Full Information and Profile of Virender Sehwag

Full Information and Profile of Virender Sehwag

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(born 20 October 1978) is an Indian cricketer who represented India from 1999 to 2013, representing Haryana cricket in India. He made his one-day debut in 1999 and joined the Indian Test team in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the first Indian to be named Wisden's Cricketer of the Year for his performances with the Daredevils team in 2008. While with India, Sehwag was part of the team that won the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, the 2007 World Cup, and the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Sehwag scored 271 in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy.

The highest score in Indian cricket (M from Chennai and fastest 250 by any batsman (from 207 balls at Sri Lanka Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on 3rd December 2009) of 2000 batsmen or more in any Test. match is 82.23. In March 2009 Sehwag's... Fastest century by an Indian off 60 balls in ODI cricket. On 8 December 2011, he became the second player after Sachin Tendulkar to score his first double century against West Indies in World Cup cricket. His 219 off 149 balls The score was the highest individual scored in ODI cricket, which was later achieved by He is one of only two batsmen in the world to score multiple centuries in the World Cup. The other is Chris.Gale.

Sehwag was appointed India’s vice-captain by Rahul Dravid in October 2005, but performed well and was later replaced by V.S. Sehwag was dropped from the ODI and later Test squad in January 2007. In early 2009, Sehwag established himself as one of the best ODI players.

Sehwag retired from all international cricket on October 20, 2015, and Sports.

Sehwag hails from a Jat trading family. He spent his childhood in his closest family circle with sixteen brothers, uncles, aunts, and cousins. Although Sehwag currently lives in New Delhi, the family hails from Haryana. Sehwag is the third of four children of his father Krishna and mother Krishna Sehwag. They have two elder sisters Manju and Anju and a brother Vinod. The father said he had a passion for cricket, a game he discovered when he was seven months old. He attended Arora Vidya School in Delhi and convinced his parents to take up cricket as he was weak academically. He made his acting debut trained by Amarnath Sharma. His father broke a tooth when he was young in 1990 and tried to end his career, but Sehwag survived the ban with the help of his mother. He then went to Jamia Millia Islamia and completed his studies.

Sehwag played cricket for the Delhi Cricket Team in the 1997–98 season. The following season, he was selected in the Uttar Pradesh cricket team for the 1998–99 Duleep Trophy, finishing fifth overall. In February 1999, he was included as an all-rounder in the President's XI that toured Pakistan. He scored 66 off 83 balls in the first innings. Sehwag finished fourth in the Duleep Trophy. This year's list included the best of 274 competitions. He scored 187 off just 327 balls against South Zone in Agartala and 175 against Punjab in the Ranji Trophy match. He was then selected for the South African touring team at the age of 19. In the 2000/01 season, he finished seventh with two centuries, but his consistency caught the attention of the selectors and he was sent to the national team in mid-2001.

Although he was no longer busy with international duties after starting his international career, he continued to play in the domestic league for Delhi, winning the Deodhar North Division championship in 2004–05 and 2005–06. The contract was terminated.

Indian Premier League -

In the first two editions of the Indian Premier League, Sehwag stood down to make Delhi Daredevils focus on batting and was replaced by Gautam Gambhir. However, in the fourth edition of IPL, he captained Delhi Daredevils and was the only player in the series. Sehwag won the team's fifth league title and broke the league record. He is the only player to reach T20 in consecutive seasons.

International Projects -

This is an ODI format

In April 1999, Sehwag started well in ODIs, taking the wicket of Shoaib Akhtar against Pakistan in Mohali. His loss was not enough and he conceded 35 runs in 35 overs. He did not get another chance in the national team for twenty months.

