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Full&#;name	Virender Sehwag
Born	() 20 October (age&#;46) Najafgarh, Delhi, India
Nickname	Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan
Height	5&#;ft 8&#;in (&#;m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm off break
Role	Opening batter
National side
Test debut (cap&#;)	3 November &#;v&#;South Africa
Last Test	2 March &#;v&#;Australia
ODI debut (cap&#;)	1 April &#;v&#;Pakistan
Last ODI	3 January &#;v&#;Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	44
T20I debut (cap&#;9)	1 December &#;v&#;South Africa
Last T20I	2 October &#;v&#;South Africa
Years	Team
–	Delhi
	Haryana
	Leicestershire
–	Delhi Daredevils
	Marylebone Cricket Club
–	Kings XI Punjab
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches Runs scored 8, 8, 14, 10, Batting average s/50s 23/32 15/38 42/55 16/57 Top score Balls bowled 3, 4, 8, 6, Wickets 40 96 Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 5/ 4/6 5/ 4/6 Catches/stumpings 91/– 93/– /– /–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 January

Virender Sehwag (pronunciation^ⓘ, born 20 October ) is a former Indian cricketer who represented India from to Widely regarded as one of the most destructive openers^[1][2] and one of the greatest batsmen of his era, he played for Delhi Capitals in IPL and Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket.

He batted right-handed and played his first One Day International in and joined the Indian Test side in ^[3][4] In April , Sehwag became the first Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in ,^[5] subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for ^[6] 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. During his time with India, Sehwag was a member of the team that was one of the joint winners of the ICC Champions Trophy, the winners of the T20 World Cup, and the winners of the Cricket World Cup. During the ICC Champions Trophy, Sehwag was the highest run scorer with runs.

In , he was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.^[7]

Sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket ( against South Africa at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai), which was also the fastest triple century in the history of international cricket (reached off only balls) as well as the fastest by any batsman (in balls against Sri Lanka on 3 December at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai).

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Sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed twice in Test cricket.^[8] Sehwag has the highest career strike rate in Test matches among batsmen with minimum Test runs. Sehwag's career strike rate in Test matches is ^[9] In March , Sehwag smashed what was until then the fastest century ever scored by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls.^[10] On 8 December , he hit his maiden double century in ODI cricket, against West Indies, becoming the second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the landmark.^[11] His score became the highest individual score in ODI cricket— off balls which was later bettered by Rohit Sharma— off balls on 13 November ^[12][13][14] 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.^[15]

Sehwag was appointed as vice-captain of the Indian team under Rahul Dravid in October but due to poor form, he was later replaced by V.

V. S. Laxman in December as Test vice-captain. In January , Sehwag was dropped from the ODI team and later from the Test team as well.^[16] 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 and the retirement of Anil Kumble, Sehwag was reappointed as the vice-captain for both Tests and ODIs.

By early , Sehwag had reestablished himself as one of the best performing batsmen in ODI cricket.^[17]

Sehwag retired from all forms of International cricket on 20 October ^[18] Now, he is serving as the member of the Anti Doping Appeal Panel of the National Anti Doping Agency under the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India.

Early years

Sehwag was born in the Jat family^[19] of a grain merchant.^[20] 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.^[21] Early in his career he had a reputation for being an attacking batsman and his coach was Amar Nath Sharma.^[22] His father tried to end his career when he broke a tooth as a child in , but Sehwag evaded the ban with the help of his mother.^[23] Later he attended Jamia Milia Islamia for graduation.^[24][25]

Domestic career

Early years

Sehwag made his debut for Delhi cricket team in first class cricket in the –98 season.

