Virender Sehwag Virender Sehwag

The coach who had turned the tables in the past, the coach who had scripted Virender Sehwag's return to Indian cricket after he was dropped and out of the team for over a year in 2006-07; is now hoping against the hope, praying for his ward that his focus, form & commitment returns.In an exclusive interview with Aajtak/Headlines Today, coach A N Sharma came down heavily on Sehwag for his "non-commitment, lack of focus & motivation" and said that his ward is "not working hard enough.""Everything is going wrong for Sehwag. His timing, footwork, shot selection. There is no focus, no commitment... most importantly it seems that he isn't working hard enough," he observed.When asked about why he isn't coming back to him this time, Sharma said: "Last time when he came to me at this very centre in 2006, he worked hard at this nets behind you for five to six hours, corrected his technique, then gone back to the Indian team and then within a year scored a double and then a triple century.""Now it seems the hunger is gone. May be he is too busy for a practice session here. I hope and pray that he comes back to form as soon as possible and get back that touch and be among the runs. Once he does that, we will see that old Sehwag," he noted.When a parallel was drawn between Sehwag and double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, (both from Najafgarh), "he should learn from his commitment and how he chose to be close to the basics (train with his coach Mahabali Satpal) train hard every single day and always be in form."