#ODI Centuries Scored by Virender Sehwag-

                                                                 ODI cricket centuries scored by Virender Sehwag

No.	Score	Balls	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result
1	100	70	New Zealand	2	2	142.85	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	Neutral	2 August 2001	Won
2	126	104	England	1	2	121.15	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Neutral	22 September 2002	Won
3	114*	82	West Indies	2	2	139.02	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot	Home	12 November 2002	Won
4	108	119	New Zealand	2	2	90.75	McLean Park, Napier	Away	29 December 2002	Lost
5	112	139	New Zealand	2	2	80.57	Eden Park, Auckland	Away	11 January 2003	Won
6	130	134	New Zealand	1	1	97.01	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad	Home	15 November 2003	Won
7	108	95	Pakistan	1	1	113.68	Nehru Stadium, Kochi	Home	2 April 2005	Won
8	114	87	Bermuda	3	1	131.03	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Neutral	19 March 2007	Won
9	119	95	Pakistan	2	2	125.26	National Stadium, Karachi	Away	26 June 2008	Won
10	116	90	Sri Lanka	1	1	128.80	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Away	3 February 2009	Won
11	125*	74	New Zealand	2	2	168.91	Seddon Park, Hamilton	Away	11 March 2009	Won
12	146	102	Sri Lanka	1	1	143.13	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot	Home	15 December 2009	Won
13	110	93	New Zealand	1	1	118.20	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla	Neutral	25 August 2010	Won
14	175	140	Bangladesh	1	1	125.00	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Away	19 February 2011	Won
15	219	149	West Indies	2	1	146.97	Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore	Home	8 December 2011	Won

Sehwag with teammates Harbhajan Singh (left) and Yuvraj Singh (center).

Sehwag did not win another game until the home match against Zimbabwe in December 2000. In the 4th ODI against Australia in Bangalore in March 2001, he scored 58 off 54 balls. He won the Man of the Match award for India's three-wicket win. This was followed by an unsuccessful trip to Zimbabwe in mid-2001.

Sehwag achieved international success in Sri Lanka in August 2001 when he thrilled New Zealand in the first match of a three-match series. He won the first innings after regular opener Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out with a leg injury. In a crucial match against New Zealand, he scored his maiden century off 69 balls. Meanwhile, the century was the third fastest ODI century by an Indian behind Mohammad Azharuddin's 62 balls and Yuvraj Singh's 64 balls. He scored more than 50 points in ten games and was named MVP for the first time. This performance saw him become a regular middle-order player in the ODI team. His 2009 tour of New Zealand set a Hall of Fame record for 60 hits. The highlight of 2002 was almost his half-century.

When Saurav Ganguly was injured during the India-England ODI in January 2002, Sehwag got another chance to open the innings, making 82 off 64 balls in Kanpur to give India an eight-run victory.[39] A good opening performance. , Sehwag A permanent match was made during the games. Sachin Tendulkar, who opened England's ODI series, was placed in the middle of the order,[40] a strategy that paid off for India in the 2002 ODI series. In the England match and on an earlier tour to South Africa, he scored a half-century and scored 426 runs with an average of 42.6.

After a modest comeback in the tours of West Indies and England in early-mid 2002, he scored 271 runs at 90.33 in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, winning two Man of the Match awards. After the run, Ian Blackwell, who was in a 192-run partnership with Ganguly, scored 126 off 104 balls to help seal an eight-wicket win against England in the group stage. He continued.

In late 2002, he scored an unbeaten 114 off 82 balls and joined Ganguly in a 196-run stand to lead India to a nine-run victory over the West Indies in Rajkot. He is the only player to score two centuries in New Zealand's seventh. 

Virender Sehwag was a middleman in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, averaging 27, including 82 in the loss to Australia in the final.

He later scored his fourth century in 2003 and won the Man of the Match award against New Zealand in Hyderabad, scoring 130 runs and laying the foundation for a 145-run win with Tendulkar in 182 runs. However, Sehwag struggled to play consistently once in the 2003 and 2003/04 series, scoring just one 350 in 22 matches, two against minnows Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and one against Pakistan.

Despite his inconsistent form, he won three MOM awards at the same time in 2004/05 and 2004/05, one each for Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Against Pakistan, Kochi scored 108 off 95 balls, his first hundred in 18 months, to win by 95 runs.

Due to his performance in 2004, he was named in the 11th International World Cup by the ICC.

