Sehwag may not play for India again: Boycott

[koksmayu]

Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott says Virender Sehwag is unlikely to play for India again and the opener will "sadly fade away" after playing a bit of Indian T20 League. Sehwag was dropped for the last two Tests against Australia in the recent series and was also excluded from the list of 30 probables for the Champions Trophy. "I don't think he'll play again. I think it's because India have gone the right way. It took a little while to come around to it. They've given youth a chance," Boycott told ESPNcricinfo on the weekly show Bowl at Boycs. In eight Test matches since April 2012, he has managed to score just 408 runs at an average of 31.38, with highest being 117. In the six ODIs, in the same period, he scored 183 runs at an average of 30.5 and was dropped for the ODI series against England. His last ODI century was the double hundred against the West Indies in December 2011. Boycott said India have done the right thing by blooding youngsters in the national side. "After they lost to England, I kept saying you have to give these young batsmen a chance. You have to get them in and you have to build again for the World Cup. I've never changed my view on that. You are world champions in ODIs, you have to move on, and it doesn't matter who you are, I always say, age is not the barrier, it's about performance," he said. Boycott said Sehwag was one of the best batsmen of the last 20 years and lack of a defensive technique was his only shortcoming. "He played it his way and his way, at times, on certain pitches, was highly successful. But when it comes to the ball moving around and it was a bit more bouncy, his defensive technique was exposed. But trying to tell him and make him play differently, how do you do that? Sehwag has got all his runs playing his way," Boycott said He also stressed that it was difficult for a player like Sehwag to change the way he played the game. "His nature, his personality, is a more happy-go-lucky, generous, easy-natured, friendly, affable sort of personality that fits in with the way he batted," Boycott said. "He used to bat freely, with lots of strokes. It's not in his nature to play carefully, steadily. I'm sure people have tried to say, 'Can you play a little more carefully? You are older now, you maybe don't pick the ball up quite as well or quickly, or you've still got lots of talent and use your experience.' You tell everybody all these things but it's very difficult to change people from what they are. And, it's too late now. I think he's just going to play a bit of T20-League and then, sadly, fade away," he said.

[G_B_]

i agree. then again i thought the same for bhajji and i was wrong....

[trundlerNO1]

quite right :((

[bhumika]

he is done. It very true with his eye sight now.

[singhprakash72]

i agree. then again i thought the same for bhajji and i was wrong....

Bhajji is also done but may linger around for couple of yrs if selector are generous. As for Sehwag he could have played for a few more yrs if he had shown some level of consistency.

[harmuk]

He played more than what he should. Should have never been in the 100 Test club along with Harbhajan. Charity games saw them through, get to the milestone. So nothing to feel bad, in that sense.

[Gunner]

Sehwag should be given a chance in the middle order before being dropped.

[ganeshran]

BS. He will be back with a bang

[CSK Fan]

He played more than what he should. Should have never been in the 100 Test club along with Harbhajan. Charity games saw them through' date=' get to the milestone. So nothing to feel bad, in that sense.[/quote'] Dude is there any Indian player you actually respect? Stick to T20 please

[Cricketics]

Absolute Bull shyt. Boycott is trying his best to pursue Indian Selectors and get some attention.

[Junyfan]

sehwag is class player

[harmuk]

Dude is there any Indian player you actually respect? Stick to T20 please

What respect? These guys are just cricket players, with most of them with questionable IQ. So keeping the respect part aside, I do like players like Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Dhoni etc., excepting I do not hero worship ball players like you do, and lose all sense of perspective (as you do with regards to Tendulkar) when people express their opinion.

[ExpressPace]

Why dont these oldies just retire instead of being thrown out of the team. One of my fav player but its about time he should hang the boots and only play ipl.

[Muloghonto]

What respect? These guys are just cricket players' date=' with most of them with questionable IQ. So keeping the respect part aside, I do like players like Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Dhoni etc., excepting I do not hero worship ball players like you do, and lose all sense of perspective (as you do with regards to Tendulkar) when people express their opinion.[/quote'] You seem to lose all perspective when it comes to experts giving their expert opinion on cricketers. Or i guess you are a 20-something kid who thinks he knows more about cricket than the people who've played it for their whole lives. Somehow you think that diminishing their accomplishments and throwing pure stats around makes you a 'cricket analyst'. It does not. As such, you display a remarkable lack of understanding of how sporting team management works and who deserves to play and who does not.

[FischerTal]

Sehwag still might have chance through Ranji but it seems highly unlikely

[Vanarp22]

Sadly, I have to agree with Boycott. One of the only former cricketers who isn't biased these days :two_thumbs_up: Sehwag is one of the great Indian players. I hope he returns but as Boycott says it probably won't happen.

[Executioner]

Not a big fan of this guy by an stretch of imagination but I think sehwag will be back. The guy scored 2 triple centuries and almost scored another, i think he will be back some time or the other

[rkt.india]

He needs to play county cricket like Ganguly did.

[I6MTW]

He cant even play IPL without getting injured. How is this guy gonna play tests.

[CG]

It all boils down to does how motivated sehwag is to comeback.He has to start by working on his fitness like he did when he was dropped.Really i though he learnt his lesson but he went back to his old habbits.