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Virender Sehwag

Full name: Virender Sehwag

Born: 20th October 1978, Delhi, India

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Teams: India (Test: 2001/02-2008); ICC World XI (Test: 2005/06); India (ODI: 1998/99-2008); Asian Cricket Council XI (ODI: 2004/05-2007); ICC World XI (ODI: 2005/06); India (Int Twenty20: 2006/07-2007/08); Delhi (Main FC: 1997/98-2007/08); Leicestershire (Main FC: 2003); Delhi (Main ListA: 1997/98-2006/07); Leicestershire (Main ListA: 2003); Leicestershire (Main Twenty20: 2003); Delhi (Main Twenty20: 2006/07); All teams

Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 2000

Leicestershire Cap: 2003

Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
Articles: வீரேந்திர ஷேவாக்

Mendis, Jayasuriya shine as Sri Lanka retains Asia Cup

Sehwag runs rampage as India beat Pakistan

Gambhir fires India into tri-series final

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Pictures: Virender Sehwag becomes the 1st Indian to score double-century against Sri Lanka

Virender Sehwag hits a boundary

Sehwag plays a pull shot

Virender Sehwag celebrates his century

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Virender Sehwag is an audacious talent who has been compared to many a great batsman before him. Viv Richards, Bradman, Lara and also his idol Sachin Tendulkar, but the best part is that he is a mix of all of them. The way he shot to stardom on the international scene is the stuff legends are made of. He scored his first ODI century off 70 balls against New Zealand and went one better when he got his maiden Test hundred in only his debut test against South Africa. With a swagger and audacity that is completely his own, he was asked to open the innings in England on tour in 2002 and that gamble paid off like anything, as he instantly hit an 80 and a 100 in the first two matches. Regularly thereafter, he kept coming up with important innings at the top of the order, the highlight coming at Multan against Pakistan in early 2004, his then top score of 309. Sehwag also bowls effective, loopy offspin, and is a reliable catcher in the slips. Add to that an innings of 195 against the Aussies on Boxing Day in 2003 and a follow up ton in Adelaide in 2008, and it shows that his importance at the top of the order is highly effective. He then came up with a most belligerent innings yet, as he scored 319 against South Africa in March 2008, with his runs coming at an astonishing pace in three and a half sessions. In between these great innings, he has also had his share of controversies. He once almost split the cricket world, when he was banned for a match by the ICC referee Mike Denness on grounds of excessive appealing, but that decision was overturned soon after. His one-day form dipped alarmingly after January 2004 as he went through a period of 60 matches where he averaged under 29. Despite this, he continued to sparkle in the test arena with a double hundred in Lahore. But successive failures meant that he first lost his vice-captaincy and then his place in the team for much of the 2007 season. In the IPL, he was an ICON player for his home team, the GMR owned Delhi Dare Devils and as their captain, led from the front as the team made it to semi finals.
Profile DateLine: 5th June 2008 by CricketArchive

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2001/02-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	59	100	4	5074	319	52.85	15	13	77.28	45
ICC World XI	1	2	0	83	76	41.50	0	1	87.36	1
Overall	60	102	4	5157	319	52.62	15	14	77.43	46

Test Career Bowling (2001/02-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India	1789	44	902	24	3-12	37.58	0	0	74.54	3.02

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	119	195	8	9502	319	50.81	29	32	80.23	103

First-Class Career Bowling (1997/98-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	6288	186	3254	87	4-32	37.40	0	0	72.27	3.10

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	181	176	7	5532	130	32.73	9	28	99.03	71
Asian Cricket Council XI	7	7	0	214	52	30.57	0	1	102.39	3
ICC World XI	3	3	0	64	37	21.33	0	0	98.46	0
Overall	191	186	7	5810	130	32.45	9	29	99.14	74

One-Day International Career Bowling (1998/99-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	3679	12	3197	78	3-25	40.98	0	0	47.16	5.21
Asian Cricket Council XI	72	0	83	1	1-37	83.00	0	0	72.00	6.91
ICC World XI	30	0	33	1	1-20	33.00	0	0	30.00	6.60
Overall	3781	12	3313	80	3-25	41.41	0	0	47.26	5.25

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	261	251	12	7763	130	32.48	10	46	98

One-Day Career Bowling (1997/98-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	5386	23	4606	126	4-17	36.55	2	0	42.74	5.13

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	9	8	0	172	68	21.50	0	1	130.30	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	6	0	20	0	0-20					20.00

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	33	32	3	780	94*	26.89	0	5	157.25	4

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	252	0	345	16	3-14	21.56	0	0	15.75	8.21

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India Under-19s	6	6	0	76	38	12.66	0	0	85.39	1

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1997/98)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	146	5	82	7	3-4	11.71	0	0	20.85	3.36