Sehwag taking the long road back

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The Indian team is in Ireland for a long tour ahead, and one man must surely be missing the action - Virender Sehwag - who has been dropped after five long years.

Virender Sehwag turned out for a club side in the Capital. The man who had bludgeoned his way into the hearts of Indian fans is now fighting a battle to find that place back.

"His natural way is to hit the ball, and he is trying to do that and trying to rectify within that, which is a very good sign. I think he is going to be back in the Indian side soon," former India spinner Rahul Sanghvi says.

Sehwag has played 22 one-dayers this season scoring 389 runs at an average of 24.77. His highest score of 114 came against Bermuda in the World Cup. His Test statistics, too, are nothing to write home about. In three Tests, he has scored 89 runs with 51 being his highest score.
"He is playing a lot of matches, scoring a lot of runs and is looking very good. He is very sincere and very focussed. So I think he will come back in the team very soon," off-spinner Sarandeep Singh says.

"He was out of form, everyone knows that. But he has been working hard in local tournaments. It's just unfortunate that he has been dropped and there is no first-class season going on," Sanghvi says.

For years now, Sehwag has been a regular face in the Indian dressing room. Unable to find his swashbuckling form, he finds himself sweating it out in the Delhi heat, while the rest of the team is in Belfast.