Sehwag then went on to score two centuries without a hundred in the World Cup, as well as his one-day tour of Pakistan in early 2006, which was cut short due to a shoulder injury. His cricket drought has baffled cricket pundits as he has scored a large number of runs in Test matches which have not translated into meaningful results in the ODI format. In 2007, when there was a debate about whether he should be included in the cricket World Cup, captain Dravid's insistence on staying paved the way for his inclusion in the World Cup squad. However, despite this promise, Sehwag's form continued to decline.

Sehwag started the 2007 World Cup in poor form and was selected for the team only on the wishes of Rahul Dravid. He made a mistake in the first ODI but bounced back to score 114 from his 87 against Bermuda. Team India, the highest-ranked team in the World Cup, won the match with 413-5 but this was their only win in this match.

On 11 March 2009, Sehwag reached three figures in just 60 balls, becoming India's fastest wicket against New Zealand in a season. He eventually led India to their first win in New Zealand.

On 8 December 2011, Sehwag scored his highest score in a West Indies match at Indore against West Indies, scoring 219 off just 149 balls. He also crossed 8,000 runs in the Cricket Cup in the same innings. The knock was voted the best one-day knock of the year by ESPNCricinfo voters.

Due to his performance in 2011, he was named in the 11th International World Cup by the ICC.

Sehwag's is the fastest at 103.44 runs in 100 balls (beaten only by the current batsman: Shahid Afridi, a low-medium). He was very successful in the chase, winning seven of the thirteen years in this race. He led India on seven occasions, to no avail.

Test -

An innings analysis of Sehwag's Test batting career, including runs scored (red bars) and last 10 innings average (blue line).

Sehwag's maiden century in Sri Lanka in mid-2001 was not enough to earn him selection in the Test squad for every series. Sehwag made his Test debut as a middle-order batsman in the first Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein in late 2001. Although South Africa won, they were bowled out for 105 on debut. During the second Test in Port Elizabeth, he was suspended for the match on appeal by ICC umpire Mike Danus, causing a political rift between the ICC and the two sides. He returned to action in 2001–02 against England and Zimbabwe. After scoring two half-centuries in the previous series, he was introduced as a temporary replacement in the 2002 tour of England after a test against wicketkeeper Deep Dasgupta in the previous match. He scored 84 in his new role at Lord's and 100 in the second Test at Trent Bridge and has continued to perform in Tests ever since. His score of 147 in the first Test against the West Indies in Mumbai in 2002–03 earned him the Player of the Tournament award for the highest score in a Test match. During the tour of New Zealand, he scored 130 in a Test against New Zealand in Mohali in late 2003, his maiden half-century in nine innings.

He then scored 195 against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day 2003. When he was dismissed in the afternoon, India collapsed and eventually lost.

In early 2004, he scored 309 runs against Pakistan in the first Test at Multan, breaking the previous record of VVS Laxman (281 against Australia) and helping India post a total of 5/675 and his third century in Test cricket with 309 runs. India's first. , the highest compared to Pakistan. This was Sehwag's sixth Test century in 21 Tests. India won by an innings and Sehwag was declared man of the match. He also scored 90 in the second Test at Lahore and was named Man of the Series with the highest score and average of the series. He later charged Rs 100 for his three-century bat. 70,000 to support relief efforts for victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

In the first Test of the 2004 Border Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore, Sehwag was penalized for "serious objection" to umpire Billy Bowden after being dismissed LBW. Replays show that he brought Bowden an apple after hitting the ball between his legs in the middle of the at-bat. Sehwag scored 155 to take the Indians to three figures in the Chennai Test, but the match was abandoned on the last day as the Indians needed 229 to win. In the series against South Africa that year, he scored 164 in the first Test in Kanpur and 88 in the second Test in Kolkata as India won the series. Sehwag has again become the man of the series.

Sehwag failed to tour Bangladesh but scored 173 against Pakistan at home in Mohali in 2005, 81 (86) in Kolkata, and 201 in Bengaluru, totaling 544 and winning the men's match at an average of 90.66.  series of awards. He became the fastest Indian to cross 3000 runs in the Bangalore Test. His performances in the last 12 months have led to him being named the ICC Test Team of the Year and Test Player of the Year.

