Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag pronunciation  (born 20 October 1978) is a former Indian cricketer who represented India from 1999 to 2013. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive openers,^[1] he played for Delhi Capitals in IPL and Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian test side in 2001.^{[2][unreliable source?]}In April 2009, Sehwag became the first Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008,^[3] subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009.^[4] He worked as stand-in captain occasionally during absence of main captain of India, also worked as Vice-Captain for Indian squad. He is former captain of Delhi Daredevils and Delhi Ranji Team.

Virender Sehwag

Sehwag in 2012
Personal information
Full name	Virender Sehwag
Born	(1978-10-20) 20 October 1978 (age 44) Najafgarh, Delhi, India
Nickname	Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Role	Opening batsman
International information
National side	India (1999–2013)
Test debut (cap 239)	3 November 2001 v South Africa
Last Test	2 March 2013 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 123)	1 April 1999 v Pakistan
Last ODI	3 January 2013 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	44
T20I debut (cap 9)	1 December 2006 v South Africa
Last T20I	2 October 2012 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997–2014	Delhi
2015	Haryana
2003	Leicestershire
2008–2013	Delhi Daredevils
2014	Rest of the World XI
2014	Marylebone Cricket Club
2014–2015	Kings XI Punjab
2015	Sachin's Blasters
2017	Maratha Arabians
2018	Diamonds XI
2020-2021	India Legends
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 104 251 194 332 Runs scored 8,586 8,273 14,683 10,454 Batting average 49.34 35.05 47.36 34.05 100s/50s 23/32 15/38 42/55 16/57 Top score 319 219 319 219 Balls bowled 3,731 4,392 8,614 6,009 Wickets 40 96 105 142 Bowling average 47.35 40.13 42.57 36.29 5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/104 4/6 5/104 4/6 Catches/stumpings 91/– 93/– 166/– 120/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 January 2016

Sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket (319 against South Africa at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai), 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). Sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice in Test cricket.^[5] In March 2009, Sehwag smashed what was till then the fastest century ever scored by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls.^[6] 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.^[7] His score became the highest individual score in ODI cricket—219 off 149 balls which was later bettered by Rohit Sharma—264 off 173 balls on 13 November 2014.^[8][9][10] He 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.^[11]

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.^[12] During his term as vice-captain, Sehwag led 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 was 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.^[13]

Sehwag retired from all forms of International cricket on 20 October 2015.^[14] Now, he is serving as the member of Anti Doping Appeal Panel of National Anti Doping Agency under Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India.

Early years

Sehwag was born in the Jat family^[15] of a grain merchant.^[16] He spent his childhood 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.^[17] Early in his career he had a reputation for being an attacking batsman and his coach was coach Amar Nath Sharma.^[18] 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.^[19] Later he attended Jamia Milia Islamia for graduation.

Domestic career

Early years

Sehwag made his debut for Delhi cricket team in first class cricket in the 1997–98 season. He was selected to the North Zone cricket team for the Duleep Trophy the following 1998–99 season, ending fifth in the total runscoring list.^[20] The following year he was fourth on the Duleep Trophy run scoring list, including a 274, the highest score of the competition.^[21] This was attained against South Zone at Agartala in just 327 balls, and followed a rapid 187 from just 175 in a Ranji Trophy match against Punjab.^[22] He was then selected for the U-19 team which toured South Africa.^[17] He was seventh in the 2000–01 season with two centuries,^[23] but his consistency earned the attention of selectors and he became a regular member of the national team in mid-2001.

