Virender Sehwag overlooked as Grand Marshal at India Day parade in New York City; Arjun Rampal, Parineeti Chopra get the honours

Virender Sehwag, one of the greatest cricketers India have ever produced, will be at New York City for the India Day parade, which will be held on August 16.

Virender Sehwag will be at New York City for the India Day Parade which will be held on August 16. However, he will not be leading the parade as the ‘Grand Marshal’. The American Bazaar reports that in a baffling scenario, the honours for that have been given to Bollywood actors Arjun Rampal and Parineeti Chopra. [Also Read: Virender Sehwag bats for a noble cause; will play for ‘Rest of the World XI’]

Several sections of the Indian society have criticised this move of not having Sehwag as the ‘Grand Marshal’ and Sujeet Rajan, the editor-in-chief of The American Bazaar termed the organisers as “Bollywood-obsessed”. Irrespective of the honour denied to him at the parade, one thing is for sure that the loudest cheers at New York City will be reserved for the ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’. [Also Read: Virender Sehwag joins ‘Salute Selfie’ campaign]

 
Sehwag, who was awarded with the Padma Shri in 2010, has over 8000 runs in Test cricket and is the only Indian cricketer to score a triple century in international cricket. In fact, he has achieved the feat twice. Till last year, he also held the record for the highest score in One-Day International (ODI) cricket.