He was included in the ICC World XI for the 2005 ICC Super Series against Australia, scoring 76 runs in the first innings. He came under heavy criticism in late 2005 when he failed to score 50 runs in four Tests against Zimbabwe. and Sri Lanka. He also missed the second Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi due to illness[90] but returned to the squad for the next match in Ahmedabad, leading the Indians to victory when Rahul Dravid fell ill. His performances in 2005 led to his inclusion in the ICC World Test XI.

Sehwag bats through the night -

Sehwag scored 255 runs against Pakistan in the first Test in Lahore in January 2006 when he scored 255 runs, the highest in a century and two years. The second is the fastest rate.  In doing so, he shared a partnership of 410 with captain Rahul Dravid, the highest for both India and Pakistan and was four short of the international record. Sehwag continued to attack Pakistan under Shoaib Akhtar.  Sehwag did not make a fifty in the two Tests against Pakistan, apart from 76* in the second Test in Mohali, England, where he was dismissed seven times in 20 balls, again, so he was dismissed. In the group. 

On the 2006 West Indies tour, Sehwag scored a century in the first innings of the second Test at St. Lucia, that time he finished on 99. He scored 180 runs from 190 balls and took four wickets and was named man of the match.  Although Sehwag took more than 50 wickets in ODIs, he was used mainly as a Test bowler for the first time in the two-Test tour of the West Indies. He took nine wickets when used without off-spinner Harbyan. Singh chose to use another professional sniper like India. He took three wickets in the Tests. He was convicted in the first trial on the charge.

Due to poor form, Sehwag withdrew from the Test team in 2007. In December 2007, he was called up for Australia's tour of India,  with some pundits calling for his rehabilitation. Again, it's Ian Chappell.

Although he was not included in the squad as India won the first two matches, he was selected for the third WACA Test in Perth after scoring a century against the ACT Invitational XI. [103] He was instrumental in India's victory, scoring 72 runs and taking two wickets. It was his first century in the second Test match and he seemed to have rejected the aggressive and attacking style of the defensive line that was needed in that hour.

Sehwag continued his good form at home against South Africa in April 2008, scoring 319 runs in the first Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, scoring 300 runs in just 278 balls. This is the fastest 300 in Test history. Sehwag became the third player after Sir Donald Bradman and Brian Lara to complete two centuries in cricket. 

He has a habit of scoring centuries, with 11 over 150 in recent years, including two triple centuries and three more double centuries, more than Sir Donald Bradman's record of seven centuries.

ESPNCricinfo named his 201* the best Test performance of 2008.

In the first Test against England in Chennai in December 2008, Sehwag scored a 68-ball 83 [108] on the fourth day, setting India's record of 4/387. He has scored a lot of runs so far. India won the 'Man of the Eight' as Sachin Tendulkar scored an unbeaten century in one match and Andrew Strauss scored a century in each match in England. ESPNCricinfo named the batsman as one of the presenters of the year. Due to his performance in 2008, he was named in the International Test XI by ICC and ESPNCricinfo.

He is known for his record against Pakistan, averaging 90 against Pakistan, scoring four centuries against arch-rivals India. The difference between the first and second match averages is often said to be 68 and 25, and only 15 of those Test centuries came first.

In 2009, he became the top scorer of the tournament by scoring 491 runs in 3 Tests during Sri Lanka's tour of India. In the last test match, he scored 293 runs and won for India

He scored the second-fastest 200.

He scored the fastest 250 off just 207 balls.

