‘Gavaskar Won’t Make An Effort To Talk To Sehwag’: Ex-Delhi Captain Says Shaw Could’ve Approached Him During Lean Patch

Virender Sehwag revealed that he and Prithvi Shaw spent six hours at an ad shoot but the 23-year-old did not talk about cricket.

Delhi Capitals batter Prithvi Shaw plays a shot during the IPL 2023 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Punjab Kings, at HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala, Wednesday, May 17, 2023.

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Former India cricketer and ex-captain of the Delhi Capitals (known as Delhi Daredevils then) Virender Sehwag on Wednesday suggested how the franchise's young opening batter Prithvi Shaw could have approached him when he was finding it hard to get back into runs. Shaw had to warm the benches for almost a month before he got a game against the Punjab Kings (PBKS) and made the most of it, scoring a fine half-century in his team's 15-run win.

In a conversation with Cricbuzz, Sehwag revealed that he had met Shaw as well as Shubman Gill during an ad shoot where they spent six hours but neither of them talked about cricket. He said that the out of form DC star could have talked to him. Making an interesting analogy, the ex-India opener said that Sunil Gavaskar won't make an effort to talk to Sehwag and similarly he did not initiate a conversation with Shaw. 

"He (Prithvi Shaw) did an ad shoot with me. Shubman Gill was also there. None of them talked about cricket for once. We were there for 6 hours. If you want to talk to someone then you have to approach them," Sehwag said on Cricbuzz.

He revealed that he had once himself gone to Gavaskar as he wanted to learn a few things from the master.

"When I was new to the team, I wanted to talk to Sunny Bhai (Gavaskar), So I said to John Wright that ‘I’m still a new player, I don’t know whether Sunny Bhai will meet me or not’, but you should organise that meeting. So Wright organised a dinner in 2003-04 for me and I also said that my (opening) partner Aakash Chopra will also come so that we can talk about batting. So he came and had dinner with us. So, you have to make that effort. Sunil Gavaskar won’t make an effort to talk to Sehwag or Chopra. You have to request him," the 44-year-old added.

As far as DC are concerned, the team was already out of the race to the Playoffs and their win made no difference to their campaign in that sense but it did hurt PBKS who are now almost out of the final four race since they can now reach only a maximum of 14 points. Both DC and PBKS have one more league match remaining in the season.