Sehwag directed his recommendation to BCCI secretary Jay Shah, proposing that the gamers don jerseys with “Bharat” inscribed on them.
“I have always believed a name should be one which instills pride in us. We are Bhartiyas, India is a name given by the British and it has been long overdue to get our original name ‘Bharat’ back officially.
“I beg the BCCI (secretary) Jay Shah to safeguard that on this Global Cup our gamers have Republic of India on our chest,” Sehwag posted on X.
In another post, he wrote, “Group Bharat nahin #TeamBharat. This Global Cup as we cheer for Kohli , Rohit , Bumrah, Jaddu, would possibly we’ve got Republic of India in our hearts and the gamers put on jersey which has “Bharat” @JayShah.”
Sehwag’s comments came on the heels of controversy over the Rashtrapati Bhavan sending out invites for a G20 dinner on September 9 in the name of ‘President of Bharat’ instead of the usual ‘President of India’.
Several political figures waded into the issue after it became public.
Sehwag, a swashbuckling opener of his time, also cited examples of other nations who had changed their names.
“Within the 1996 Global Cup, Netherlands got here to play games within the Global Cup in Republic of India as Holland. In 2003, once we met them, they had been The Netherlands and proceed to be so. Burma have modified the identify given through the British again to Myanmar.
“And many others have gone back to their original name,” he added in any other tweet.
It’s been reported that the central govt is thinking about converting Bharat’s identify to ‘Republic of India’ within the particular consultation of Parliament which is scheduled from September 18 to 22.
(With PTI Inputs)
