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Virender Sehwag blasts the Indian team following the semi-final defeat at the 20-20 World Cup 2022

Former Indian opener, Virender Sehwag has come down heavily on the Indian Cricket Team after the semi-final loss against England at the 20-20 World Cup 2022. During an interaction with Cricbuzz, Sehwag called for a change in the personnel for the next edition of the 20-20 World Cup.

“I won’t talk about mindset and all that, but I would definitely want to see changes in personnel. I don’t want to see certain faces in the next World Cup. It happened in the 2007 T20 World Cup, also. The stalwarts playing for all these years did not go to that World Cup. A bunch of youngsters went, and nobody had any expectations from them, and I would want to see a similar sort of team picked for the next T20 World Cup, nobody will expect them to win, but that team will be for the future,” Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.

Sehwag feels that the selection committee has to come forward and take the hard calls for the betterment of the Indian Cricket. Sehwag is assured about the fact that India could suffer a similar fate if they take the same team in the next edition of the 20-20 World Cup.

“If you start thinking about your future now, then only you’ll be able to put together a team in two years. I would not want to see some non-performing seniors in the next World Cup. I hope the selectors will make such calls. But the problem is will these selectors remain till the next World Cup? There will be a selection panel, new management, and a new approach, so will they make the changes? But one thing is for sure if they go into the next World Cup with the same team and the same approach, then the results will also be the same,” he added.

India will next be touring New Zealand for three T20Is and as many ODIs.