Virender Sehwag’s Candid Insights on Inzamam-ul-Haq & Sachin | Team India Cricket Legend 🏏

Virender Sehwag is one of the Indian legends who has never coached an international team. The former India opener retired from international cricket in 2015 and took up coaching and commentary. Sehwag, who represented Punjab Kings (PBKS) in IPL 2014 and 2015, joined their coaching staff as mentor in 2016 and later took up the role of the director of cricket. Sehwag coached PBKS till IPL 2018.
In 2017, Sehwag applied for the post of Team India's head coach but missed out as the Cricket Advisory Committee picked Ravi Shastri ahead of him. Sehwag hasn't applied for the top post since then.
Will Sehwag consider coaching Team India? Speaking to Amar Ujala, Sehwag said that he can coach an IPL team but not Team India. The Indian legend cited Team India's busy schedule as the reason behind not being interested in the job.
"I think, not for the Indian team, but if an opportunity comes for someone for the IPL team, I can definitely see it. Because if I become the coach of the Indian team, then I will return to the same routine which I have done in the last 15 years. You played for the Indian team for 15 years, staying out of home for eight months a year. Right now my kids are 14 and 16 and they need me. Both play cricket. One is an off-spinner and one is an opening batsman. I have to teach them...have to spend time with them," Sehwag told Amar Ujala.
"If I become the coach of the Indian team, then it will be the biggest challenge for me if the players of Team India remain out for eight months. Then I will not be able to give my time to the children. But yes, if I get the role of a coach or mentor in IPL, then I will definitely think about it."
Sehwag has stayed away from coaching since 2018. PBKS didn't have a memorable run under him and failed to qualify for the second round in any of the seasons. In fact, they haven't played an IPL playoff fixture since 2014. They have only cleared the league stage twice in 17 years.

Shikhar Dhawan will go down in Indian and world cricket history as one of the greatest white-ball openers. From 2013 to 2019, the India southpaw stood toe-to-toe with his compatriot and India's Test and ODI skipper Rohit Sharma at the top of the order and scored heaps of runs for India. In this period, the trio of Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan led Team India to many memorable victories.

The duo of Rohit and Shikhar might not have been as explosive as a Jason Roy and Jonny Bairstow, but lets not forget the fact that India in those six years did not enjoy the luxury of batting deep and having explosive hitters. Much to Shikhar Dhawan's misfortune, his bat stopped talking gradually and on most of the occasions, he found himself out of the team, but that doesn't contradict the fact that Dhawan can't be counted as one of the greats of the game.

India coach Gautam Gambhir has named an India XI that includes some of the greats of Indian cricket, including Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag. Surprisingly, Gambhir has also included Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni in his XI, the two players he is often quoted as having concerns about.

In a video posted on sportskeeda's YouTube channel, Gambhir listed himself and Virender Sehwag as the openers in the all-time India XI. Meanwhile, Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar found a place at number 3 and 4 respectively.

Virat Kohli has been included in the side at number 5 while Yuvraj Singh, who plays the role of designated all-rounder, has found a place at number 6. Moreover, MS Dhoni fills the role of wicket-keeper at number 7.

Anil Kumble and Ravichandran Ashwin are the two spinners in the side at numbers 8 and 9 respectively. Interestingly, Jasprit Bumrah does not find a mention in Gambhir's all-time XI, with Irfran Pathan and Zaheer Khan being the two pacers in the side.



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