He was selected to the North Zone cricket team for the Duleep Trophy the following –99 season, ending fifth in the total runscoring list.^[26] He was included as an all-rounder in the Board President's XI team that played the touring Pakistan in February ^[27] He top-scored for his team in their first innings with ball ^[28] Sehwag stood fourth in the Duleep Trophy run-scoring list that year, including a , the highest score of the competition.^[29] This was attained against South Zone at Agartala in just balls, and followed a rapid from just in a Ranji Trophy match against Punjab.^[30] He was then selected for the U team which toured South Africa.^[21] He was seventh in the –01 season with two centuries,^[31] but his consistency earned the attention of selectors and he became a regular member of the national team in mid

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 –05 and –^[32] He also had a short stint with Leicestershire in county cricket in , but a back injury led to a mutual termination of the contract.^[33]

Indian Premier League

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.^[37] 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.^[38]

On the occasion of the year anniversary of IPL, he was also named in the all-time ESPNcricinfo IPL XI^[39]

International career

ODI career

Sehwag's ODI career started poorly when he scored 1 against Pakistan in Mohali in April 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.^[40]

Sehwag was not given another match until the home series against Zimbabwe^[1] in December Sehwag rose to prominence in his fourth ODI match in March 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.^[41] He followed this with an unproductive tour of Zimbabwe in mid

Sehwag had his international breakthrough in Sri Lanka in August 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.^[42] In the match against New Zealand that was to decide the finalist, he scored his maiden century from 69 balls.^[43] 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 ball century against New Zealand during the tour. An innings of note in 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.

With Saurav Ganguly's injury in the India-England ODI Series in January , 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.^[44] 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^[45]—a strategy that reaped dividends for India in in ODI matches. In the England series and the preceding tour to South Africa, he compiled runs at with four half-centuries.^[2]

After modest returns on the tours of the West Indies and England in early and mid, he scored runs at in the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka, with two Man of the Match performances.

After running out Ian Blackwell, he was involved in a run partnership with Ganguly, scoring from balls to help set up an eight-wicket victory against England in a group match.^[46] 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^[47] to help India progress to the final.

In late he scored an unbeaten from 82 balls that included a run partnership with Ganguly to lead India to a nine wicket win over the West Indies in Rajkot.^[48] He was the only batsman to score a century in the 7 match New Zealand ODI Series where he made two centuries— in Napier^[49] in an Indian defeat and in Auckland^[50] in a one-wicket victory.

Struggle in form

Virender Sehwag had a mediocre Cricket World Cup, scoring runs at an average of 27, he top scored with 82 in the loss against Australia in the final.^[51]

Later in , he scored his fourth century and earned Man of the Match award against New Zealand in Hyderabad, scoring and putting on a run partnership with Tendulkar, to lay the foundations for a run victory.^[52] In spite of it, Sehwag struggled for consistency in and /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 /5 and /05 ODI season with one award each against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In the match against Pakistan in Kochi he scored off 95 balls, his first century in eighteen months which set up a 95 run victory.^[53]

For his performances in , he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[54]

Sehwag then started a two-year streak without a century in ODIs, as well as having his ODI tour of Pakistan in early curtailed due to a shoulder injury.^[55] 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.^[56] 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 Cricket World Cup squad, captain Dravid's insistence on his retention paved the way to being named in the World Cup squad.^[57] However, despite this assurance, Sehwag's form continued to decline.

Sehwag started the 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 from 87 deliveries against lowly ranked Bermuda.

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The Indian team scored –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 , 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 , Sehwag scored his highest ODI score against West Indies at Indore slamming runs off only Balls. In the same innings, he also crossed 8, runs in ODI Cricket.^[58] The knock was voted to be the best ODI batting performance of the year by ESPNcricinfo voters.^[59]

For his performances in , he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[60]

ODI summary

Sehwag's scoring rate is extremely quick, at runs per 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 Sehwag scored in deliveries against West Indies at Indore. He has the record of 2nd-highest individual score in ODI.^[13]

For his performances in , he was named in the World ODI XI by the ICC.^[61] He was also named in the World ODI XI by the ESPNcricinfo for and ^[62][63]

Test career

Sehwag's maiden century in mid in Sri Lanka was not enough to gain selection in the Test team for the corresponding series.^[64] Sehwag made his Test debut in late in the First Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein as a middle-order batsman.

He scored on debut despite the South African win.^[65] He was given a one-match suspension by ICC match referee Mike Denness for overappealing^[66] 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 –02 against England and Zimbabwe.

