"Hasn't Lived Up To 1 Percent Of Expectations": Virender Sehwag On GT Star

26.05.2023 - 13:15 sports.ndtv.com

The Gujarat Titans became the first team to qualify for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 playoffs, winning 10 of the 14 matches they played in the league stage.

Though the franchise put in a consistent show of quality, all is not well with the GT squad, at least for former India cricketer Virender Sehwag.

In a chat ahead of the Qualifier 2, Sehwag expressed his disappointment at GT batter Dasun Shanaka who had come into the team as a replacement for injured Kane Williamson.

In the three matches that Shanaka played, he only scored 26 runs, with the best being 17. Sehwag, refusing to mince his words, said that the Sri Lankan didn't even give 1 percent of what was expected from him. "I'm not worried about the bowling too much.

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