IPL 2020: Virender Sehwag Names 5 Star Players Who Flopped In The Tournament

Former India cricketer, Virender Sehwag has named 5 players who are big names in the cricket fraternity but flattered to deceive in the IPL 2020. Known for his funny repertoire, the former opener took digs at the players in a humorous manner.

The IPL concluded with Mumbai Indians defeating the Delhi Capitals in the final in Dubai. Mumbai won the trophy for the fifth time, and successfully defended their title. While everyone in the MI team contributed towards their victory, several big-money players in other teams failed to deliver on their expectations.

Andre Russell’s muscles remained lazy this season: Virender Sehwag

In a video shared on his Facebook page, Virender Sehwag did the postseason reviews of some players. In that, he made a list of 5 big star players who flopped in the tournament.

Sehwag talked about Aaron Finch first. He had nicknamed the RCB opener as ‘Viru’ and Kohli as ‘Thakur’ in reference to the Bollywood movie ‘Sholay’. However, Finch had a below-par season, and Sehwag feels that the Bangalore curse affected the Aussie.

The former India opener then named Andre Russell as his second flop player. Sehwag opined that the West Indian gave hopes in every innnigs, but never came good, which is a major reason why KKR couldn’t qualify for the playoffs.

Virender Sehwag said, “Aaron Finch, I gave him my name as a nickname, thinking he would be Viru to Thakur Kohli. Instead, it looks like the Bangalore curse affected him badly and the engine of his batting stalled this season.”

“Andre Russell’s muscles remained lazy this season and slept after giving us hopes in every innings. Because of that Kolkata didn’t make it to the playoffs this season.”

10 crore cheerleader proved very costly for Punjab: Virender Sehwag

Sehwag mentioned Shane Watson as well in his list as a ‘diesel engine’. He said that Watson’s ageing body couldn’t continue taking the team on his shoulders and had to break down at some point in his career.

The 42-year-old took massive swipes at Glenn Maxwell with his wit and humour. The former Punjab captain and coach said that Maxwell was an expensive cheerleader for Punjab referring to the Australians’ price of 10 crores. Sehwag pointed out that for years Maxwell has been paid highly in the IPL, but hasn’t delivered with the bat.

Virender Sehwag continued, “Shane Watson, the Chennai fans and we had high hopes from this Diesel Engine but in this season, even after many kickstarts, it didn’t start properly and as the season ended the vehicle cannot be pulled any longer and retired it.

“Glenn Maxwell. This 10 crore cheerleader proved very costly for Punjab. His IPL routine for the last few years has been of shirking from work but this season he broke that record as well. This is what you call a highly paid vacation.”

The Nawab of Najafgarh recalled the time when Dale Steyn intimidated the batsman around the world. However, Sehwag says, ‘Steyn Gun’ has become a ‘pipe gun’. The cricketer-turned-commentator couldn’t believe that Steyn was so poor this season and it was his last IPL.

“Dale Steyn. There was a time when everyone was afraid of the bullets from the ‘Steyn Gun’ but this season instead of the ‘Steyn Gun’ we got a homemade pipe gun. I could not believe my eyes seeing him getting hit but one thing became clear that we are unlikely to find a buyer for him now in the IPL market,” Virender Sehwag added.

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