The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) has been left red-faced after it used Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag’s picture in a Nepal national team jersey in the annual souvenir published by it.
The annual souvenir 2013 published by CAN has a Sehwag action picture on its cover, wearing a deep blue jersey of the Nepal cricket team. CAN had tried to blur the face of the Indian batsman but there is no denying that it’s a Sehwag picture which it has used.
“Yes, it is Virender Sehwag’s picture that we have used in the cover of the CAN’s annual souvenir but if you have a closer look, we have blurred the face a bit. I can tell you that this is completely an unintentional mistake on our part,” CAN’s Executive Committee member Kiran Rana told PTI .
“We don’t even sell the souvenir. It is only released for our members and a copy of each was given to them during the annual general meeting of the body in Pokhra recently,” he said.
However, Rana could not give a convincing answer as to whose idea it was to use Sehwag’s picture in a Nepal team jersey.
“Well, Sehwag has a huge fan following in Nepal. There is every possibility that the owner of the printing press is a Sehwag fan and he must have felt the urge to use this picture in the magazine cover,” Mr. Rana said.
Asked if CAN would change the cover photo and re-print it, Mr. Rana said, “Already 150 copies of the magazine has been distributed, so there is no chance of having a re-print.”
