A furious Virender Sehwag lambasted Kings XI Punjab’s foreign recruits after they flopped in the crucial game against Rising Pune Supergiant on Sunday (May 14), skittled out for a record low of 73 to lose by nine wickets to lose the must-win game.

“I’m very disappointed. I can say that none of the foreign players took responsibility and at least play 12 to 15 overs. Their role was at least one of the top four should bat for 12-15 overs, but none of the batsmen took responsibility," said Sehwag.


“I think they were complaining that the wicket was a bit slow, but when you play international cricket so much, you should get used to playing on difficult or good wickets,” added Sehwag.

That was aimed at skipper Glenn Maxwell, who said at the presentation that losing the toss proved a big disadvantage in the winner-take-all game.

“The toss had something to do with it. The wicket was damp after a few days of rain. It was just about assessing the conditions. Everything went against us and we could not recover. We have lost our last five tosses. Unfortunately in the IPL, a lot can be decided by the toss,” said Maxwell at the post presentation.

“I think they’ll end up playing as much cricket as is their mentality. Perhaps they feel the T20 format is only for the entertainment bit and about fours and sixes. The wicket wasn’t that bad that we were skittled for just 73 runs. Even if we would have made 120-130, we would have still been in the game. Our batsmen have been extremely irresponsible today,” added Sehwag.

Sehwag took a dig at their captain Maxwell: “We always knew when Maxwell fires, he can win the match on his own. But he didn’t fire in most games. That is a big disappointment, especially since he’s experienced, having played for Australia’s Test and ODI teams. He didn’t take the responsibility as a captain and didn’t perform for Kings XI Punjab."

“We didn’t play at least four overs; 24 deliveries we missed and if we would have scored even 20-25 runs in those overs, we would have been close to 100 and put up a fight,” concluded the India's former opening batsman.