Virender Sehwag played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian test side in 2001.
92 Facts About Virender Sehwag
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Virender Sehwag worked as stand-in captain occasionally during absence of main captain of India, worked as Vice-Captain for Indian squad.
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Virender Sehwag is former captain of Delhi Daredevils and Delhi Ranji Team.
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Virender Sehwag holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice in Test cricket.
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In March 2009, Virender Sehwag smashed what was till then the fastest century ever scored by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls.
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Virender Sehwag is one of only two players in the world to score a double hundred in ODI and a triple hundred in Test Cricket, the other being Chris Gayle.
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In January 2007, Virender Sehwag was dropped from the ODI team and later from the Test team as well.
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Virender Sehwag retired from all forms of International cricket on 20 October 2015.
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Virender Sehwag was born in the Jat family of a grain merchant.
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Virender Sehwag spent his childhood in a joint family with siblings, uncles, aunts and sixteen cousins.
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Virender Sehwag was the third of four children born to father Krishan and mother Krishna Virender Sehwag, with two older sisters Manju and Anju, and younger brother Vinod.
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Virender Sehwag attended Arora Vidya School in Delhi, and pestered his parents to let him play cricket, on the basis that he was not academically gifted.
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Virender Sehwag's 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.
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Virender Sehwag was then selected for the U-19 team which toured South Africa.
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Virender Sehwag had a short stint with Leicestershire in county cricket in 2003, but a back injury led to a mutual termination of the contract.
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Virender Sehwag was the captain of the Delhi Daredevils in the first two edition of Indian Premier League, before he quit the position to concentrate more on his batting transferring it to Gautam Gambhir.
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Virender Sehwag again led the team in the fifth edition of the league, where he made the record of being the only batsman to score five consecutive half centuries in T20s.
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Virender Sehwag did not get another chance in the national team for 20 months.
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Virender Sehwag was not given another match until the home series against Zimbabwe in December 2000.
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Virender Sehwag rose to prominence in his fourth ODI match in March 2001 when he scored 58 off 54 balls, against Australia in Bangalore.
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Virender Sehwag followed this with an unproductive tour of Zimbabwe in mid-2001.
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Virender Sehwag had his international breakthrough in Sri Lanka in August 2001 when he was promoted to the opening slot for the tri-series involving New Zealand.
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Virender Sehwag bettered his own record by hitting a 60-ball century against New Zealand during the 2009 tour.
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Virender Sehwag had a mediocre 2003 Cricket World Cup, scoring 299 runs at an average of 27, he top scored with 82 in the loss against Australia in the final.
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Virender Sehwag then started a two-year streak without a century in ODIs, as well as having his ODI tour of Pakistan in early 2006 curtailed due to a shoulder injury.
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Virender Sehwag was dropped from the ODI Squad for the WI-IND 4 Match ODI series.
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Virender Sehwag started the 2007 World Cup in poor form, only being picked for the side because of Rahul Dravid's wishes.
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Virender Sehwag scored poorly in the first group match but bounced back to hit a magnificent 114 from 87 deliveries against lowly ranked Bermuda.
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On 11 March 2009, Virender Sehwag blasted India's fastest ODI hundred against New Zealand by reaching 3 figures in just 60 balls.
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On 8 December 2011, Virender Sehwag scored his highest ODI score against West Indies at Indore slamming 219 runs off only 149 Balls.
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Virender Sehwag's scoring rate is extremely quick, at 103.44 runs per 100 balls.
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Virender Sehwag has had more success in run chases, scoring seven of his thirteen centuries while chasing.
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Virender Sehwag has led India on seven occasions, due to the unavailability of the incumbent due to illness, injury or rotation policy.
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In December 2011 Virender Sehwag scored 219 in 149 deliveries against West Indies at Indore.
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Virender Sehwag has the record of 2nd-highest individual score in ODI.
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Virender Sehwag was named in the World ODI XI by the Cricinfo for 2008 and 2011.
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Virender Sehwag made his Test debut in late 2001 in the First Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein as a middle-order batsman.
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Virender Sehwag scored 105 on debut despite the South African win.
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Virender Sehwag was given a one-match suspension by ICC match referee Mike Denness for overappealing in the Second Test in Port Elizabeth, which led to political dispute amongst the ICC and the two countries.
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Virender Sehwag scored 84 in the new role at Lord's and then a century in the Second Test at Trent Bridge, and has batted there in Test matches ever since.
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Virender Sehwag then scored 195 against Australia on Boxing Day 2003 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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India went on to win by an innings, with Virender Sehwag named man of the match.
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Virender Sehwag scored 90 in the Second Test defeat in Lahore and was named man of the series for his efforts after being the highest run scorer and average for the series.
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Virender Sehwag later auctioned the bat with which he made the triple century, for Rs.
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Virender Sehwag scored 155 in the Chennai test match to set up a triple-figure lead for the Indians, but the match was rained out on the final day with the Indians requiring 229 for victory.
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Virender Sehwag failed on the tour of Bangladesh, but on the 2005 home series against Pakistan, he scored 173 in Mohali, 81 in Kolkata and then 201 in Bangalore, totalling 544 runs at an average of 90.66 to win the man of the series award.
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Virender Sehwag passed the 3000 run mark in Tests during the Bangalore Test, becoming the fastest Indian to reach the mark in terms of innings played.
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Virender Sehwag earned selection for the ICC World XI which played Australia in the 2005 ICC Super Series, where he top-scored in the first innings with 76.
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Virender Sehwag attracted some criticism at the end of 2005, having failed to pass 50 in four Tests against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.
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Virender Sehwag missed the Second Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi due to illness, but returned to the team in the following match in Ahmedabad and captained the Indians to victory whilst Rahul Dravid was ill.