Since his international career started, he has continued to play for Delhi in the domestic competition whilst he is not occupied with international duty and has captained North Zone to victory in the Deodhar Trophy in 2004–05 and 2005–06.^[24] He also had a short stint with Leicestershire in county cricket in 2003, but a back injury led to a mutual termination of the contract.^[25]

Indian Premier League

Sehwag's record in Twenty20 matches^[26]
	Matches	Runs	HS	100s	50s	Avg.
T20I	19	394	68	0	2	21.88
IPL^[27]	96	2629	122	2	16	28.89
CLT20^[28]	7	208	66	0	2	34.66

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. However, for the fourth edition of IPL, he was the only player to be retained by the franchise, again as captain of the Delhi Daredevils.^[29] 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.^[30]

On the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of IPL, he was also named in the all-time Cricinfo IPL XI^[31]

International career

ODI career

Sehwag's ODI career started poorly when he scored 1 against Pakistan in Mohali in April 1999 when he fell lbw to Shoaib Akhtar. His bowling performance was also ineffective and expensive, conceding 35 runs off 3 overs. He did not get another chance in the national team for 20 months.^[32]

 

Sehwag with teammates Harbhajan Singh (left) and Yuvraj Singh (middle)

Sehwag was not given another match until the home series against Zimbabwe^[1] in December 2000. Sehwag rose to prominence in his fourth ODI match in March 2001 when he scored 58 off 54 balls, against Australia in Bangalore. Combined with his three wickets, he help earn India a victory and was awarded his first man of the match award.^[33] He followed this with an unproductive tour of Zimbabwe in mid-2001.

Sehwag had his international breakthrough in Sri Lanka in August 2001 when he was promoted to the opening slot for the tri-series also involving New Zealand. The promotion to open the innings came because regular opener Sachin Tendulkar was absent due to a foot injury.^[34] In the match against New Zealand that was to decide the finalist, he scored his maiden century from 69 balls.^[35] At the time, the century was the third fastest ODI century for an Indian behind Mohammad Azharuddin's 62 ball effort and Yuvraj Singh's 64 ball effort. This was his first score beyond 50 in ten matches and saw him named the Man of the Match. This performance earned him a regular spot in the ODI squad in the middle-order. He bettered his own record by hitting a 60-ball century against New Zealand during the 2009 tour. An innings of note in 2002 was the 22 ball half-century against Kenya in Bloemfontein, tying the second fastest 50 by an Indian. Because of his attacking cricket stroke plays, Sehwag has got many fans, including the WestIndies legend Desmond Haynes, who admitted that he is a great fan of him.^[36]

With Saurav Ganguly's injury in the India-England ODI Series in January 2002, Sehwag received another opportunity to open the innings which he seized by scoring 82 from 64 balls in Kanpur in an eight-wicket Indian victory.^[37] With good performances as an opener, Sehwag was made a permanent fixture at the top of the innings. Sachin Tendulkar, who opened in the England ODI series, was moved to middle order^[38]—a strategy that reaped dividends for India in 2002 in ODI matches. In the England series and the preceding tour to South Africa, he compiled 426 runs at 42.6 with four half-centuries.^[2]

After modest returns on the tours of the West Indies and England in early and mid-2002, he scored 271 runs at 90.33 in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, with two Man of the Match performances. After running out Ian Blackwell, he was involved in a 192 run partnership with Ganguly, scoring 126 from 104 balls to help set up an eight-wicket victory against England in a group match.^[39] He then scored 58 from 54 balls and took 3/25 including two wickets in the final over to help defeat South Africa by 10 runs^[40] to help India progress to the final.

In late 2002 he scored an unbeaten 114 from 82 balls that included a 196 run partnership with Ganguly to lead India to a nine wicket win over the West Indies in Rajkot.^[41] He was the only batsman to score a century in the 7 match New Zealand ODI Series where he made two centuries—108 in Napier^[42] in an Indian defeat and 112 in Auckland^[43] in a one-wicket victory.

Struggle in form

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.^[44]

 

Sehwag waits at the bowler's end.

Later in 2003, he scored his fourth century and earned Man of the Match award against New Zealand in Hyderabad, scoring 130 and putting on a 182 run partnership with Tendulkar, to lay the foundations for a 145 run victory.^[45] In spite of it, Sehwag struggled for consistency in 2003 and 2003/04 ODI series where he had only one century and 3 fifties, two against minnows—Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and one against Pakistan, in 22 matches.

