Sehwag directed his suggestion to BCCI secretary Jay Shah, proposing that the gamers don jerseys with “Bharat” inscribed on them.
“I’ve at all times believed a reputation must be one which instills pleasure in us. We’re Bhartiyas, India is a reputation given by the British and it has been lengthy overdue to get our authentic identify ‘Bharat’ again formally.
“I urge the BCCI (secretary) Jay Shah to make sure that on this World Cup our gamers have Bharat on our chest,” Sehwag posted on X.
In one other put up, he wrote, “Crew India nahin #TeamBharat. This World Cup as we cheer for Kohli , Rohit , Bumrah, Jaddu, might we have now Bharat in our hearts and the gamers put on jersey which has “Bharat” @JayShah.”
Sehwag’s feedback got here on the heels of controversy over the Rashtrapati Bhavan sending out invitations for a G20 dinner on September 9 within the identify of ‘President of Bharat’ as a substitute of the standard ‘President of India’.
A number of political figures waded into the problem after it turned public.
Sehwag, a swashbuckling opener of his time, additionally cited examples of different nations who had modified their names.
“Within the 1996 World Cup, Netherlands got here to play within the World Cup in Bharat as Holland. In 2003, once we met them, they had been The Netherlands and proceed to be so. Burma have modified the identify given by the British again to Myanmar.
“And plenty of others have gone again to their authentic identify,” he added in one other tweet.
It has been reported that the central authorities is contemplating altering India’s identify to ‘Bharat’ within the particular session of Parliament which is scheduled from September 18 to 22.
(With PTI Inputs)
