India, Sept. 24 -- Former India cricketer Virender Sehwag is stepping into a new role as host of reality show Rise & Fall 2, which premieres on September 26. It's a move even he didn't initially see coming. "I refused to even do an interaction for the show. I believed it would be very difficult for me to host a show, which is not about cricket," he tells us. It was only after meeting the makers and understanding that they wanted him to bring his own personality to the show that he decided to take up the challenge. His sons were equally surprised by the decision. "They said, 'Dad, what are you doing? How can you host a show? There are big fights here. How will you do it?'" he recalls.

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