Former cricketer Virender Sehwag retired from worldwide cricket in October 2015. Popularly often known as Nawab of Najafgarh, Sehwag had the fame of toying with the bowlers from the primary ball of the match. A key a part of the 2011 World Cup-winning Indian staff, he grew to become well-known for hitting the primary ball of the match for a boundary all through most matches of the event, tearing aside prime quick bowlers like Dale Steyn, James Anderson and Umar Gul.
Nonetheless, the legendary batter has revealed that his hand-eye co-ordination is not apt any extra to have the ability to face fierce quick bowlers.
Sehwag, who’s presently within the star-studded commentary panel for the continued DP World Worldwide League T20 (ILT20) 2025, addressed the media on Thursday, February 06, saying that he might not function in franchise leagues as participant since he has misplaced the contact he used to have in his energetic enjoying days.
“If any Indian participant has simply retired from worldwide cricket or IPL and in the event that they need to play, then this event is a superb platform for them. Like Dinesh Karthik went to SA20 and he participated there. So, we might like to see some Indian gamers take part within the DP World ILT20 as effectively. I’d like to see Yuvraj Singh play on this event. He’s the sixer king, so sure. However I can not, I’m too previous to play now. I can not deal with fast-bowling now, the 46-year-old mentioned on the interplay, the place CricTracker was in attendance.
The cricketer-turned-commentator was requested to price the completely different leagues, and rank them in chronological order. Nonetheless, his response was fairly a impartial one and mentioned that he doesn’t want to examine one franchise league to a different since all of them include their set of benefits and pleasure amongst followers.
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“I can not examine one league to a different as a result of the leagues are taking place for the completely different international locations. And good for the international locations. IPL is nice for India. BBL is nice for Australia. Equally, ILT20 is nice for UAE gamers and UAE, Center East. So it’s troublesome to choose one league. However the good half is that you may’t see 9 worldwide gamers enjoying in a single staff. That’s taking place solely within the DP World ILT20,” he concluded.
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