Test Centuries -

                                                                #Test cricket centuries scored by Virender Sehwag

No.	Score	Balls	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result
1	105	173	South Africa	6	1	1/2	60.69	Springbok Park, Bloemfontein	Away	3 November 2001	Lost
2	106	183	England	2	1	2/4	57.92	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Away	8 August 2002	Drawn
3	147	206	West Indies	2	1	1/3	71.35	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Home	9 October 2002	Won
4	130	225	New Zealand	2	2	2/2	57.77	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali	Home	18 October 2003	Drawn
5	195	233	Australia	2	1	3/4	83.69	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Away	26 December 2003	Lost
6	309	375	Pakistan	2	1	1/3	82.40	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan	Away	28 March 2004	Won
7	155	221	Australia	2	2	2/4	70.13	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Home	15 October 2004	Drawn
8	164	228	South Africa	1	2	1/2	71.92	Green Park, Kanpur	Home	23 November 2004	Drawn
9	201	262	Pakistan	2	2	3/3	76.71	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore	Home	26 March 2005	Lost
11	254	247	Pakistan	1	2	1/3	102.83	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Away	16 January 2006	Drawn
12	180	190	West Indies	2	1	2/4	94.73	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet	Away	10 June 2006	Drawn
13	151	236	Australia	1	3	4/4	63.98	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Away	28 January 2008	Drawn
14	319	304	South Africa	2	2	1/3	104.93	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Home	28 March 2008	Drawn
15	201*	231	Sri Lanka	2	1	2/3	87.01	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Away	31 July 2008	Won
16	131	122	Sri Lanka	2	1	2/3	107.37	Green Park, Kanpur	Home	24 November 2009	Won
17	293	254	Sri Lanka	2	1	3/3	115.35	Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai	Home	3 December 2009	Won
18	109	139	South Africa	2	1	1/2	78.41	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur	Home	8 February 2010	Lost
19	165	174	South Africa	2	1	2/2	94.82	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Home	15 February 2010	Won
20	109	118	Sri Lanka	2	2	1/3	92.37	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Away	20 July 2010	Lost
21	109	105	Sri Lanka	2	2	3/3	103.80	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Away	5 August 2010	Won
22	173	199	New Zealand	2	1	1/3	86.93	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	Home	4 November 2010	Drawn
23	117	117	England	2	1	1/4	100.00	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	Home	15 November 2012	Won

The style of play-- 

Virender Sehwag plays hook shots

Sehwag was often compared to Sachin Tendulkar in his early days due to his similarity in batting style, build, and appearance. He has admitted on several occasions that he consciously tried to model Tendulkar's style of play when he was younger.

Sehwag's technique is often described as quite unorthodox, often resorting (considered technically incorrect) to straightening the arm during the shot, in particular, and cutting or guiding spinners from the inside to the outside. Commentators often cite him for his powerful square-cut, over-cut, and offside (to the body) power. He is also a good late-cut player. In particular, his tendency to kick the ball in the air and risk being sent away is a trait that shows he is known for his relaxed and adventurous spirit. He was also known for his poor footwork, often attributed to the timing of his eyesight. Lately, [when?] Sehwag has shown a tendency to shake off swing deliveries, a characteristic attributed to his front-foot batting style. He was also thrown out on a cut shot when the ball was too close to his body to cut him, particularly in limited plays.

Virender Sehwag on strike for MCC -

Virender Sehwag is best known for his very attacking batting style, and in 2005 he was described by the Wisden Cricketers Almanack as "opening the world more exciting" for his aggressive style in test matches, his strike rate and "that is just inferior to him. ' by Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi. Sehwag was also known for his notable carelessness in a match situation, showing aggressive batting even when his team was in a bad position or after foiling a bowler in the recent past. This is a double-edged sword because it not only allows you to mentally cling to past failures, but it can also lead to excessive aggression. Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer called him a "sophisticated slogger". But in recent years, his style has shifted from "reckless hitting" to "controlled aggression," according to the Sydney Morning Herald article. Earlier, Sehwag was known more as an off-field player, with a weakness for bowling straight against short tosses. However, the side of his foot has improved and his gorilla is more striking. This was highlighted during the recent ODI against New Zealand, where he used pull, hook, and click shots to devastating effect.

