Sehwag wants out of vice captaincy role

Current India vice-captain, Virender Sehwag has asked the selectors to not consider him for the captaincy of the Indian side. He has also requested them to discontinue with him as the deputy skipper to M.S.Dhoni, and get in a vice-captain who could probably be groomed into the role of a captain in the years to come. Australia has the same policy with Michael Clarke being the vice-captain, having taken over from Adam Gilchrist, and is not being groomed for the future as captain, once Ricky Ponting ends his career.

Sehwag was being interviews by a news channel, and he said that he made this decision known to the selectors, and that he expected them to take a decision to replace him with someone with a long term plan to become the captain. He said that he would love to continue scoring the runs for his side and win them the games!

Sehwag was the vice-captain of the side before the injury hot him and he will miss out on the Champions Trophy because of that. In his absence, in all probabilities, the vice-captaincy will be taken over by Yuvraj Singh. And given Sehwag's reluctance, Yuvraj could be made a long term vice captain as well. Earlier, Yuvi had been appointed the vice-captain, but given his failure to cement his place in the test side, the position was offered to Sehwag. However, with Sourav Ganguly having retired from international cricket, Yuvraj could expect a more permanent place in the test match side as well, and that would allow the selectors to confer the role onto his shoulders. Sehwag had been first made the deputy when Rahul Dravid had been appointed the skipper, but loss of form and his subsequent ouster from the side meant that the position was then taken up by VVS Laxman. Sachin Tendulkar also had a shot at it for some time, thereby fuelling rumours that he could be the next captain of the side, but Anil Kumble was made the captain. Incidentally, Sehwag has said that Ganguly was the best captain that he played under.

It was after the appointment of Dhoni as the captain in all the three formats of the game, Sehwag was given the position of the vice-captain. However, there have been enough rumours to suggest that not all is well between Dhoni and Sehwag, and that could be one of the reasons for Sehwag's change of mind.