Blow to Delhi Daredevils as Virender Sehwag suffers recurrence of shoulder injury – IPL 4 News
The title hopes of the Delhi Daredevils in the on-going Indian Premier League have taken a severe beating as there inform opener and captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Virender-Sehwag-c95429 is ruled out of the remainder of the tournament this year due to a shoulder
injury.
The problem in his shoulder has plagued him for a long time and it is the recurrence of the same issue that has cut short his appearance in the cash rich league.
Sehwag who was one of the main performers in India’s successful ICC World Cup 2011 campaign that ended in glorious fashion in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 at the start of last month has been in scintillating form in the shortest format of the game. He struck
one of the best IPL hundreds in a game against Kings XI Punjab as he singlehandedly destroyed the opposition with a spectacular knock.
He hit some amazing shots in his innings that completely derailed the opposition. Currently Sehwag is the leading run scorer in the tournament with a staggering tally of 424 runs. However, the fortunes of his team have not matched
his, as in 11 games thus far the fancied Delhi team has registered a mere four wins.
The news of his injury has hit the Delhi camp hard as the announcement in this regard was made earlier today.
"It will be a miracle if he plays another match,” stated PB Vanchi, Director of GMR Sports, owners of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils.
Delhi has a tough task ahead, they will need to win all their remaining matches in style if they are to improve on their current standing of seventh in the table, as they will now be led by Australian all-rounder James Hopes. He will
be replacing Sehwag at the helm starting from the next Delhi game.
Vanchi said the decision was taken after the aggressive batsman held talks with the governing body of the game, the Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 who advised him to undergo surgery immediately in order to recover before a grueling
season of international cricket which starts with the all important tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
"He has a problem; he struggled in the last match too. The BCCI is making the arrangements for the surgery," Vanchi said. "They are waiting for a date. If he needs surgery we are not going to be coming in the way."
Meanwhile a disappointed Sehwag confirmed to the media in India that he was set to fly out to London at the earliest for the surgical procedure which can be tricky and cause a long layoff and rehabilitation period.
The injury is the same one that he had sustained in the last two years, as he was forced to miss two editions of the World Twenty20s and, more recently the One Day International series against South African just before the World Cup.
Luckily though for the Indian supporters he was in good form in the premier ODI tournament and played a pivotal part in the title winning effort for his team. The Delhi team though will be ruing his absence especially after the kind
of form he displayed in the second part of the season, many believe that his effort against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 was the highlight of the tournament.
It remains to be seen as to how the Daredevils perform in his absence with their fortunes on low. Hopes and his troops will have to deliver something special if they are to revive their campaign in the remainder of the season.
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