Dominating the arena

Even with his inconsistent form, he earned 3 MoM awards in 2004/5 and 2004/05 ODI season with one award each against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In the match against Pakistan in Kochi he scored 108 off 95 balls, his first century in eighteen months which set up a 95 run victory.^[46]

For his performances in 2004, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[47]

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.^[48] His drought in limited overs cricket has puzzled cricket experts because of the consistent performances in Test matches with a high scoring rate has not translated into significant contributions in the ODI format of the game.^[49] Sehwag was dropped from the ODI Squad for the WI-IND 4 Match ODI series. With debate over whether he deserved to be included in the 2007 Cricket World Cup squad, captain Dravid's insistence on his retention paved the way to being named in the World Cup squad.^[50] However, despite this assurance, Sehwag's form continued to decline.

Sehwag started the 2007 World Cup in poor form, only being picked for the side because of Rahul Dravid's wishes. He scored poorly in the first group match but bounced back to hit a magnificent 114 from 87 deliveries against lowly ranked Bermuda. The Indian team scored 413–5, the highest team total in a World Cup match, and went on to win the match but this was their only win in the tournament.

On 11 March 2009, Sehwag blasted India's fastest ODI hundred against New Zealand by reaching 3 figures in just 60 balls. Eventually, he led India to win its first series win in New Zealand.

On 8 December 2011, Sehwag scored his highest ODI score against West Indies at Indore slamming 219 runs off only 149 Balls. In the same innings, he also crossed 8,000 runs in ODI Cricket.^[51] The knock was voted to be the best ODI batting performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo voters.^[52]

For his performances in 2011, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[53]

ODI summary

Sehwag's scoring rate is extremely quick, at 103.44 runs per 100 balls (it is exceeded only by one current player: Shahid Afridi, who has a much lower average). He has had more success in run chases, scoring seven of his thirteen centuries while chasing. He has led India on seven occasions, due to the unavailability of the incumbent due to illness, injury or rotation policy. In December 2011 Sehwag scored 219 in 149 deliveries against West Indies at Indore. He has the record of 2nd-highest individual score in ODI.^[9]

For his performances in 2009, he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[54] He was also named in the World ODI XI by the Cricinfo for 2008 and 2011.^[55][56]

Test career

 

An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sehwag's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).

Sehwag's maiden century in mid-2001 in Sri Lanka was not enough to gain selection in the Test team for the corresponding series.^[57] Sehwag made his Test debut in late 2001 in the First Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein as a middle-order batsman. He scored 105 on debut despite the South African win.^[58] He was given a one-match suspension by ICC match referee Mike Denness for overappealing^[59] in the Second Test in Port Elizabeth, which led to political dispute amongst the ICC and the two countries. He returned for the home series in 2001–02 against England and Zimbabwe. After scoring two half-centuries in the preceding series, he was promoted to a makeshift opener on the 2002 England tour after the failure of previous openers and an experiment with wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta. He scored 84 in the new role at Lord's^[60] and then a century in the Second Test at Trent Bridge,^[61] and has batted there in Test matches ever since. He scored his maiden home century of 147 in the First Test against the West Indies in 2002–03 home season in Mumbai, which was at the time his top score in Test matches, earning him his first man of the match award.^[62] After a poor tour to New Zealand, he scored passed 50 for the first time in 9 innings when he scored 130 in a Test at Mohali against New Zealand in late 2003^{[63][64] [3]}.

He then scored 195 against Australia on Boxing Day 2003 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[65] His dismissal on the first afternoon led to an Indian collapse and eventual defeat.^[66]

In early 2004, he became the only Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket, with 309 against Pakistan in the First Test in Multan, beating V. V. S. Laxman's previous Indian record(281 against Australia) and helping India to a total of 5/675, the highest ever against Pakistan. It was Sehwag's sixth Test century in 21 Tests.^[67][68] India went on to win by an innings, with Sehwag named man of the match.^[69] He also scored 90 in the Second Test defeat in Lahore^[70] and was named man of the series for his efforts after being the highest run scorer and average for the series.^[71][72] He later auctioned the bat with which he made the triple century, for Rs. 70,000, to aid in relief efforts for the tsunami victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.^[73]

