Who is Next Virender Sehwag in World Cricket: Former Indian fast bowler Zaheer Khan has revealed the name of the player from current cricket whom he considers to be the second Zaheer Khan of world cricket (Zaheer Khan on Rishabh Pant). While talking to Cricbuzz, Zaheer has revealed about that player. Former Indian fast bowler has compared Rishabh Pant with former explosive Indian batsman Virender Sehwag. Zaheer compared Pant to former India opener Virender Sehwag, saying, “He is like Virender Sehwag. His batting style is similar to Viru and like him, he also needs to be free on the field.” He is likely to perform well for us in the upcoming season of the IPL league.”

Along with this, Zaheer has also called Pant the X factor of India. Let us tell you that Pant was bought by Lucknow Supergiants for Rs 27 crore in the IPL auction and included in their team. Pant has also been made the new captain of Lucknow.

Talking about Sehwag’s career, Virender Sehwag played 104 test matches and scored 8,586 runs at an average of 49.34 and strike rate of 82.23. He was successful in scoring 32 fifties and 23 centuries in Tests. Sehwag is the batsman who has scored the most triple centuries for India in Tests. Apart from Tests, Sehwag scored 8,273 runs in 251 ODI matches with 38 half-centuries and 15 centuries.