IPL7: Is it all over for Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag?

New Delhi: The two dashing openers from Delhi Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir seem to have lost their touch if the first couple of matches in IPL 7 that they have played are taken into consideration.Both Sehwag and Gambhir who are playing for different franchise teams seemed to be totally out of touch. Sehwag was brought by Kings XI Punjab after his earlier side Delhi Daredevils showed no interest in retaining him.Gambhir who led his side Kolkata Knight Riders to become the champions in 2012 looks like an event that took place long time ago. He has been retained by his franchise and also has the reigns of the team in his hands.Sehwag who played a crucial knock just ahead of the start of the IPL was looking to make an impressive performance to get back into reckoning of the national selectors for selection in team India.Gautam Gambhir who is also now a team India discard was looking pretty much optimistic before the start of the league but his back to back golden ducks have now raised a few eyebrows.Sehwag was able to score only 19 runs in the first match against Chennai Super Kings before he was bowled out by his former Delhi and team India mate Ashish Nehra for just 19 runs. In the second outing against Rajasthan Royals he was dismissed in single digits scoring just two runs. It was in both the occasions that Sehwag had an excellent opportunity to make a point but he seemed to lose it.Gautam Gambhir, who is the skipper of KKR and also the opening batsman of the team failed to provide his team with good start in both the matches that his team has played.In the first match of the IPL 7 , Gautam Gambhir was clean bowled by Lasith Malinga of Mumbai Indians.In the second match that KKR played against the Delhi Daredevils, Gambhir had once again failed to open his account. This time he was bowled by Coulter –Nile when JP Duminy held on to the catch.Both the batsmen should now make serious attempts to make a fruitful contribution to their teams. IPL may be the last stage for both the batsmen to make a point that they still have something left in them to provide to team India .