As of 15 March 2010, Sehwag's first innings average is around 68 and he has scored 5130 runs and 18 centuries and 1250 in 76 matches. The second innings average has dropped to 31 and he has scored 1561 runs at 100 and 950. 54 innings The difference of 37 runs in 1 second and 2 innings is one of the highest, showing the inability to control the more difficult impact if the jump gets worse. However, the 151 he scored in two innings against Australia at Adelaide in the 2007-08 Border-Gavaskar series and the 92 he scored in the victory in poor conditions at Nagpur in the 2008-09 series came in handy for the change. . this image In the 2008 Test series against England, Sehwag played a key role in the fourth innings of the first Test in Chennai. He scored 83 off 68 balls, helping India chase 387 with six balls to spare. He was India's highest run-scorer and fourth-highest in Test history. For his efforts, Sehwag was named Man of the Match. On 12 August 2011, Sehwag became the third Indian player to score a double (second consecutive golden duck) and the 15th to do so, but a few weeks later he scored another 55 in the all-important attack in the west. Indie.[requirements]

In eight Test matches since April 2012, he scored just 408 runs at an average of 31.38 and a top score of 117. He was dropped from the ODIs after scoring 183 runs at an average of 30.5 in 6 ODIs in the same period. series with England. His last ODI century came against West Indies in December 2011, when he scored a double hundred. Former England all-rounder Geoffrey Boycott has hinted that this could be the end of the road for Sehwag. They gave opportunities to the youngsters."

He was voted the fourth most feared player in the world's most feared player poll of international basketball players.

About personal life-

Sehwag married Aarti Ahluwalia in April 2004 in a public ceremony presided over by India’s Union Law Minister Arun Jaitley. In 2010, the

Sehwag is known for singing while playing and had chosen Kishore Kumar's "Chala Jata Hoon" from the Rajesh Khanna starrer Mere Jeevan Sathi (1972) as his favorite song to play.

In 2011, Sehwag founded Sehwag International School in Jhajjar, Haryana, 65 km west of Delhi. The founding of the school was the dream of his mother and his father to have an institution where students could learn, live, train, and play. After the third quarter of a century, the Haryana government offered Sehbag a school on 23 acres of land where he requested to open a school instead to fulfill his father’s dream. Sehwag was a guest on the Indian Idol show on January 21, 2017, and said that 22 students from his school have represented the national team and the state in the last 2 years.

International Century -

Main article: List of international cricket centuries of Virender Sehwag

Sehwag's powerful batting helped him to the top of the batting order. He has scored hundreds (100 runs or more) 22 times in Test cricket and 15 One Day Internationals (ODIs). In Tests, Sehwag has scored his sixth century against all Test cricket nations except Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. List of Century Test Captains for India In 2001, he scored 105 runs against South Africa to become the 11th Indian to score a century on Test debut. He scored fourteen centuries in cricket, eight of which were outside India. He scored six scores of 200 or more, the most by an Indian batsman, three against Pakistan. Sehwag is the only Indian to score a third century (300 or more) and he did it twice: 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008; The cricketer who scored the fastest triple century in Tests with 300 off just 278 balls, Sehwag’s first ODI century came in 2001 against New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. His highest score of 219, the highest ODI score, came against the West Indies at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. He was sacked five times in the 1990s.

Awards and Achievements -

Arjuna Award (2002).

2007 - Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year

Wisden world leading cricketer 2008, 2009

2010 ICC Test Player of the Year

Padma Shri 2010: Auckland

On 31 October 2017, the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) named wicket No. 2 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium after Sehwag.

international record-

He is the only batsman in history to score more than 7,500 runs in Tests and ODIs as an opener.

Fastest Test triple century where he scored 278 balls.[159]

He is second in Tests with a pace of 250 off 207 balls. The record belongs to Ben Stokes, who took a wicket from 196 balls.

Third fastest Test double century in balls. He also has four top-ten test double centuries.

Second fastest ODI double century in which he scored off 140 balls

Third highest individual score in ODIs: 219[166].

Second highest total of fours in a Test innings.

Second-highest total of four in an ODI innings.

Highest Test score in history with over 100 strikes.

Second fastest in the world to score 7000 Test runs.

Most centuries in Tests. 2 (Joint record holder with Don Bradman, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle)

290+ scores in Tests: 3 (shared record with Don Bradman)

The second-highest test score is over 250.