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Virender Sehwag scored his first century in a year when he compiled 254 against Pakistan in the First Test in Lahore in January 2006, the highest ever Test score at a strike rate of over 100 and the second fastest double century ever.
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Virender Sehwag went on to lampoon the Pakistani attack led by Shoaib Akhtar.
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Virender Sehwag however failed to pass 50 in the following two Tests against Pakistan, and aside from a 76* in the Second Test in Mohali against England, fell seven times for less than 20 runs to the new ball, leading criticism of his position in the team.
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Virender Sehwag went on to compile 180 in just 190 balls, and collected four wickets for the match to be named man of the match.
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Virender Sehwag had previously only three wickets at Test level.
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Virender Sehwag was fined in the First Test for excessive appealing.
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Poor form saw Virender Sehwag being dropped from the Test team in 2007.
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Virender Sehwag played a key part in India's victory, making 72 runs at a brisk pace and taking 2 crucial wickets Virender Sehwag scored a match-saving 151 in the second innings of the fourth Test in Adelaide.
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Virender Sehwag became only the third batsman after Sir Donald Bradman and Brian Lara to score 2 triple centuries in Test Cricket.
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Virender Sehwag scored 257 runs the third day of the match, which was the most runs scored by an individual batsman on a single day of a Test match since 1954, when Denis Compton made 273 runs on the second day of the Nottingham Test against Pakistan.
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Virender Sehwag has a habit of making big centuries, with his last eleven centuries having all been over 150, including two triple centuries and further three double centuries which surpassed Sir Donald Bradman's record of having seven consecutive centuries beyond 150.
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Virender Sehwag's knock of 201* was voted as the Best Test Batting Performance of 2008 by ESPNCricinfo.
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Virender Sehwag got the man-of-the-match award despite Sachin Tendulkar scoring an unbeaten century later in the same innings and Andrew Strauss scoring a century in each of England's innings.
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Virender Sehwag has been noted for his record against Pakistan, averaging over 90 against and in Pakistan, scoring four centuries against India's arch-rivals.
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Virender Sehwag missed accomplishing the feat of being the only player to score three triple centuries.
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Virender Sehwag was caught and bowled by Muralitharan short by just seven runs.
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Virender Sehwag was selected in the ICC World XI for the 2005 ICC Super Series against Australia in late 2005, but only managed 64 runs at an average of 21.33.
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On 20 October 2015 Virender Sehwag announced retirement from all formats of cricket and IPL.
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On 7 November 2015, Virender Sehwag scored 55 runs in game 1 of the Cricket All-Stars Twenty20 series for Sachin's Blasters, and was the only person from either side to score a half-century, 5+ sixes and a strike rate of over 150.
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Virender Sehwag was often compared to Sachin Tendulkar in his early days due to the similar batting style, build and appearance.
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Virender Sehwag has acknowledged numerous times that he consciously attempted to model his playing style on Tendulkar's in his youth.
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Virender Sehwag's technique is often cited as being particularly unorthodox, often backing away to free his arms whilst playing his shots, in particular, a to cut or drive spinners inside out.
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Virender Sehwag is frequently cited by commentators for his extremely strong square cutting and upper cutting and power through the off-side.
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Virender Sehwag is an excellent player of the late cut.
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Virender Sehwag is noted for a relative lack of footwork, with his timing often attributed to his eyesight.
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Virender Sehwag has got dismissed playing the cut shot when the ball was too close to his body to cut, especially in limited over matches.
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Virender Sehwag is often noted for his extremely attacking style of batting, and in 2005 he was described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as the "most exciting opener in the world" due to his aggressive style in Test matches, his strike rate being inferior only to that of Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi.
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Virender Sehwag has been noted for his apparent disregard for the match situation, exhibited by aggressive batting even when his team is in a poor position or after being outmanoeuvred by the bowler in the recent past.
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Previously Virender Sehwag was known predominantly as an offside player, with a weakness against straight short pitched bowling.
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Virender Sehwag amassed 83 runs in 68 balls, which helped India chase down an improbable target of 387 with six wickets to spare.
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On 12 August 2011, Virender Sehwag became only the third Indian in history to achieve a king pair and the 15th player to do that of all time, but weeks later he again scored crucial and aggressive pair of 55 against West Indies.
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Virender Sehwag was voted as 4th-scariest batsman to face in the "World's Scariest Batsman" poll of international bowlers.
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In November 2001, Virender Sehwag was involved in controversy in the Second Test match between India and South Africa at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, when he was given a one Test ban for "excessive appealing" by ICC Match referee Mike Denness.
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Virender Sehwag was one of six Indian players to receive bans, four of which were suspended bans.
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Virender Sehwag married Aarti Ahlawat in April 2004 under heavy security cover in a widely publicised wedding hosted by Arun Jaitley, the then Union law minister of India, at his residence.
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In 2011, Virender Sehwag started Virender Sehwag International School in Jhajjar, Haryana, which lies 65 kilometres west of Delhi.
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Virender Sehwag appeared as guest on Indian Idol show on 21 January 2017 and mentioned that 22 students from his school has represented national and state team in various sports in last 2 years.
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Virender Sehwag has scored centuries on 22 occasions in Test cricket and in 15 One Day International matches.
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In Tests, Virender Sehwag has scored centuries against all the Test-cricket playing nations except Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and is sixth on the list of leading Test century makers for India.
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Virender Sehwag's centuries have been scored at fourteen cricket grounds, eight of which were outside India.
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Virender Sehwag has made six scores of 200 runs or more, the most by an Indian batsman, of which a record three have come against Pakistan.
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Virender Sehwag has been dismissed five times in the nineties.