Virender Sehwag "Would Do Opposite Of What I Wanted Him To Do": Sachin Tendulkar Reveals Hilarious Story

He knew how to manoeuvre Virender Sehwag's mind to get the best out of him and could tell Yuvraj Singh that "he will matter when it matters," as Sachin Tendulkar always believed that partnerships grow through trust. Cricket's highest run-scorer in Tests and ODIs was on Thursday present at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Vimarsh Shrinkhala event where eminent personalities share their life's journey with people. Tendulkar was a personal guest of President Droupadi Murmu and he presented his signed Indian Test jersey to her. The batting icon was accompanied by wife Anjali and daughter Sara.

He spoke about how sport treats everyone equally.

"You might be in good form but someone else is not and someone else is in good form and you are not. As a team you need to stick by each other during good and bad times. You need to trust your partner," Tendulkar said.

He regaled the audience with anecdotes from his playing days.

Tendulkar said that each team has players with different facets and one needs to understand them to extract the best out of them.

"With Sehwag, he would do opposite of what I wanted him to do. So I would tell Viru if I wanted him to defend for a few overs, I would tell him 'Viru go and start blasting the bowlers and hit big sixes'. Viru would then say 'No paaji, I think I should defend for four overs and then try hitting sixes'," Tendulkar recalled.

"I had to say the opposite to get the best out of Viru. I would smile and I knew I got what I wanted," he said.

Similarly, he recollected how Yuvraj seemed a little low on energy before the start of the 2011 World Cup and back then he had no inkling that he would be detected with cancer after the mega event.

"I called Yuvi for dinner and asked him why he looked a bit down on