself a better chance. I knew I could focus on only one thing at a time. It’s not easy to comeback at this stage in the career and he’s doing well which is amazing..Mumbai: If India are on a great run in the shortest format of cricket winning nine out of the 10 T20Is they played, a lot of credit has to be given to the bowlers and in particular, veteran Ashish Nehra, whose comeback has been most talked about in cricketing circles."It’s a great strategy.Sathaye, also present in the event, set the ball rolling for the former India cricketers and asked Zaheer why is he called the ‘Gyan Baba’ of the Indian team "There’s no particular reason for me being called ‘Gyan Baba’.
"I should take some tips from Nehra on how to survive for so long. You first give them food, make sure it’s rich, they become nice and plum and then you tell them, now you have to work out so get in the gym," Zaheer said, adding that retirement from the game was the reason he could smile so much.Sehwag, who is also known for his humour then decided to pick on his former teammate."He’s the one who advised Sourav Ganguly to let me open the innings.Former pacer lauds old friend for making a comeback in MS Dhoni’s team