Indian batsman Virender Sehwag on Monday denied reports that he has announced his retirement from international cricket, but said that he is mulling over it. Hours after rumours spread on social media that he had retired, Sehwag told the Times of India that he is only considering retiring in order to participate in the Masters Champions League, a Twenty20 tournament scheduled to be played in the UAE in February 2016. The rules of the MCL require players to have retired from all international formats.

Sehwag, currently in Dubai, said, "I am not announcing my retirement right now because I have the whole domestic season coming up. However, I don't think I am going to figure in India's international scheme of things anymore. Therefore, I might come back to India and announce my retirement from international cricket." The 37-year-old last played for India in March 2013.

Sehwag is the first and only Indian cricketer to score a triple century in Test matches, doing so twice. He is fifth in India’s highest run-scorers list in Tests with 8,586 runs from 104 matches. In one-day internationals, he was the second cricketer in the world to hit a double century, after Sachin Tendulkar. He has won both the 50-over and 20-over World Cups.