Virender Sehwag – India (vs Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam on Feb 17th, 2007)
Once, former Indian explosive opener Virender Sehwag was involved in the laziest run-out which may come as a shock to Indian fans. It was fourth and final ODI of a 4 match series between India and Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam on 17th February 2007. India were chasing 260 runs in 47 overs; Sehwag started very well as he played 46 run knock in 44 balls.
During that run-out, Sehwag was facing Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga. Sehwag smashed that ball to the third man and ran for a single. But just before he reached the non-striker’s end, he took things casually and started walking towards the crease instead of running. He could have easily reached the crease even by walking but Sehwag failed it in that way too.
Sri Lankan wicket-keeper observed that and threw the ball to the non-striker end wicket which hit successfully. Even though, Sourav Ganguly shouted “Viru! Viru!” from the striker’s end but that was very late.