Virender Sehwag takes a dig at Dhoni, adds more confusion to rotation policy

BRISBANE: Dhoni's controversial rotation policy, which has sparked of a heated debate among critics and speculation of a rift within the team, took a more confusing turn on Tuesday with Virender Sehwag saying he did not know that fielding abilities had anything to do with it.

Sehwag said that he had never been told that the slow fielding was an issue, even none of the senior players know about this.

"I didn't know what Dhoni said and what is going on in media. He told us that he wanted to give chance to young players who had come here and will take the responsibility for the next World Cup. That's what he told us," said Sehwag.

Dhoni had stated the three openers - Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir were not being picked together in tournament because they are slow and could be costing the side at least 20 runs.

"Have you seen my catch?" Sehwag snapped back in response, adding "we have been fielding the same way for the last 10 years."

Sehwag was again pressed as to what he thought could be the reasons for Dhoni to suggest that they were costing the team 20 runs in the field.

"But you have to ask Dhoni again. What he told us was to give chance to youngsters and come here and play the next World Cup. That was what he told us," said Sehwag.

"He chatted with everyone, with Gautam and me and Tendulkar, he (said) he wanted to give chance to youngsters so they can play all the matches and prepare themselves for the next World Cup. They would have an idea how the wicket behaves in Australia."

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