| Name(s) |
VIRENDER SEHWAG
- Nicknames: Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh |
| Date of
Birth |
October 20, 1978 |
|
Identity |
Indian Cricketer -
Hard-hitting Batsman |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- April 01, 1999 - He made his
ODI debut (vs. Pakistan).
- August 02, 2001 - On this day he scored
the second fastest ODI century from 69 balls (fastest centry
record then held by Mohammed Azharuddin - 100 from 62 balls
since Dec 17, 1988)
- November 03, 2001 - He made his
Test debut (vs. South Africa) and scored his first
test century.
- February 08, 2004 - He hit a
six off the very first ball of India’s innings
against Australia at SCG in the second final of VB series.
- March 29, 2004 - He scored his
maiden 300 against Pakistan.
- December 01, 2006 - He played his
debut T20 International match (vs. South
Africa).
- March 28, 2008 - He scored
another (second) triple century on this day,
against South Africa in Chennai.
- April 19, 2008 - He played his
first IPL match.
- March 11, 2009 - He smashed a
hundred in 60 balls against New Zealand; thereby he
broke Mohammed Azharuddin's record dated
December 17, 1988 of scoring a century in 62 balls; Later,
however, Virat Kohli scored 100 in 52 balls
against Australia at Jaipur on October 16, 2013.
- December 08, 2011 - He hit his maiden
double century in ODI cricket, against West Indies, becoming
the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the
landmark. He also became the only player to score a
double century as captain in ODIs.
- October 02, 2012 - He played his
last T20 International match (vs. South
Africa).
- January 03, 2013 - He played his
last ODI match (vs. Pakistan).
- March 02, 2013 - He played his
last test match (vs. Australia).
- May 03, 2015 - He played his
last IPL match.
- October 20, 2015 - He retired
from all forms of International cricket.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is an aggressive right-handed
opening batsman and a part-time
right-arm off-spin bowler.
- In March 2009, Sehwag smashed
the fastest century ever
scored by an Indian in ODI
cricket, from 60 balls.
- His score remains the
highest individual score in ODI
cricket - 219 off 149 balls.
- He is the only player in world
to score a double hundred in
ODI and a triple hundred in Test
Cricket.
- The only Indian to score a
triple century in Test
matches.
- The first batsman to
reach a score of 300 with a six.
- He is one of only four
batsmen having scored two
test 300s.
- He converted 11
consecutive Test 100s into scores of
150+.
- He converted 15
consecutive Test 100s into scores of
125+
- He scored 23 centuries in
his Test career out of which he
completed seven of those in
less than 100 balls. He
holds the record of completing most
number of Test centuries in less
than 100 balls.
- There are only five double
centuries completed within 200 balls
in Test cricket history.
Interestingly, three of
those are by Virender Sehwag
(in 168, 182 and 194 balls). The
other two are by Nathan Astle (153
balls) and Brendon McCullum (186
balls).
- He has scored six 200s
in Tests and five of those
were completed within 230 balls. No
other batsman has even completed two
Test 200s within 250 balls!
- Sehwag completed his 1,000th IPL
run in just 604 balls and scored his
2,000th IPL run in 1,211 balls. Both
these are respective records
for least number of balls played to
score 1,000 and 2,000 runs
in IPL.
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Awards & Accolades |
- Arjuna Award
(2002)
- Wisden Leading Cricketer
in the World 2008, 2009
- ICC Test Player of the
Year 2010
- Padma Shree
2010
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