Published 15:08 IST, March 11th 2020
Virender Sehwag trolls Sachin Tendulkar for bowling first in Road Safety World Series game
Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar have been rolling back the years in the ongoing Road Safety World Series and giving the fans a trip down memory lane.
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Cricket fans have been taking a trip down memory lane since last Saturday when Road Safety World Series began in Mumbai. almost two-week long tournament has been seeing return of multiple cricket legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Brian Lara as y take field, one more time. Virender Sehwag, however, has t been happy with his captain Sachin Tendulkar. Find out why.
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Road Safety World Series: Virender Sehwag feels strain of fielding after Tendulkar elects to bowl first again
On Tuesday, India Legends team won toss against Sri Lankan legends and Sachin Tendulkar elected to bowl again. Talking to broadcast team of match after toss, Virender Sehwag humorously expressed his unhappiness with Tendulkar for electing to field first again. Sehwag light-heartedly ranted about how fielding a whole 20 overs is very taxing on his body as he is t used to regular cricketing action. Sehwag's slowness was visible in first match where India played West Indies.
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However, Viru's slow fielding and exhaustion that it causes him has t affected way that he bats. In first match against West Indies, Virender Sehwag scored a match-winning 74* off 57 deliveries and helped Indian Legends to get to a convincing victory. In second match, Sehwag could only score three runs while chasing Sri Lanka's 138. But Irfan Pathan's 57* blitz at end of innings helped India Legends get a second victory under ir belt.
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India Legends will w face South Africa Legends in Match .6 at Pune and n proceed to face Australia Legends in Match 10 also at Pune. final of tournament will be played at DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai on March 22. Here is full squad for Indian team playing tournament.
Sachin Tendulkar (captain), Sameer Dighe (wicketkeeper), Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Munaf Patel, Pragyan Ojha, Manpreet Gony, Sanjay Bangar, Abey Kuruvilla and Sairaj Bahutule.
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15:08 IST, March 11th 2020