Sehwag's results in international matches^[26]
	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No result
Test^[74]	104	42	28	34	0	–
ODI^[75]	251	133	103	–	1	14
T20I^[76]	19	11	6	–	1	1

In the First Test of the 2004 Border Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore, Sehwag was fined for showing "serious dissent" towards umpire Billy Bowden following an LBW dismissal.^[77] Replays showed that he had hit the ball off the middle of his bat onto his leg, which later led to an apology from Bowden.^[78] 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.^[79][80] In the home series against South Africa that year, he scored 164 in the drawn First Test in Kanpur,^[81] and 88 in the Second in Kolkata, which India won to claim the series. Sehwag was again named man of the series.^[82]

Sehwag failed on the tour of Bangladesh, but on the 2005 home series against Pakistan, he scored 173 in Mohali,^[83] 81 in Kolkata^[84] and then 201 in Bangalore,^[85] totalling 544 runs at an average of 90.66 to win the man of the series award. He passed the 3000 run mark in Tests during the Bangalore Test, becoming the fastest Indian to reach the mark in terms of innings played.^[86] His performances over the preceding 12 months earned him selection in the ICC Test Team of the Year as well as nomination for Test player of the year.^[87]

He 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. He attracted some criticism at the end of 2005, having failed to pass 50 in four Tests against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. He also missed the Second Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi due to illness,^[88] but returned to the team in the following match in Ahmedabad and captained the Indians to victory whilst Rahul Dravid was ill.^[89] For his performances in 2005, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC^[90]

 

Sehwag bowling in the nets.

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.^[91] In doing so he was involved in a 410 run partnership with captain Rahul Dravid, the highest ever against Pakistan and in Pakistan, and just four short of a new world record opening partnership in Test matches.^[92] Sehwag went on to lampoon the Pakistani attack led by Shoaib Akhtar.^[93] 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 ^[4], leading criticism of his position in the team.^[94]

During the 2006 West Indies tour, Sehwag narrowly missed out on scoring a century in the opening session of the Second Test in St Lucia, ending with 99 at the interval.^[95] He went on to compile 180 in just 190 balls, and also collected four wickets for the match to be named man of the match.^[96] Although Sehwag had collected more than 50 wickets in ODIs, he was substantially used as a Test bowler for the first time on the West Indies tour, taking nine wickets in the first two Test matches when he was used in the absence of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh as India opted to only use one specialist spinner.^[97] He had previously only three wickets at Test level ^[5]. He was also fined in the First Test for excessive appealing.^[98]

Poor form saw Sehwag being dropped from the Test team in 2007. In December 2007, he was recalled for India's tour of Australia after being omitted form the list of probables,^[99] amid calls for his return by several commentators, most notably Ian Chappell. ^[100]

Though he was omitted from the team for the first two matches, both of which India lost, he was picked for the third Test at the WACA in Perth after scoring a century in a tour match against the ACT Invitational XI.^[101] He played a key part in India's victory, making 72 runs at a brisk pace and taking 2 crucial wickets^[102] He scored a match-saving 151 in the second innings of the fourth Test in Adelaide. This was his first century in the second innings of a test match, and was notable in that he rejected his usual, aggressive batting style in favour of a more defensive approach which was the need of the hour.^[103]

Sehwag continued his good form against South Africa, in the home series in April 2008, scoring 319 in the first Test at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, having reached 300 off just 278 balls, the fastest triple century in test history. Sehwag became only the third batsman after Sir Donald Bradman and Brian Lara to score 2 triple centuries in Test Cricket. He 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.^[104]

He 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.^[92]

His knock of 201* was voted as the Best Test Batting Performance of 2008 by ESPNCricinfo.^[105]

In the first test against England in Chennai in December 2008, Sehwag's rapid 83 off just 68 balls,^[106] in the last session of the fourth day, set India up for its record run-chase of 4/387, the highest successful target on Indian soil. He 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. The knock was nominated to be one of the Test Batting Performance of the year by ESPNCricinfo.^[107] For his performances in 2008, he was named in the World Test XI by ICC and ESPNCricinfo^[90][55]

He has been noted for his record against Pakistan, averaging over 90 against and in Pakistan, scoring four centuries against India's arch-rivals. The disparity in his average in the first and second innings is often noted, being 68 and 25 and all but one of his fifteen Test centuries having come in the first innings^[6].

