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Virender Sehwag is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. If you are a cricket fan, you know about him very well. He is the man who give nightmares to bowlers. He is an entertaining Cricketer. In this lens you will find the following details, Sehwag's photos,cricket records, family details etc.

Virender Sehwag was applauded by Muralitharan while he celebrates his century 

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Runs: 131
Balls: 122
SR: 107.37
4's: 18
6's: 2
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Virender Sehwag scored a hundred against Sri Lanka  

Another century from smashing batsman

Sehwag's century helped India to score a huge total at Kanpur 

Back foot drive - Good looking Shot

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir added 233 for the first wicket 

India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Kanpur, 1st day

Sehwag against Australia 

Played some very good shots in Nagpur

Sehwag in News 

Sehwag declared fit for second one-dayer
NAGPUR, India: All-rounder Yuvraj Singh has been again ruled out while opening batsman Virender Sehwag is fit as India take on Sri Lanka in the second One ...
Full credit to Zaheer and Nehra, says Virender Sehwag
Rajkot: Man-of-the-Match Virender Sehwag and Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss had different views on the behaviour of the Rajkot wicket. However, both shared ...
This one is for Virendra Sehwag, says Rohit Sharma
The very score reminds every Indian of Virender Sehwag's first triple ton in Multan against Pakistan some five years back. But for Mumbai cricket lovers, it ...
Sehwag just misses out on Test record
India's Virender Sehwag fell just seven runs short of a world record third triple-century against Sri Lanka. Indian batsman Virender Sehwag fell seven ...

Indian Premier League (IPL) - Delhi Dare Devils 

Sehwag, spoke about the condition of pitches in South Africa and the help it offered to the pacers. "Pacers will undoubtedly have an edge in South Africa because of pace and bounce but that's good for batters too as they can play their shots on such conditions," the Delhi dasher said, while speaking to newspaper reporters during a send off event organized for the Daredevils team.

Sehwag also mentioned that the Delhi crowd would be missed by him and his team during the IPL 2009. "We will miss Delhi crowd in South Africa but hopefully, there will be sufficient support for us in South Africa," he said.

Sehwag said the gangling fast bowler was among the players he listed but decided not to bid for him because the franchisee would not have got other top players the team wanted.

"We wanted Ishant but the team budget forced us to decide against going for him. His bid price had soared up. We have to spend a lot more on the icon player [Sehwag himself] and had we bid for him and we would not have got some other big stars," Sehwag said.

"I would not call it [not getting Ishant] a loss but it would have been great if he was in our team. I am happy that he was taken by Kolkata on a big sum," the dashing batsman said

About Virender Sehwag 

Virender Sehwag is a primal talent whose rough edges make him all the more appealing. By the time he had scored his first centuries in one-day cricket (off 70 balls, against New Zealand) and Test cricket (on debut, against South Africa, from 68 for 4), he was already eliciting comparisons with his idol Sachin Tendulkar. It is half true. Like Tendulkar, he is short and square with curly hair, plays the straight drive, backfoot punch and whip off the hips identically, but leaves Tendulkar in the shade when it comes to audacity.

Asked to open the innings in Tests on the tour of England in 2002, Sehwag proved an instant hit, cracking an 80 and a 100 in the first two matches. Regularly thereafter, he kept conjuring pivotal innings at the top of the order, none as significant as India's first 300 (which he bought up, characteristically, with a six), at Multan against Pakistan in early 2004

Sehwag bowls effective, loopy offspin, and is a reliable catcher in the slips. He also once almost split the cricket world: when he was banned for a match by the ICC referee Mike Denness on grounds of excessive appealing, the Indian board wasn't prepared to listen, and even played an unofficial Test with South Africa to prove a point. When a compromise was finally reached, Sehwag was back to his merry ways.

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Sehwag Profile 

Virender Sehwag
Born : 20 October 1978
Place of Birth : Delhi, India
Major Teams : Delhi,Delhi Daredevils,India,Leicestershire,Asia XI,ICC World XI
Player Type : Batsman, Part time bowler
Batting Style : Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style : Right arm off spin
Also known as: Viru

Sehwag Family 

Father Name : Krishan
Mother Name : Krishna Sehwag
Sister Name : Manju, Anju
Brother Name : Vinod
Wife Name : Aarti Alhawat

Sehwag's Records 

1. Fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian - 100 runs off 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009.
2. Only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries in Test cricket. He is the third batsman in the history of Test cricket, to score two triple centuries.
3. Second fastest ODI 50 by an Indian a record, he shares with Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh - when he took 22 balls against Kenya in 2001
4. Five double centuries - the first three of which came against Pakistan
5. Highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He first achieved this when he scored 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004, and bettered his previous record in March 2008 at Chennai against South Africa by scoring 319
6.Fastest triple century: His second triple century scored at Chennai on 27-28 March 2008 against South Africa was the fastest in terms of balls faced by any batsman (off 278 balls)
7.Two consecutive double century partnerships in a Test innings. He achieved this record, for the first two wickets in Chennai on 27-28 March 2008 (with Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid respectively). This was the first time in Test history that the first two wickets in an innings have resulted in double-century stands.
8. He is the first person in the history of test cricket to hit two triple century and take five wickets in test match.

Viru's Photos 

 

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Hundreds in ODI cricket 

Virender Sehwag's ODI Centuries 

No.

Runs

Match

Opponent

City/Country

Year


1

100

15

New Zealand

Colombo, Sri Lanka

2001


2

126

40

England

Colombo, Sri Lanka

2002


3

114*

46

West Indies

Rajkot, India

2002


4

108

52

New Zealand

Napier, New Zealand

2002


5

112

56

New Zealand

Aukland, New Zealand

2003


6

130

78

New Zealand

Hyderabad, India

2003


7

108

108

Pakistan

Kochi, India

2005


8

114

169

Bermuda

Port of Spain, Trinidad

2007


9

119

-

Pakistan

Karachi, Pakistan

2008


10

116

197

Sri Lanka

Colombo, Sri Lanka

2009


11

125*

204

New Zealand

Hamilton, New Zealand

2009



Hundreds in test match cricket 

Virender Sehwag's Test Centuries 

No.

Runs

Match

Opponent

City/Country

Year


1

105

1

South Africa

Bloemfontein,SAfrica

2001


2

106

7

England

Nottingham, England

2002


3

147

10

West Indies

Mumbai, India

2002


4

130

16

New Zealand

Mohali, India

2003


5

195

19

Australia

Melbourne, Australia

2003


6

309

21

Pakistan

Multan, Pakistan

2004


7

155

25

Australia

Chennai, India

2004


8

164

28

South Africa

Kanpur, India

2004


9

173

32

Pakistan

Mohali, India

2005


10

201

34

Pakistan

Bangalore, India

2005


11

254

40

Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan

2006


12

180

47

West Indies

Gros Islet, St Lucia

2006


13

151

54

Australia

Adelaide, Australia

2008

 

14

319

55

South Africa

Chennai, India

2008


15

201*

59

Sri Lanka

Galle, Sri Lanka

2008



Sehwag's play 

Sehwag in videos 


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Payal Rohatgi with Sehwag

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India vs. Australia 2008 2nd Test Day 5, Sehwag Interview

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Sehwag Interview 1st Test South Africa vs India

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Sehwag Answers Interesting Questions 0n DareDevils Part2

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Sehwag Talks About Delhi DareDevils And QnA

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