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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yasas bandara" data-source="post: 8107044" data-attributes="member: 246044">Former chief selector Chandu Borde,  however, felt the Lankans should not be singled out for criticism as all  teams have employed such tactics, including India.“No  team wants to allow a batsman to cross the century mark and all the  teams in the world have succeeded on number of occasions in denying the  batsman of a century. Even we Indians have followed this and never gave a  freedom for the batsman to set a mark. It was a brilliant knock by  Sehwag, he deserves all accolades,” he said.“I would  not say it as ‘not cricket’ Some people are generous to a fault but  others, like the Australians, won’t give you an easy hundred to take.  There can be two opinions on this; whether Sri Lanka were unsporting or  not.“I remember (In Delhi in 1958-59 series) against  the West Indies I had scored a century (109) in the first innings and  was 96 batting in the second with (fast bowler Roy) Gilchrist repeatedly  bowling bouncers at me. When two balls remained non-striker Vijay  Manjrekar came and told me you have to get to the century. I hooked the  next ball, it went for a four but I disturbed my wicket and was  hit-wicket,” he recalled.“In the same match, we  didn’t allow Gary Sobers to get to his double hundred when he was on  199. It’s part of the game.We Indians have also  adopted such strategies. Even local cricket in India is played in that  manner,” he said.Former left arm spinner Bapu  Nadkarni felt the six hit by Sehwag off the no ball should have counted.“The decision of the umpires is puzzling to me. A no-ball  is bowled and the match is declared as over. Hypothetically speaking if  Sehwag plays a shot and a run-out occurs, then what happens? How do you  say the match is over and the ball is dead? It was not dead when Sehwag  hit a six.“I am not an expert on the rules but the  no-ball is there to be taken advantage of by the batsman and Sehwag did  it,” he opined.The Hindu.</blockquote>

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