During Sri Lanka's tour of India in 2009, in the 3-match test series, he finished with the highest run getter of the series with 491 runs. In the last test match, he made 293 with the help of which India won the test match. In this innings he established many records:

• Scoring the second fastest 200.
• Scoring the fastest 250 off just 207 balls.
• Third-highest run scorer on a single day. (284 n.o)

He missed accomplishing the feat of being the only player to score three triple centuries. He was caught and bowled by Muralitharan short by just seven runs. This innings, which consisted of 40 fours and 7 sixes, was described as his third best by him after his two triple centuries. The knock was voted as the Best Test Batting Performance of 2009 by ESPNCricinfo.^[108]

For his performances in 2010, he was named in the World Test XI by the ICC.^[109]

World XI tours

He 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.^[7] Earlier in 2005, he was selected for the Asian Cricket Council XI for the fundraising match against the ICC World XI in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

In July 2014, he played for the Rest of the World side in the Bicentenary Celebration match at Lord's.^[110]

International retirement

 

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On 20 October 2015 Sehwag announced retirement from all formats of cricket and IPL.^[14] On 7 November 2015, 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 (against Warne's Warriors) to score a half-century, 5+ sixes and a strike rate of over 150 (SR of 250).^{[citation needed]}

Playing style

 

Virender Sehwag plays a hook shot

Sehwag was often compared to Sachin Tendulkar in his early days due to the similar batting style, build and appearance.^[22] He has acknowledged numerous times that he consciously attempted to model his playing style on Tendulkar's in his youth.^[111]

Sehwag's technique is often cited as being particularly unorthodox, often backing away (considered technically incorrect) to free his arms whilst playing his shots, in particular, a to cut or drive spinners inside out. He is frequently cited by commentators for his extremely strong (physically) square cutting and upper cutting and power through the off-side.^[112] He is also an excellent player of the late cut.^[111] In particular, his tendency to strike the ball in the air and risk dismissal is a trait which has seen him noted for his chancy and adventurous mindset.^[113] He is also noted for a relative lack of footwork,^[114] with his timing often attributed to his eyesight. Of late,^[when?] Sehwag has shown a proclivity to be dismissed by inswing deliveries, something attributed to his leaden-footed batting style. He has also got dismissed playing the cut shot when the ball was too close to his body to cut, especially in limited over matches.^[115]

 

Virender Sehwag takes strike for MCC

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"^[116] due to his aggressive style in Test matches, his strike rate being inferior only to that of Adam Gilchrist and Shahid Afridi. Sehwag has also 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.^[117] This is a two-edged sword, as it allows him to not be psychologically hindered by previous failures, but can also lead to excessive aggression.^[118] Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer spoke of him as a "sophisticated slogger".^[119] But over the years, his style has changed from "reckless hitting" to that of "controlled aggression", according to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Previously Sehwag was known predominantly as an offside player, with a weakness against straight short pitched bowling. However, his leg side improved and his bouncer is hitting considerably. This is shown in the recent ODIs against New Zealand where he utilised the pull, hook and flick shots to devastating effect.

As of 15 March 2010, Sehwag has an average of nearly 68 in the first innings of test matches where he has scored 5,130 runs, 18 centuries and 12 fifties in 76 matches. In the second innings, his average drops to 31 and has scored 1,561 runs, with only one century and 9 fifties in 54 innings. The first and second innings difference of 37 runs is one of the highest and indicates a lack of ability in dealing with more difficult batting conditions as the pitch deteriorates. However, his match-saving second-innings 151 against Australia at Adelaide during the 2007–08 Border-Gavaskar series, and a match winning 92 in trying situations at Nagpur during the 2008–09 series, went a long way towards repairing that image. In the 2008 Test series against England, Sehwag played a key role in the fourth innings of the first Test in Chennai. He amassed 83 runs in 68 balls, which helped India chase down an improbable target of 387 with six wickets to spare. This was the highest successful run chase in India and the fourth-highest in Test history. For this effort, Sehwag was adjudged Man of the Match. On 12 August 2011, Sehwag became only the third Indian in history to achieve a king pair (2 golden ducks consecutively) 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.^{[citation needed]}

