On Friday, former Indian opening batsmen Virender Sehwag was the first to know about the ex-coach Greg Chappell's infamous e-mail against ex-skipper Sourav Ganguly during the 2005 Zimbabwe tour. The dashing former India opener revealed that "I used to take rest while fielding. I need a break of minimum five overs. I always told the umpire that I had a bad stomach and used to leave the field during match. So Greg was writing his email and I was sitting next to him. I saw he was writing something to the BCCI and I went and told Dada about his mail”.

"I told him he is writing something to the BCCI and it's something serious," Sehwag said during the launch of a book on cricket.

Greg, who was appointed coach of the Indian cricket team in May 2005. Greg Chappell's tenure was riddled with controversies, starting with the dropping of Ganguly during a tour of Zimbabwe later that year. Other famous Indian cricketers too have spoken of Chappell's tenure as coach. Zaheer Khan was quoted as saying that Chappell "had agendas and was getting personal".

Sehwag was asked to recall his most memorable moment as a cricketer. "My first Test hundred," said the 39-year old. Sehwag scored 105 against South Africa on debut in Bloemfontein way back in 2001. "When I played ODIs, people said I can't play tests and can only score in white-ball format. So when I scored my first test hundred and hugged Sourav Ganguly as he gave me chance to play in Tests. I wanted to prove myself," said Sehwag who has a rare feat of hitting two triple hundreds in Tests.

Viru played 104 Tests for India and 251 ODIs in a career spanning more than a decade. Sehwag further added that when he was asked to open the batting in the one-dayers, he was surprised but then skipper Ganguly and coach John Wrig