Sourav Ganguly confirms Virender Sehwag will deliver Pataudi Lecture on January 12: Report

Former India batsman Virender Sehwag has been zeroed in to deliver  7th Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Lecture in Mumbai on January 12, 2020.  Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Sourav Ganguly confirmed to a leading sports network that Sehwag will indeed be delivering lecture. lecture will take place alongside annual BCCI Awards two days before India-Australia ODI to be played in city.

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Virender Sehwag to deliver Pataudi Lecture 2020

According to reports, it was speculated that Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar could deliver memorial lecture, which has been organised by BCCI since 2013. However, Tendulkar has some or commitments, due to which  board finally decided to go ahead with Virender Sehwag, who has played 104 Tests, 251 ODIs and 19 T20Is for India. Pataudi Memorial Lecture was established to hour former Indian captain, who passed away in 2011. inaugural lecture was delivered by Sunil Gavaskar on February 20, 2013 at Taj Coromandel Hotel in Chennai.

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In past, Sunil Gavaskar, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid and Farokh Engineer have delivered lecture. Last year, former England batsman Kevin Pietersen had delivered lecture in Bengaluru. When contacted, Virender Sehwag himself confirmed development by claiming that he had accepted Ganguly's offer for hour.

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Virender Sehwag to celebrate New Year's in Dubai with wife Aarti Sehwag

On Wednesday, former India opener took to Instagram to post a selfie along with his wife Aarti Sehwag before leaving for Dubai to celebrate New Year. He captioned photo "Dubai bound #merrychristmas #dillikisardi se rahat @aartisehwag". His former India and Delhi Capitals teammate Umesh Yadav liked post, while Virender Sehwag's good friend and West Indies' dynamic opener Chris Gayle responded to tweet with a high-five.

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