The 35-year-old Sri Lankan cricketer Farveez Maharoof, who last played a recognised cricket match in 2018, has recently praised the captain Virender Sehwag as he claimed that the former Indian opener was the most relaxed person he had ever seen.
Farveez Maharoof represented the Sri Lankan team from 2004 to 2016 where he played 22 Tests, 109 ODIs and eight T20Is. He was the pace-bowling all-rounder of his national team. The right-arm pacer took 25 Test wickets, 135 ODI wickets and seven T20I wickets while the right-handed lower-order batsman scored 556 Test runs (average 18.53), 1113 ODI runs (average 19.52) and 33 T20I runs (average 8.25).
During his professional cricket career, Maharoof also experienced the Indian Premier League (IPL). He served for Delhi Daredevils from 2008 to 2010 where he played 20 IPL matches.
Virender Sehwag was someone very free-flowing, easy-going, cool character: Farveez Maharoof
During his tenure for the Delhi franchise, Virender Sehwag led the team. Experiencing his captaincy from the front, Maharoof feels that Sehwag is the coolest person he has ever met as the former Indian cricketer didn’t take much pressure. Talking about Sehwag’s leadership quality, Maharoof commented that the Delhi-man was a “very free-flowing, easy-going and cool character”.
Maharoof recently told Cricket Addictor, “He (Virender Sehwag) is the most coolest person I’ve ever met, he was somebody that doesn’t take pressure that much. He lives by the day and he is the person, who backs you all the time to go in the middle. Even when was captaining, he was someone very free-flowing, easy-going, cool character.”
In 20 IPL matches, Farveez Maharoof took 27 wickets and scored 177 runs (average 17.70). Delhi Daredevils bought him for $225,000 (base price $150,000) from the 2008 IPL auction. In the inaugural edition of that tournament, Maharoof finished as the second most wicket-taker for his team as the right-arm pacer took 15 wickets in 10 matches.
The former Indian explosive opening batsman Virender Sehwag served for the national team between 1999 and 2013. While he played 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20Is, he played the captaincy roles in 17 international matches (four Tests, 12 ODIs and only T20I), including India’s first-ever T20I.
As a captain, Sehwag is still holding the record of the highest individual score in ODI history (219 runs against West Indies at Indore on 8th December 2011).