Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag has lashed out on the Indian selectors who do not pick players according to their talent and also state associations who pick players under the influence of powerful people.
“You need to change things at U-19 and U-16 level because that’s problem area. If you pick over-age players, it is a problem that needs to be identified. If you have a player whose name and stature is big, you won’t have this problem,” he told ‘Cricinfo’.
“No, there is a conflict of interest. I have my Sehwag International School (in Haryana). So I cannot be a part of it. I cannot be a selector but if any association wants me to be a part of it, I would love to do that. There are other cricketers who have a reputation but they are not getting the opportunity to be a part of the selection panels.
“What is happening is that the guys in power introduce names to the selectors and the selectors then act according to these people’s whims,” he said.
“When I was growing up, I played a lot of 10- and 12-over games, I would bat in middle order. I got only 10-odd balls to face and I tried to score as much as I could. I applied the same approach in domestic and international cricket and people were appreciating my strike rate being more than 80 or 90 in Test cricket,” Sehwag said when asked if his approach changed how batsmen opened the innings in a fundamental way.
Virender Sehwag moved from Delhi to Haryana this season in the Ranji trophy and nothing has changed. Virender Sehwag was an impact player and would like groom cricketers who would love to join his school and teach the basics of the game.