Why sehwag is dropped

Virender Sehwag revealed that MS Dhoni did not consult them in the dressing room but went on to term him, Tendulkar and Gambhir slow fielders in the press conference in Australia. Share Via. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe. Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin.

Sign Up. In 20 Ranji trophy matches for Delhi and Haryana since his last Test, Sehwag scored runs at an average just under 40 with three centuries. Sehwag admitted that it took him a while to adjust to playing on the domestic circuit after having had a long international career. It was too late but I was playing because I wanted to play the game. Sehwag is widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen of the modern era, but he was quite candid about his desire to play in the middle order towards the end of his career.

I tried my best but could not get an opportunity in the middle order," he said. Pujara was playing as the No. Tendulkar was playing at 4, Kohli at 5 and it meant that I had to bat at No. So, there was no chance for me to bat in the middle order. While Sehwag retired with an impressive Test record, his performances outside the subcontinent were inconsistent. Some knocks like the at MCG in are considered modern day classics, but overall Sehwag averaged just He conceded that as an area he struggled to match his peers in.

It wasn't just his lack of mobility that cost Sehwag his place. But it was not so very long ago — 13 months, in fact — that Sehwag scored against West Indies, a world record score in one-day international cricket. Since scaling that peak, however, the opener has been ambling down the other side, making a single fifty, and averaging 23, in his past 11 innings.

Against Pakistan he made four and 31 in the two matches his team lost, and was dropped for the game they won. Still, his run of form is not so poor that it alone explains his omission when you consider all his deeds for his country. Sehwag is a man who can win matches on his own — his team were victorious in 14 of the 15 ODI matches in which he scored a century, and 42 of the 53 matches in which he made 50 or more.

The selectors have ignored the old dictum about picking the man the opposition will be most reluctant to play against. Last year Sehwag was repeatedly "rested", as the selectors euphemistically put it, from India's limited overs side.

It happened during the Asia Cup, and again in the World Twenty This time there is no pretence. He has simply been dropped. According to the Indian press, Sehwag's relationship with MS Dhoni has been strained for some time, the opener supposedly incensed at being overlooked for the captaincy.