Sehwag fails India again

By John Cheeran
Faridabad offered Indian opener Virender Sehwag a perfect opportunity to regain form.
A wicket without bounce and his nemesis Matthew Hoggard not there to trouble him, Sehwag should have prospered.
Even England captain Andrew Flintoff allowed the Indian opener enough room to play a few rasping shots by holding back himself from the attack initially.
But he prospered not to the extent that his team can breathe easily. If he survives fast bowlers, then he throws away the wicket to spinners!
It is puzzling that Sehwag should get out to England’s left-arm spinner Ian Blackwell, sweeping and not connecting bat with ball properly. I admit he was a bit unfortunate in the sense that, the ball hit wicket keeper Geraint Jones’ boot and hit the stumps.
That was pathetic.
It only shows that Sehwag lacks confidence and is far from the batsman, who was feared by new ball bowlers. And his repeated failures at the top has thrown the Indian batting out of gear, whether it is in Tests or one-dayers.
It is high time skipper Rahul Dravid and coach Greg Chappell had a session with our once mercurial opener so that Team India prospers.