In eight Test matches since April 2012, he has managed to score just 408 runs at an average of 31.38, with highest being 117. In six ODIs in the same period, he scored 183 runs at an average of 30.5 and was dropped for the ODI series against England. His last ODI century was the double hundred against the West Indies in December 2011.^[120] Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott had hinted that it might be the end of the road for Sehwag."I don't think he'll play again. I think it's because India have gone the right way. It took a little while to come around to it. They've given youth a chance," Boycott told a cricket website.^[121]

He was voted as 4th-scariest batsman to face in the "World's Scariest Batsman" poll of international bowlers.^[122]

Controversy

Main article: Mike Denness and Indian cricket team incident

In November 2001, 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. He was one of six Indian players to receive bans, four of which were suspended bans. The unprecedented severity of the bans precipitated an international cricketing, political and administrative crisis, with the Indian cricket establishment threatening to call off the tour unless Mike Denness was removed as match referee from the third test match. ICC backed Mike Denness^[123] and the South African board backed the Indian cricket establishment^[124] and did not allow Mike Denness to enter the stadium^[125] on the first day of the third test match. ICC declared that the match was 'unofficial' and 'friendly five day match'^[126] and the series was officially declared as a 2 match series and South Africa as 1–0 winners. The subsequent England tour to India was placed in jeopardy when India picked Sehwag in the Test squad.^[127] Subsequent to this development, ICC issued a warning that any match with Sehwag in the cricket team will not be considered an "official" Test match until Sehwag had served his one match ban.^[128] After negotiations with ECB and ICC and in general interest of cricket, Sehwag was dropped from the team for the first Test against England.^[129] In October 2015, Sehwag told to Zee News " I was planning to retire in 2007 when dropped from the team but Tendulkar stopped me from doing so."^[130]

Personal life

Sehwag married Aarti Ahlawat in April 2004^[131] under heavy security cover in a widely publicised wedding hosted by Arun Jaitley,^[132] the then Union law minister of India, at his residence.^[133] The couple have two sons, Aryavir, born on 18 October 2007 and Vedant, born in 2010.^{[134][135][136]} Sehwag is a strict vegetarian.^[137]

Sehwag has been popularly known to sing while batting, and picked the Kishore Kumar song "Chala Jaata Hoon" from the Rajesh Khanna starrer Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) as his favorte song to sing while batting.^[138]

In 2011, Sehwag started Sehwag International School^[139] in Jhajjar, Haryana, which lies 65 kilometres west of Delhi. The school was inaugurated by his mother and it was his father's dream to have an institution where students can study, stay, train and play sports. After his second triple century, the Haryana government offered Sehwag to build an academy on a 23-acre land where he requested to open a school in place of an academy to fulfil his father's dream.^[140][141] 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.^[142]

International centuries

Main article: List of international cricket centuries by Virender Sehwag

Sehwag's aggressive batting has found success at the top of the batting order.^[26] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 22 occasions in Test cricket and in 15 One Day International (ODI) matches.^[143][144] In Tests, 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.^[145] In 2001, he became the eleventh Indian player to score a century on Test debut, with 105 runs against South Africa.^[146] His centuries have been scored at fourteen cricket grounds, eight of which were outside India. He has made six scores of 200 runs or more, the most by an Indian batsman,^[147] of which a record three have come against Pakistan. Sehwag is the only Indian to have scored a triple century (300 or more runs), and has done so twice—309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008, the later being the fastest triple century in Test cricket with 300 coming up off just 278 balls.^[148] In ODIs, Sehwag's maiden century was made against New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo in 2001. His highest score of 219, the highest ODI score ever,^[149] was made against the West Indies at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. He has been dismissed five times in the nineties.^[150]

