Sanjay Bangar's role in all this is not to be forgotten. The ideal foil to Sehwag's belligerence, Bangar quietly accumulated the runs, biding his time and turning the strike over to Sehwag as often as possible. His knock of 55 may not have been as crowd-pleasing, but it was in its ultimate outcome every bit as valuable as Sehwag's for starting India off on the right foot.