New Delhi, May 16:The disarming smile was replaced by a sombre look and Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag simply cannot believe that he has been stoned at his home ground of Ferozeshah Kotla, of all places.

His team had just tamed the Deccan Chargers by 12 runs to snap the string of defeats but instead of looking upbeat, Sehwag looked thoroughly upset in the post-match press conference late last night.

"Unfortunately, an Indian player has been pelted in India. It's a matter of shame that a stone was thrown at a Delhi player in Delhi," Sehwag said.

Asked to name the player, he said "Sehwag. I was fielding in the boundary line when it hit me." The incident happened in the 19th over of the Deccan innings when Sehwag was fielding in the deep.

The Daredevils skipper was suddenly seen rushing to umpire Brian Jerling to convey something and the match was held up for a few minutes.

Nobody outside had any clue about what was going on in the middle, which gave rise to speculation that probably the cheerleaders had been subjected to some taunts or something like that.

Sehwag, however, finally cleared the air in the press conference.

Incidentally, this is not the first time that the accusing finger was pointed at the Kotla crowd.

England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff claimed in his book 'Being Freddy' that he had been shot at here during an ODI against India in 2002