It will be interesting to see an Indian team without Virender Sehwag – Wasim Akram – Cricket News Update
Former Pakistani captain, Wasim Akram, is eager to see how the Indian team will perform in the latest edition of the quadrangular Asia Cup tournament in the absence of Virender Sehwag.
"It will be interesting to see an Indian team without http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739,” said the 45-year-old former pace bowling veteran of Pakistan.
“...in my book, Sehwag is too good a batsman to be ignored...Sehwag remains a dangerous customer on sub-continental conditions," the cricketer turned commentator added further.
Virender Sehwag, the hard hitting opening batsman from Delhi, has been rested by BCCI selectors for the regional One-Day tournament, apparently on fitness grounds. It is said that the Delhi http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Anthony-Hibbert-c81005 has been overlooked for selection due to a disagreement with
skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
There is speculation that Sehwag’s lure for the captaincy cost him a place in the national team. Sehwag has denied these reports saying that he never wanted to be captain, and his job is to score runs for the team, regardless of him being vice captain or
not. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wasim-Akram-c96292, on the other hand, has urged the hard-hitting opener to accept Dhoni’s position as captain.
"Dhoni remains India's best leader at the moment and sooner Sehwag realises this, the better,” warned the former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 skipper.
“Hence, Sehwag needs to be at peace with him, focus purely on his fitness and the runs shall follow," he said, adding that only performance matters in cricket, and if the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 cricketer started scoring runs, fans will automatically start adoring him.
With the likes of Rahul Dravid, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 and Sachin Tendulkar reaching the end of their careers, the 45-year-old former left-arm pacer has urged Sehwag to take the responsibility of scoring runs at the top of the order.
“With http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 unlikely to prolong his ODI career, Sehwag needs to play the role of an elder statesman in the team,” insisted Wasim Akram.
To date, Sehwag has played 245 One Day Internationals and has scored 8090 runs at an average of 35.17, including 15 centuries and 37 half centuries.
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