Cricket / Virender Sehwag revealed that he applied for Team India’s head coach role in 2017 because of Virat Kohli

Virendra Sehwag: Team India's former veteran opener Virender Sehwag has always attracted everyone's attention with his aggressive batting. Sehwag is also very active on social media and he keeps on talking to his fans continuously. Meanwhile, he has made a big disclosure, after which he has once again come into the limelight. The special thing is that Virat Kohli's name is also included in this disclosure.

Sehwag made a big disclosure

In fact, Virender Sehwag has made a big disclosure regarding the post of coach of the Indian team in 2017. Talking to News18, he said that he had applied for the post of coach of the Indian team in 2017 only on the advice of Virat Kohli. If he says no, I would never have applied for it. He also told that along with Virat, Amitabh Chaudhary, who was the secretary of BCCI at that time, had also asked him to apply.

Why did this happen?

While disclosing this, Sehwag told that he had met Amitabh Chaudhary. Then he had said that everything is not going well between Virat Kohli and Anil Kumble (coach of Team India at that time). We want you to take over as the coach of the team. He also pointed out that Amitabh Chaudhary had said that Kumble's tenure would end after the 2017 Champions Trophy. After this you can join the team for West Indies tour.

i got everything i wanted

Talking about himself, Sehwag said that I have got everything I wanted. Coming from a small farming family in Najafgarh, I got a chance to play in the Indian team. Fans gave me a lot of love and support. Despite this, even if I had captained Team India, I would have got the same respect.