| Why is Virender Sehwag bowling with his cap on in Sri Lanka? No style statement there. Sources in the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) have said the dashing opener had a hush-hush trip to Dubai a fortnight ago, where he underwent tests in an upmarket hair transplant clinic. Bangalore Mirror had reported Sehwags intentions of regaining his crowning glory way back on November 17, 2008 (Dubai, hair comes Viru).
With Indias Pakistan tour called off, Sehwag decided to take full advantage of the unexpected Christmas break (before the first ODI against Sri Lanka on January 28, India last played international cricket on December 23, 2008) to ensure his scalp is again full of hair. A quick trip to Dubais Alvi Armani Hair Studio and examination by an American surgeon, who has also worked on Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutts scalps, set the ball rolling for our batting star. Following the tests, Sehwag was advised not to expose his scalp. And that's why, its cap on even while bowling for the Nawab of Najafgarh. Every patient going in for hair transplant is advised to cover his scalp after the first phase of treatment, which Sehwag is undergoing currently.
Sehwag joins cricketers like former England skipper Graham Gooch, Australians Shane Warne, Greg Matthews and Ricky Ponting, and Pakistans Naved ul-Hasan Rana, all of whom have got a hair transplant done. At the start of his career, Sehwag often drew comparison with his idol Sachin Tendulkar, not just because of his batting style but also due to a similarity in build. Like Tendulkar, Sehwag, short and stocky, sported a thick crop of curly hair. But success claimed its pound of flesh, or hair in Virus case. For the last year-and-a-half, Sehwag sported a completely bald look. Sehwag and his family have always been cagey about discussing his baldness, and treatment. However, the Delhi media is abuzz with the news of Sehwags Dubai sojourn. However, the cricketers wife, Aarti, was quoted as saying that she would never push her husband to get a hair transplant done.
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Not just cricketers, anyone who has to wear a helmet for long hours run a risk of losing hair. Long hours under the sun, sweat accumulation due to caps and helmets and nonstop travelling result in quite a few players losing their hair.
Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne had gone completely bald, but now sports long hair after being treated by Advanced Hair Studio, a clinic specialising in hair loss treatment. Australian skipper Ricky Ponting has never admitted he underwent a hair transplant but after years of thinning, he shocked everyone at an International Cricket Council awards in 2007 sporting a thick crop of hair. Hard-hitting England opener for three decades between 1970s and 1990s, Gooch was perhaps the first star cricketer who openly admitted getting a hair transplant done.
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