Virender Sehwag is set to lead the Indian team in the absence of regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni when they take on Sri Lanka in a tri-series match in Brisbane on Tuesday.
A masterly century by Brad Hodge and a run-a-ball 40 by Virender Sehwag helped their team draw against Warwickshire.
Dashing India opener Virender Sehwag believes the only way to avoid injuries, is to rotate the fast bowlers by giving them regular breaks.
Former opener Virender Sehwag feels India remain overwhelming favourites to win the World Twenty20 title and showered praise on Virat Kohli, saying that even his kids can't move away from the TV set when the batting star is at the crease. "I had picked India, New Zealand, South Africa and West Indies before the start of the tournament. I still feel that way, with India winning the title 99 percent. Okay, they lost to New Zealand in Nagpur but the same thing happened in 2011 (when India lost to South Africa in Nagpur) and we went on to the win the World Cup," Sehwag told 'NDTV'. India's next match is against Bangladesh on March 23 and Sehwag sees the hosts winning it comfortably. Talking about India's win against Pakistan at the Eden Gardens, the former opener richly praised the team's batting mainstay Kohli. "The way Kohli is batting at the moment is amazing. It is difficult to take your eyes off the TV when he is batting. Even my kids want to see him bat," said Sehwag after being reminded of his witty one-liners while commentating on the Indo-Pak clash.
The duo will be joined by their former team mates Aakash Chopra and Rahul Sanghvi as they would chalk out the roadmap for Delhi cricket along with powers to select coaches, selectors and other issues related to the game.
While current coach Anil Kumble is an automatic entry into the process, the others in the fray are Australian Tom Moody and Englishman Richard Pybus.
For Virat Kohli, loyalty is paramount in relationships and that is why he believes that his bond with childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma and his IPL team Royal Challengers Bangalore is forever. "In relationships, I always look at loyalty. From 1998, I had only one coach (Rajkumar Sharma) and that's never going to change. I have played for one franchise in the IPL (RCB) and that's also never going to change," Kohli said at the launch of a new book on him 'Driven' written by veteran journalist Vijay Lokapally. Sitting alongside legends like Kapil Dev, Virender Sehwag and Anil Kumble, Kohli revealed that even now when he is at the height of his popularity as an international cricketer, one person he is scared of is his coach Sharma.
On cloud nine after scoring his maiden ton against India, Bangladesh opener Tamil Iqbal said he emulated Virender Sehwag's aggression to notch up the best knock of his career against the world's number one Test side at Mirpur on Tuesday.
Or would it be unfair to dump these proven performers on basis of just a few bad performances?
Though Virender Sehwag himself won the man of the match award for his scintillating half-century, the opener praised the efforts of Indian seamers Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel for helping India win the fourth match and clinch the ODI series 4-0. According to him, the rain interruptions also favoured the hosts.
Rishabh Pant's IPL 2025 campaign hit a new low -both statistically and symbolically - on Sunday, at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala.
Indian opener Virender Sehwag on Tuesday said Sri Lankan off-spinner Suraj Randiv, who denied him a hundred in Monday's ODI tri-series match by deliberately bowling a no ball, has apologised for his conduct.
Virender Sehwag believes that youngsters Yashasvi Jasiwal and Shubman Gill will dominate the world of cricket for the "next decade".
India survived some jittery moments at the fag end before snatching a thrilling 21-run win over Sri Lanka in the first One-dayer of the five-match series in Hambantota on Saturday.
Virender Sehwag is in doubt for the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 after he has been advised two weeks of rest because of ligament injury he sustained during India's last Super Eights game in the ICC World Twenty20 against South Africa in Colombo.
Sehwag, who is suffering from a shoulder injury, will be replaced by Delhi team mate Gautam Gambhir.
Mukesh Kumar will be hoping that this dream IPL campaign can pave the way for his return to the Indian team. His control, clever variations, and mental resilience have made him one of Delhi's go-to bowlers this season.
Taming India's swashbuckling opening pair of Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will be crucial to New Zealand's success in the Twenty20 International on Wednesday, home team captain Daniel Vettori said in Christchurch.
The continuous failure with the bat cost Indian opener Virender Sehwag four places as he slid to 18th in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen but skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni moved up by two places to No. 4.
The Delhi batsmen will vie for the opener's slot for India against Pakistan in the first ODI in Guwahati.
Kohli scored 466 runs in 15 matches at a strike rate of 121.35 and has often struggled to get going in the middle overs.
The Indian opener stayed off field for most part of the England innings due to back spasms
Facing intense criticism for failing to put up even a semblance of fight in the 0-4 Test series loss to Australia, stand-in Indian skipper Virender Sehwag on Saturday, tried to defend the team's performance, insisting that such debacles happen to every international side.
Yashasvi Jaiswal stole the limelight with a classy century on Day 2 of the first Test on Thursday.
Virender Sehwag has denied saying no to Indian captaincy, insisting that he is open to taking up the job as and when required.
With India's injury list on the ongoing tour of England continuing to grow, Virender Sehwag and Ishant Sharma were ruled out of the upcoming One-Day International series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India, on Monday, named Mumbai batsman Ajinkya Rahane and Jharkhand pacer Varun Aaron as replacements for the Delhi duo.
Flawless hand-eye coordination and a simple batting philosophy where half-measures have no place allow Virender Sehwag to compensate for other shortcomings and make himself invaluable to India.
Ricky Ponting reacted angrily to Virender Sehwag's claims that the Australians had cheated during their 2-1 Test series victory Down Under, saying he felt insulted by the Indian opener's outburst.
The Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) is still mum on whether it would arrange a felicitation ceremony for the retired legend Virender Sehwag, with their standard answer being "no communication from BCCI".
The dashing Indian opener made a quick 23 in for Leicestershire agsinst Glamorgan on his County debut.
Indian cricket fraternity praised the team after its massive win over arch-rivals Pakistan
The right-handed opener is regarded as one of the greats of Indian cricket and was one of their biggest match-winners, especially in Test cricket, where he scored 8,586 runs in 104 matches, with a strike rate of 82.23 and an average of 49.34, with 23 centuries, including two triple hundreds.
Stand-in skipper Virender Sehwag said the absence of senior players had made things difficult for the team
Himself no dud with the bat as his tons in both the innings will suggest, an awestruck England opener Andrew Strauss on Sunday doffed his hat at Virender Sehwag and said the swashbuckling Indian plays a different game altogether.
Anil Kumble, who has a sore shoulder, will be left out of the two matches in Perth, Leipus said.
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