Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag in Early

Personal information
Full name	Virender Sehwag
Born	20 October 1978 (age 33) Delhi, India
Nickname	Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off break
Role	Opening batsman, occasional offspinner
International information
National side	India
Test debut(cap 87)	3 November 2001 v South Africa
Last Test	2 January 2011 v South Africa
ODI debut(cap 228)	1 April 1999 v Pakistan
Last ODI	8 December 2011 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	44[1]
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997 – present	Delhi (squad no. AN Sharma coaching Academy)
2003	Leicestershire
2008 – present	Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	92	240	156	310
Runs scored	7,980	8,025	12,485	9,978
Batting average	52.15	35.66	49.94	34.18
100s/50s	22/30	15/37	36/48	14/53
Top score	319	219	319	219
Balls bowled	3,423	4,230	7,988	5,835
Wickets	39	92	104	138
Bowling average	44.41	40.39	39.83	35.01
5 wickets ininnings	1	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/104	4/6	5/104	4/6
Catches/stumpings	71/–	87/–	130/–	111/–
Source: Cricinfo[2], 09 December 2011Virender Sehwag  pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: वीरेंद्र सेहवाग) (born 20 October 1978), affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, Zen master of modern cricket,[3][4]or the Viv Richards of this era,[5] is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test cricketteam in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the only Indian to be honoured as theWisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008,[6] subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009.[7]

Sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket (319), which was also the fastest triple century in the history of international cricket (reached 300 off only 278 balls) as well as the fastest 250 by any batsman (in 207 balls against Sri Lanka on 3 December 2009 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai). His other innings of 309 and 293 are also the second and third best by any Indian player. Sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice in Test cricket, and the only one to score two triple centuries and take a five-wicket innings haul.^[8] In March 2009, Sehwag smashed the fastest century ever scored by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls.^[9] On 8 December 2011, he hit his maiden double century in ODI cricket, against West Indies, becoming the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the landmark.^[10] His score remains the highest individual score in ODI cricket - 219 off 149 balls.^[11][12] He is the only player in world to score a double hundred in ODI and a triple hundred in Test Cricket.^[13]

Sehwag was appointed as vice-captain of the Indian team under Rahul Dravid in October 2005 but due to poor form, he was later replaced by V. V. S. Laxman in December 2006 as Test vice-captain. In January 2007, Sehwag was dropped from the ODI team and later from the Test team as well.^[14] During his term as vice-captain, Sehwag skippered the team in place of injured Dravid in 2 ODIs and 1 Test. Following his return to form in 2008 and the retirement of Anil Kumble, Sehwag has been reappointed as the vice-captain for both Tests and ODIs. By early 2009, Sehwag had reestablished himself as one of the best performing batsmen in ODI cricket.^[15]

Contents   [hide]  1 Early years 2 Cricketing career 2.1 Early domestic cricket 2.2 ODI career 2.3 ODI summary 2.4 Test career 2.5 Indian Premier League 2.6 Sehwag in Non-India Colours 3 Playing style 4 Controversy 5 Personal life 6 International centuries 7 Achievements 7.1 Awards 7.2 Records 7.3 Test Matches Awards 7.3.1 Man of the Series Awards 7.3.2 Man of the Match Awards 7.4 ODI Cricket Awards 7.4.1 Man of the Series Awards 7.4.2 Man of the Match Awards 8 Notes 9 References 9.1 External links

Early of sehwag

Sehwag was born in a Jat family from Haryana.^[16][17][18] The son of a grain merchant, Sehwag spent his childhood in a bungalow in a joint family, with siblings, uncles, aunts and sixteen cousins. Though now settled in New Delhi, the Sehwag family hails from Haryana. Sehwag was the third of four children born to father Krishan and mother Krishna Sehwag, with two older sisters Manju and Anju, and younger brother Vinod. His father attributes his interest in cricket to a toy bat which he was given when he was seven months old. He attended Arora Vidya School in Delhi, and pestered his parents to let him play cricket, on the basis that he was not academically gifted.^[19] His father tried to end his career when he broke a tooth as a child in 1990, but Sehwag evaded the ban with the help of his mother.^[20] Later he attended Jamia Milia Islamia for graduation.