He is the only cricketer in Test history to score two triple centuries and take five wickets in an innings.

The third most tested part of the day. He achieved this feat in the 2009 Mumbai Test against Sri Lanka where he scored 284 runs in one day. It is also the most Test runs in one day by any batsman since 1933.

Highest Test batting average for any cricketer to score more than 2,000 Test runs.

Second-highest ODI strike rate of any cricketer, and the highest among ODI openers who have scored more than 2,000 ODI runs.

He converted 11 consecutive Test centuries into 150+ scores.

He is the only cricketer to score two consecutive centuries in a Test innings. He did this process twice.

Sehwag and Graham Gooch are the only batsmen to have scored more than 60% of their team's runs in a full Test innings.

National Publications -

Most of the international races in his career as an opener:

First Indian batsman to score a Test triple century.

Faster in 150/200/250/300 Tests.

Fastest 150/200 in ODIs.

Fastest ODI fifty/hundred & fastest Test century outside India.

Two high individual Test scores.

Now faster than 3000/4000/7000 Test runs.

Most Test double centuries: 6 (Joint record with Sachin Tendulkar)

Most 250-plus scores in Tests:

Most Test runs on a given day:

The highest number of quarters in a Test innings:

Only Indian has twice scored 1400-plus Test runs in a calendar year.

Highest Test batting strike rate of all Indian cricketers with more than 1,000 Test runs.

Of all the Indian cricketers who have the highest rate of batting strikes in ODIs, they have scored more than 1,000 ODI runs.

Most sixes in Test run: 91.

Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar are the only Indian cricketers to score 1000-plus four-centuries in Tests & ODIs.

Most 'Player of the Series' awards in Tests: 5 (Joint record with Sachin Tendulkar)

The third major ‘Player of the Match’ award for Tests & ODIs

Only Indian to be twice honored as Wisden's leading Cricketer.[citation needed]

Highest individual score when carrying the bat in all innings.

#10 Amazing records held by Virender Sehwag in Cricket--

1. #7,500-plus Runs in Both Tests and ODIs as an Opener--

Sehwag stands alone as the only batsman in cricket history to score more than 7,500 runs while opening the batting in Test and ODI formats. This highlights the consistency and adaptability of different formats.

2. #Easy Test Three Centuries--.

One of Sehwag’s most memorable innings came against South Africa in 2008, when he smashed a blistering triple century in just 278 balls. This breathtaking innings showcased his aggressive determination and ability to destroy bowling attacks.

3. High Test Score 100-plus Strike Rate--.

Scoring a monumental 319 runs against South Africa in 2008, Sehwag set a record for the highest Test score with a strike rate of over 100, proving his incredible power, quickly without affecting high scores.

4. In most Three Centuries of Experiments-- 

Sehwag is one of four cricketers, along with Don Bradman, Brian Lara, and Chris Gayle, to have taken two triple centuries in Test cricket, showing the ability to turn big scores into big scores.

5. Most Scores of 290+ in Tests--

He shares the record with Don Bradman for having scored more than 290 in Test cricket, showing his penchant for big scores.

6. Double Century partnerships in Consecutive Test Innings-- 

Sehwag stands as the only cricketer to have scored two double-century partnerships in Test innings, which is a double in his career.

7. Scoring two Triple Centuries and taking five wickets in an Innings --

Sehwag extended his versatility beyond batting, as he became the only cricketer in Test history to score two triple centuries and also took five wickets in an innings.

8. Highest Test Batting Strike Rate among 2,000-plus Test Run Scorers--

With a strike rate higher than that of any other cricketer with over 2,000 Test runs, Sehwag showcases his aggressive batting in the fastest format of the game.

9.11 Convert Percentage of Successive Tests to 150+ Score-- 

Sehwag’s amazing ability to turn the century into the highest score of the year is evident from his 11 successive Test hundreds at 150+ scores, which is a testament to his exceptional batting prowess.

There were only a few players in cricket history who changed the dynamics of the game and Virender Sehwag was one of them. He could play fearless cricket.