Were you astonished at what Shewag said?

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Early on the fourth day of the 1st test between India and England, Shewag said on TV that the match was in control for India. How many of us would have thought like this? Then his bat did what was in his mind. He was in control, you would accept. Later in the press conference, When asked about his 68-ball 83, Sehwag suggested that he hadn't done anything differently. "It was my normal batting and I was not going after any particular player," he said. "They were giving me width for the cut and I just played my shots." Strauss saw it very differently. "He plays a game most people are unfamiliar with," he said, with something approaching amazement. "He almost manipulates the field. You change it, and it's like he says: 'Right, I'm going to hit it somewhere else now'." Now India have a better chance to win, chasing a formidable total of 387. What do you call this? Do you call this self-belief?