 Captain or no captain, Sehwag pledges inputs for team
12th Sep 2008 23:02 IST
Agencies
Virender Sehwag does not hanker after Test captaincy and the swashbuckling opener says as a senior member of the squad, he would keep giving his inputs to whoever leads the side.
While ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the overwhelming favourite to take over the Test reins from Anil Kumble in the future, a section of former players believe Sehwag might be the right choice for the job.
The Delhi batsman, however, made it clear that he does not crave for the job and would keep helping the team as a senior member.
"As a senior member, I would keep giving my suggestions. I suggested something to Kumble in Perth and it clicked. Likewise, I would keep giving my suggestions and it won't have anything to do with whether I'm the skipper or not," Sehwag told reporters in New Delhi today on the sidelines of a channel programme.
In the Perth Test, Sehwag had asked Kumble to persist with Ishant Sharma, who was off-colour till then, and the move paid off with the Delhi speedster removing Ricky Ponting.
Told about the view of some of the former players who would have liked to see him as the next Test captain, Sehwag said, "It's their opinion."
Sehwag said he had fully recovered from an ankle injury and was looking forward to the home series against Australia.
"In absence of any cricket in the entire month of September, we got time to work on our fitness. My ankle is perfect now and by the time we play against Australia, all other players would also be in the peak of their fitness level," he said.
Sehwag also threw his weight behind the senior players and said people should not write them off after one bad series.
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