HE ASKED ABOUT SEHWAG...........not about IPL.......
He asked about Sehwag playing in I P L, while he was rested for Asia cup due to injury.
"That onus is on the Board. It's the Board of Control for Cricket in India who has sold it to the sponsors, who are paying billions and billions for Sehwag, for Sachin Tendulkar, for Harbhajan Singh. So don't blame the cricketer alone," said Sidhu.
"I'll tell you why the board cannot say ... because it has taken money from the sponsors and that money is not a small bit of money, it's billions.
"Let's take an example ... you have signed a movie with actor Akshay Kumar and later on you told me that in place of Akshay some Jagjit Singh from Connaught Place will act. No one knows who Jagjit Singh is. No one knows who the hero is. The sponsors have paid you the money because they want to see Akshay Kumar and he is the big draw ... he is the magnet, so you can't take him away," Sidhu explained.
In the wake of the controversial rotational policy during the tour Down Under, Sehwag's name did not figure in the Asia Cup squad and that created a furore as the selection committee chief Kris Srikkanth failed to clear whether the opener was dropped or rested for the Asia Cup.
While the chief selector insisted that Sehwag had been 'rested' due to a sore shoulder, the opener said he had back spasms and had opted for rest as per the physio's advice.
Sidhu said it's a mutual symbiosis where both the BCCI and the cricketer benefit playing in the IPL.
