Sehwag tells MiD DAY he has no plans to sport a figure on his world up jersey
Sehwag tells MiDu00a0DAY he has no plans to sport a figure on his world up jersey
Even if the International Cricket Council insist, India's dashing batsman Virender Sehwag will not sport a jersey number in the ongoing World Cup.
MiD DAY first reported that one of the ICC match officials present at the India vs Bangladesh opener at Mirpur informed the Indian team management that Sehwag had played the game without a jersey number.
An ICC spokesperson said that they may bring up the matter with the team management again.
"I don't want to use a number," Sehwag stressed at the Indian team hotel yesterday. "My mother had consulted some astrologers, who gave her some numbers which I could use, but I told her that I don't have a number when I play Test cricket, so why should I have one when I play one-day cricket," he said.
Sehwag has full support of team manager Ranjib Biswal. "If Sehwag could play the ICC World T20 without a jersey number, I don't see why he cannot do that in another ICC tournament ufffd the 50-50 World Cup. And if the ICC wanted him to wear one during this tournament, they should have informed us earlier," said Biswal.
