Virender Sehwag: After the 'Jaat' statement, Virender Sehwag's tongue slipped again, he said about Rashid Khan- 'He came after drinking petrol'..

Team India's former explosive batsman Virender Sehwag became very famous for his batting during his career. After retirement from cricket, he also remains in discussions with his commentator. The reason for this is his funny style, which has also become very popular among the fans. But many times Sehwag gets embroiled in controversies with his similar statements. The same has happened with him in IPL 2025, where his comments in 2 consecutive days have raised people's eyebrows. First Sehwag came into controversy with his statement about Jats, now he has surprised everyone by saying that he came after drinking petrol for Gujarat Titans star Afghan all-rounder Rashid Khan.

Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals clashed in Ahmedabad on Wednesday 9 April. In this match, Gujarat batted first. For him, opener Sai Sudarshan played another excellent innings. After Sudarshan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, and Rashid Khan also played short but fast innings in the middle and lower order and took the team past 200 runs. During this, something happened Sehwag said that Rashid Khan had come after drinking petrol.

Sehwag's shocking comment on Rashid

Rashid Khan came to bat in the 19th over of the innings. This all-rounder made a stormy start by hitting a six on the very first ball. Then on the next ball, a great four also came off Rashid's bat. He tried the same on the third ball as well but this time the ball did not reach the boundary. But Rashid was looking to collect every run so he quickly completed 2 runs. Rashid ran so fast that not only the fielders but also the commentators were shocked by his speed. Then Sehwag, who was doing the Hindi commentary, said, "Rashid Khan must have come after drinking petrol, that's why he is running so fast."

A day before this, during the match between Lucknow Super Giants and Kolkata Knight Riders, Sehwag had said that the language of Jats of Delhi, Haryana, and UP may be different but they are all brainless. Sehwag was severely criticized for this statement.

The strong performance of Gujarat batsmen

As far as Rashid's innings is concerned, he got out on the very next ball but he did the job for the team by coming in the 19th over and scoring 12 runs in just 4 balls. In the 20th over, Rahul Tewatia hit 2 fours and a six to take the team to a strong score of 217 runs. Tewatia scored 24 runs in just 12 balls. Before him, Sudarshan contributed 82 runs in 53 balls, Jos Buttler contributed 36 runs in 25 balls and Shahrukh contributed 36 runs in 20 balls.

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