Virender Sehwag
Full name Virender Sehwag
Born October 20, 1978, Delhi
Current age 35 years 206 days
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 104 | 180 | 6 | 8586 | 319 | 49.34 | 10441 | 82.23 | 23 | 32 | 1233 | 91 | 91 | 0 |
| ODIs | 251 | 245 | 9 | 8273 | 219 | 35.05 | 7929 | 104.33 | 15 | 38 | 1132 | 136 | 93 | 0 |
| T20Is | 19 | 18 | 0 | 394 | 68 | 21.88 | 271 | 145.38 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| First-class | 180 | 300 | 11 | 13616 | 319 | 47.11 | 39 | 51 | 156 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 326 | 315 | 14 | 10323 | 219 | 34.29 | 16 | 56 | 118 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 134 | 132 | 6 | 3521 | 119 | 27.94 | 2351 | 149.76 | 1 | 22 | 433 | 121 | 37 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 104 | 91 | 3731 | 1894 | 40 | 5/104 | 5/118 | 47.35 | 3.04 | 93.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ODIs | 251 | 146 | 4392 | 3853 | 96 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 40.13 | 5.26 | 45.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 19 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 0 | - | - | - | 20.00 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 180 | 8554 | 4440 | 105 | 5/104 | 42.28 | 3.11 | 81.4 | 1 | 0 | |||
| List A | 326 | 6009 | 5154 | 142 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 36.29 | 5.14 | 42.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 134 | 26 | 346 | 478 | 22 | 3/14 | 3/14 | 21.72 | 8.28 | 15.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Virender Sehwag has constructed an extraordinary career with a relentless quest, and a genius, for boundary hitting. With minimal footwork but maximum intent, he has piled Test runs at a faster pace than anyone in the history of cricket. Bowlers must always fancy their chances against a batsman who plays so many strokes; it's just that Sehwag fancies his chances against them much more.
As a starry-eyed youngster from Najafgarh, where his family ran a flour mill, Sehwag grew up, like many others from his generation, wanting to be Sachin Tendulkar. Indeed, when he scored his first one-day hundred, filling up for his injured idol against New Zealand in Sri Lanka, he could have been mistaken for him: there was the same back-foot punch on the off side, the minimalistic straight drive and the wristy whip to the leg. And on his Test debut, on a fiery pitch in Bloemfontein, he matched the master stroke for stroke as they both blazed away to hundreds. But soon he emerged his own man, and not long after Tendulkar was playing a supporting, and somewhat calming, hand as Sehwag romped away to a triple-hundred, the first by an Indian, in Multan, bringing it up with a six. Two Tests ago, he had been dismissed trying the same stroke five short of what would have been his first Test double-hundred.
The most remarkable aspect of Sehwag's career of course has been his ability to build massive scores at breathtaking speed. He holds the Indian record for highest number of Test double-hundreds, and came within seven runs of becoming the first batsman to score three triple-hundreds. That innings, against Sri Lanka at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai, epitomised the Sehwag brand of batsmanship: a mix of imagination, daring, power, skills, and clarity of vision. His ODI career doesn't have as many high points, and yet he holds the record for the highest score in that format, scoring an astonishing 219 against West Indies in Indore. The most remarkable feature of the innings was the ease with which he reached the landmark, completing his double-hundred with more than six overs to spare.
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag
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