Noose tightens around Sehwag's bat

By John Cheeran
9, 8, 1,10, 9,17. This could be the way you spell Sehwag in these troubled times.
Incidentally these numbers are the runs scored by India’s dashing opener in India’s last six matches.
There is no doubt that Sehwag has the potential to do much better. If India have struggled in the recent one-day internationals Sehwag’s failure to give a rollicking start is largely responsible. The power play (20 overs) allows carefree stroke makers such as Sehwag to play with gay abandon. But Sehwag has forgotten how to survive more than ten minutes at the crease.
The Delhi batsman seems to play with no regard for the consequences of his actions.
Sehwag should have learnt his lessons by now, that is, if he had bothered to watch skipper Rahul Dravid and young Mahendra Singh Dhoni play themselves back into form with a blend of grit and graft in Ahmedabad against West Indies.
It is quite plain that such a state of affairs cannot go on beyond a point. Only Sehwag appears to differ from this line of thought!
Sehwag might as well reach the end of his tether at Mohali today as India are engaged in a clash for survival against world champions Australia.
Sehwag owes his life in the Indian dressing room thanks to Sourav Ganguly’s ouster. Apparently Greg Chappell wants to convince Indian cricket fans that he is not against the prima donnas of Indian cricket; not here to throw out the seniors. Chappell wants to come through as a fair judge of people precisely because Ganguly episode put so much pressure on him. More than anything else, the Delhi and Delhi Cricket Association might be exerting enough pressure on the BCCI and team management to give Sehwag one more chance.
May be a loss today against Australia will give Chappell and Dravid enough room and moral courage to go for a surgery and discard band-aid solutions to set right the disorders that plague the Indian team.
Such are the blessings in disguise!