Awards and honors

• Arjuna Award (2002)^[151]
• 2007 - Polly Umrigar Award for International cricketer of the year^[152]
• Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2008, 2009^[4]
• ICC Test Player of the Year 2010^[153]
• Padma Shree 2010^[154]
• HonoursOn 31 October 2017, Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) honoured Sehwag by naming Gate No.2 at the Arun Jaitley Stadium after him.^[155]

Records

International records

• Only batsman in the history to have scored 7,500-plus runs in both Tests & ODIs as an opener.^[156][157]
• Fastest Test triple century for which he took 278 balls^[158]
• Second fastest 250 in Tests for which he took 207 balls.^[159][160] The record is held by Ben Stokes, who took 196 balls.^[161][162]
• Third fastest Test double hundreds in terms of balls faced. He also has four of the top ten fastest Test double hundreds to his credit.^[163]
• Second fastest ODI double century for which he took 140 balls^[164]
• Third-highest individual score in ODIs: 219^[165]
• Second-highest number of fours in a Test innings: 47^[166]
• Second-highest number of fours in an ODI innings: 25^[167]
• Highest ever Test score in history at a 100-plus strike rate: 319^[168]
• Second fastest in the world to reach to 7000 Test runs.^[169]
• Most triple centuries in Tests: 2 (joint record holder along with Don Bradman, Brian Lara & Chris Gayle)^[170]
• Most 290+ scores in Tests: 3 (joint record holder along with Don Bradman)^[171]
• Second-highest number of 250-plus Test scores: 4^[172]
• Only cricketer in the Test history to score two triple centuries & to take five wickets in an innings.^[173][174]
• Third-highest Test runs in a day. He achieved this feat against Sri Lanka in the 2009 Mumbai Test, where he scored 284 runs in a day. These are also the highest Test runs scored by any batsman in a day since 1933.^[175]
• Highest ever Test batting strike rate among all the cricketers who have scored 2,000-plus Test runs.^[176]
• Second-highest-ever ODI batting strike rate among all the cricketers—and highest among ODI openers—who have scored 2,000-plus ODI runs.^[177][178]
• Converted 11 successive Test hundreds into 150+ scores.^[179]
• Only cricketer to be part of two consecutive double-century partnerships in a Test innings. He performed this feat twice.^{[180][181][182]}
• Sehwag & Graham Gooch are the only batsmen to make more than 60% of the team's runs while carrying bat through a completed Test innings.^[183]
• Highest score by a captain in the ODI innings (219).^[184][185]

National records

• Most international runs in career as an opener: 16,119^[186]
• First Indian batsman to have scored a Test triple century.^[187]
• Fastest 150/200/250/300 in Tests.^{[158][163][188][189]}
• Fastest 150/200 in ODIs.^{[190][191][192]}
• Fastest ODI fifty/century & fastest Test century outside India.^{[193][194][195]}
• Top two highest individual Test scores.^[196]
• Fastest to reach to 3000/4000/7000 Test runs.^{[169][197][198]}
• Most Test double centuries: 6 (joint record holder along with Sachin Tendulkar)^[199]
• Most 250-plus scores in Tests: 4^[200]
• Most Test runs in a day: 284^[201]
• Highest number of fours in a Test innings: 47^[166]
• Only Indian to have twice scored 1400-plus Test runs in a calendar year.^[202]
• Highest ever Test batting strike rate among all Indian cricketers who have scored 1,000-plus Test runs.^[203]
• Highest ever ODI batting strike rate among all Indian cricketers who have scored 1,000-plus ODI runs.^[204]
• Most sixes in Test career: 91^[205]
• Most runs from boundaries in a Test innings: 202^[206]
• Sehwag & Sachin Tendulkar are the only Indian cricketers to have hit 1000-plus fours in both Tests & ODIs.^[207][208]
• Most 'Player of the Series' awards in Tests: 5 (joint record holder along with Sachin Tendulkar)^[209]
• Third-highest 'Player of the Match' awards in Tests & ODIs: 31^[210][211]
• Only Indian to have been twice honored as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World.^{[citation needed]}
• Highest individual score while carrying the bat through the complete innings.^{[clarification needed][citation needed]}

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