Virender Sehwag

Personal info.

Full name Virender Sehwag Born 20 October 1978 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 info.

National side India Test debut (cap 87 ) 3 November 2001 v South Africa ODI debut (cap 228 ) 1 April 1999 v Pakistan

More info.

Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He played hisfirst One Day International in 1999and joined the Indian Test cricket team in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the only Indian tobe honored as the Wisden LeadingCricketer in the World for his performance in 2008, subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009. 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 300off 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). Sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice inTest cricket, and the only one to score two triple centuries and take a five-wicket innings haul In March 2009, Sehwag smashed the fastest century ever scored by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls. 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 Testvice-captain. In January 2007, Sehwag was dropped from the ODI team and later from the Test team as well. 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 AnilKumble , 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.

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