Sehwag set for Northants t20 stint

India batsman Virender Sehwag is set to bring his big-hitting to bear for Northants

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India batsman Virender Sehwag will play for Northamptonshire in this summer’s Friends Provident t20.

Northants, 2009 Twenty20 Cup semi-finalists, are hoping the 31-year-old’s destructive strokeplay can help them go even further this time round.

Sehwag, top of the ICC rankings for Test batsmen, has played in 76 Tests, 220 one-day internationals and 14 Twenty20 internationals in a prolific career.

The opener, whose only previous experience of county cricket came with Northamptonshire’s neighbours Leicestershire, said: “I am looking forward to the t20 campaign and I am delighted to have joined the county.”

Northamptonshire chief executive Mark Tagg added: “This is absolutely fantastic news for the club and shows everyone that we want to continue our year-on-year improvement.

“We hope this shows our fans we are serious in our ambitions to become the best county cricket club in the country.”