A day after MiD DAY carried a story that India dasher Virender Sehwag preferred not to wear a number on the his jersey, famous numerologist Sanjay Jumaani claimed that the opening batsman had done so on his insistence
A day after MiD DAY carried a story that India dasher Virender Sehwag preferred not to wear a number on the his jersey, famous numerologist Sanjay Jumaani claimed that the opening batsman had done so on his insistence.
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| India opener Virender Sehwag raises his bat after completing 150 against Bangladesh in the World Cup opener at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday. India won by 87 runs. PIC/SURESH KK |
"Sehwag has taken off the number (44) at my behest and has made a comeback since," Jumaani wrote in a e-mail yesterday.u00a0
"We (Jumaani's company) had advised him that 44 was unlucky for him as it added to the No 8 which is Saturn or Shani and this is very difficult.
"Sehwag used to average a mere 28 while wearing 44 and at the same time in Tests, where there was no Jersey No 44, he was averaging 55. We also warned him that he could lose his place in the side, which he eventually did. However, soon after taking off 44, since a year and a half, he has averaged nearly 60," added Jumaani.
Sehwag scored a superb 175 in the opening World Cup match against Bangladesh at the Sher-E-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Saturday which India went on to win by 87 runs. However, the absence of a number on the back of his jersey, unlike his India teammates, did not go unnoticed by the tournament organisers ufffd the International Cricket Council. ICC spokesperson Colin Gibson told MiD DAY that the match referee did speak to the Indian team manager about this issue.
