In the
not-too-distant past, it was impossible to imagine an India XI without
Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh.
All
four had made a significant contribution to the triumphant 2011 World
Cup campaign, and three of them helped India reach the pinnacle in Test
rankings.
But
time waits for no-one. It is no secret that the four stalwarts are way
past their prime now. Poor fitness and form have ensured that, never
mind staking the claim for a Team India spot, they don’t set the field
ablaze even in domestic cricket or the Indian Premier League(IPL)
Yuvraj was hopeful of making a comeback using IPL as a platform. But the Player of the Tournament at the 2011 World Cup, who hit six sixes in an over off Stuart Broad at the 2007 ICC World T20, has managed just 237 runs in 13 games for Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing 2015 IPL Season 8
The
national selectors stopped considering them a long while ago, but in
the light of their service to Indian cricket, it would be a travesty to
let them walk into the sunset just like that.
It seems
that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is thinking on
these lines. It is toying with the idea of sending Sehwag, Zaheer,
Harbhajan and Yuvraj for a farewell series in Bangladesh next month.
If
a section of the BCCI has its way, it will provide the players wth an
opportunity to call time on their illustrious careers wearing the India
shirt
The Indian squad is to be selected on May 20,2015 in Mumbai.
The tour starts with the Test in Fatullah on June 10, and ends with a day-night ODI in Mirpur on June 24.
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