Virender Sehwag Labels Teammate Mental, Ripped Apart By Fans For Demeaning Remarks

Virender Sehwag [Source: X.com]

Indian opener Virender Sehwag is often in the limelight due to his casual way of speaking and his sometimes insulting remarks. He is known for being blunt, outspoken, and often controversial in his commentary and social media posts. This time again, he came into the spotlight after commenting on his former Punjab Kings teammate.

Notably, Virender Sehwag shared a story about batting with Manan Vohra. Sehwag talked about the time when he opened the batting with Vohra in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Kings XI Punjab, which is now called Punjab Kings. 

Virender Sehwag’s controversial remark about former teammate

While speaking on a panel on Cricbuzz, Virender Sehwag recalled that Vohra used to compete with him even though they were teammates. So, Sehwag said that he approached the younger batter and told him not to compete with him. 

Instead, he asked him to rotate the strike so that Sehwag could face more balls during the powerplay. During the powerplay, fielding restrictions help batters score more runs, so Sehwag wanted to take advantage of that situation.

He explained the situation by saying: “Main ek baar opening karta tha Manan Vohra ke saath. Toh Manan Vohra compete karte the mere saath. Main unko samjhata tha ki compete mat kijiye. Aapka sirf kaam hai strike mujhe dena. Aapka kaam woh nahi hai ki powerplay istemaal karein. Woh main kar lunga. But aap mujhe strike toh dein! 

Toh agar saari ballein aap kheloge toh phir main kya karunga powerplay mein? (I used to open the batting with Manan Vohra. He would try to compete with me. I made him understand that his job wasn’t to exploit the powerplay, that was my job. I told him to just give me the strike so I could bat in the powerplay.)"

Fans blast on Virender Sehwag

After the video of this interview went viral on social media, many fans were not happy with Sehwag’s comments. Fans across different social media platforms reacted quickly and shared their opinions. Many people felt that his comments were disrespectful and showed a bad attitude towards his former teammate.

As a result, the internet was filled with criticism of the former Indian cricketer. Many users called his behaviour irritating, while others said that he behaves as if only he knows how to play cricket. 

शिवाय

@mohbhangpiya

Sehwag saab player acche the par insaan ekdam ghatiya hai

Mar 21, 2026, 10:56 AM

Let's take a look at how fans reacted to Virender Sehwag's comment on Manan Vohra: 

rustyesh

@rustyesh

@mohbhangpiya "team player" - wo kya hota hai? was a fan of him as player. never liked him since he joined commentary....all because he revealed what kind of man he is.

शिवाय

@mohbhangpiya

@effucktivehumor @RetardedHurt Iski commentary sunoge to bas , mai aisa karta , mai waisa karta , ara bhai match ka bta yaar jo chal raha hai

Patriot

@ATruesec

@mohbhangpiya This man will score huge in 3-4 matches and then would sleep for next 20. It kept his average & strike rate good but Indian team lost matches. I wud rather have a consistent scorer with 50-70 per match. How many matches did he win for India? very few.

رضوی صاحب| Rizvi Sahab

@RealRizvi

@mohbhangpiya He has always been classless outside the cricket pitch

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@Hemainsuu

@mohbhangpiya Dheere dheere smjh aa rha h ki Dhoni ne jo kiya shi kiya😂

AJEET 🇮🇳

@ajityadas

@mohbhangpiya ap ghatiya bol rhe h muje esa lg rha h ap ijjt de rhe h itna km bol k kuch or boliye tbhi aatma trapt hogi

शिवाय

@mohbhangpiya

@rustyesh Bhai iski batting ka mai khud fan hu, par bahut negative aadmi hai

v. Jatin

@JatinTweets_

@mohbhangpiya @homelander_yyy Isko lagta hai bs ise hi khelna aata hai Manan Bohra us time pe best opener tha powerplay ka

Manan Vohra’s IPL Career

It is important to note that Sehwag and Vohra played together in the 2014 IPL and the Champions League T20 (CLT20) for Kings XI Punjab, where they opened the innings together for the team.

Meanwhile, Manan Vohra made his IPL debut for Kings XI Punjab in the 2013 IPL season and stayed with the franchise until 2017. After that, he spent one year with RCB in 2018. Later, he joined Rajasthan Royals and played for them from 2019 to 2021. Then he was picked by LSG for the 2022–2023 season. 

Notably, while playing for LSG, he appeared in three innings and scored 29 runs with a strike rate of 131.82. However, in the next year's auction, he went unsold even though his base price was 20 lakh. So far in his IPL career, he has scored 1,083 runs in 51 innings with an average of 22.10.

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