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Saturday, May 16, 2015

BCCI likely to bring back fab four Viru, Zaheer, Bhajji and Yuvi in Bangladesh tour for a graceful send-off

 

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

Virender Sehwag has scored just 99 runs in eight games, and was dropped in a few matches by the struggling Kings XI Punjab in the ongoing 2015 IPL Season 8
Virender Sehwag is the only Indian cricketer with two Test triple hundreds
309 Vs Pakistan @ Multan Cricket Stadium on March 28,2004 and
319 Vs South Africa @ M A Chidambaram Stadium Chennai on March 26,2008




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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