New Delhi: Former Indian batter Virender Sehwag's son Aryavir Sehwag has found a place in the Delhi Under-16 squad. He is currently part of the squad playing the Vijay Merchant Trophy in Delhi. He made his cut to the squad out of the 79 probable players for the Delhi U-16. Aryavir Sehwag could not make it to the first 15 in Delhi's opening encounter in Hyderabad. Still, while Delhi faces Bihar at the Arun Jaitely Stadium, the 15-year-old cricketer has his name on the team sheet. Delhi and District Cricket Association shares the tweet with a picture of the team sheet which showed Aryavir's name in it. However, he is yet to find a place in the playing XI. Delhi Men's under 16 Team for the match against Bihar in the Vijay Merchant Trophy. Delhi won the toss and elected to bat first. pic.twitter.com/KcwMwSS4yw — DDCA (@delhi_cricket) December 6, 2022 While he is following in his father's footsteps, Indian batter Virat Kohli is his favourite player. DDCA junior selection committee chairperson Akash Malhotra said about Aryavir's batting that he does not show the signs of being an aggressive batter like his father, rather he has good footwork and he is a good student of cricket. Even Virender Sehwag talked about his son in an interview and said that he wants Aryavir to be a cricketer and follow players like Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya or MS Dhoni. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aaryavir Sehwag (@aaryavirsehwag) Aryavir Sehwag is quite popular on social media with 12.3K Instagram followers. He often posts videos from practice sessions and his batting. He has also been part of the 2018 Punjab IPL camp. In his last video, he was seen practising with cricketer Mithun Manhas. He has taken his first step in domestic cricket and has chances to move ahead in the game.
