Sehwag to undergo shoulder injury

Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the rest of the IPL matches this season as he will undergo a surgery on his injured shoulder, a development which may also make him unavailable for India's forthcoming tour of the West Indies.

Australia all-rounder James Hopes has been appointed the captain for Delhi Daredevils remaining three matches.

"Virender Sehwag has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing IPL season due to an injury to his right shoulder," informed Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary N Srinivasan in a press statement.

Delhi Daredevils CEO Amrit Mathur said that Sehwag will be proceeding to England for the surgery and Hopes has been given the responsibility of leading the team in the remaining matches.

"We will miss Sehwag. But he has to undergo the surgery and that is why he will not take any further part in the IPL", Mathur said.

PB Vanchi, director of GMR Sports Pvt Ltd, owners of Delhi Daredevils, said that a mutual decision was taken after the Daredevils skipper held talks with the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) on his injury and was immediately advised to go for the surgery at the earliest.

"He has a problem. In the last match, too he struggled. The BCCI is making the arrangements for the surgery. They are waiting for a date. If he needs the surgery we are not going to be coming in the way," Vanchi said.

The Indian opener will travel to London for the surgery but the exact date is not known yet.

Sehwag's, whose injury is a long-standing one that had ruled him out of the two ICC World Twenty20s and the ODI series in South Africa in January. However, he was declared fit in time for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 after having undergone rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru.

India will leave for the West Indies on 1 June for a T20 match, five ODIs and three Tests