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After scoring two half-centuries in the preceding series, he was promoted to a makeshift opener on the 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^[67] and then a century in the Second Test at Trent Bridge,^[68] and has batted there in Test matches ever since.

He scored his maiden home century of in the First Test against the West Indies in –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.^[69] After a poor tour to New Zealand, he scored passed 50 for the first time in 9 innings when he scored in a Test at Mohali against New Zealand in late ^[70][71][3].

He then scored against Australia on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[72] His dismissal on the first afternoon led to an Indian collapse and eventual defeat.^[73]

In early , he became the first Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket, with against Pakistan in the First Test in Multan, beating V.

V. S. Laxman's previous Indian record( against Australia) and helping India to a total of 5/, the highest ever against Pakistan. It was Sehwag's sixth Test century in 21 Tests.^[74][75] India went on to win by an innings, with Sehwag named man of the match.^[76] He also scored 90 in the Second Test defeat in Lahore^[77] and was named man of the series for his efforts after being the highest run scorer and average for the series.^[78][79] He later auctioned the bat with which he made the triple century, for Rs.

70,, to aid in relief efforts for the tsunami victims of the Indian Ocean earthquake.^[80]

In the First Test of the Border–Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore, Sehwag was fined for showing "serious dissent" towards umpire Billy Bowden following an LBW dismissal.^[84] 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.^[85] Sehwag scored 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 for victory.^[86][87] In the home series against South Africa that year, he scored in the drawn First Test in Kanpur,^[88] and 88 in the Second in Kolkata, which India won to claim the series.

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Sehwag was again named man of the series.^[89]

Sehwag failed on the tour of Bangladesh, but on the home series against Pakistan, he scored in Mohali,^[90] 81 in Kolkata^[91] and then in Bangalore,^[92] totalling runs at an average of to win the man of the series award.

He passed the run mark in Tests during the Bangalore Test, becoming the fastest Indian to reach the mark in terms of innings played.^[93] 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.^[94]

He earned selection for the ICC World XI which played Australia in the ICC Super Series, where he top-scored in the first innings with He attracted some criticism at the end of , 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,^[95] but returned to the team in the following match in Ahmedabad and captained the Indians to victory whilst Rahul Dravid was ill.^[96] For his performances in , he was named in the World Test XI by ICC^[97]

Sehwag scored his first century in a year when he compiled against Pakistan in the First Test in Lahore in January , the highest ever Test score at a strike rate of over and the second fastest double century ever.^[98] In doing so he was involved in a 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.^[99] Sehwag went on to lampoon the Pakistani attack led by Shoaib Akhtar.^[] 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.^[]

During the 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.^[] He went on to compile in just balls, and also collected four wickets for the match to be named man of the match.^[] 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.^[] He had previously only three wickets at Test level ^[5].

He was also fined in the First Test for excessive appealing.^[]

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

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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.^[] He played a key part in India's victory, making 72 runs at a brisk pace and taking 2 crucial wickets^[] He scored a match-saving 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.^[]

Sehwag continued his good form against South Africa, in the home series in April , scoring in the first Test at M.

A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, having reached off just 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 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 , when Denis Compton made runs on the second day of the Nottingham Test against Pakistan.^[]

He has a habit of making big centuries, with his last eleven centuries having all been over , including two triple centuries and further three double centuries which surpassed Sir Donald Bradman's record of having seven consecutive centuries beyond ^[99]

His knock of * was voted as the Best Test Batting Performance of by ESPNcricinfo.^[]

In the first test against England in Chennai in December , Sehwag's rapid 83 off just 68 balls,^[] in the last session of the fourth day, set India up for its record run-chase of 4/, 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.^[] For his performances in , he was named in the World Test XI by ICC and ESPNcricinfo^[97][62]

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 , in the 3-match test series, he finished with the highest run getter of the series with runs.

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In the last test match, he made with the help of which India won the test match. In this innings he established many records:

• Scoring the second fastest
• Scoring the fastest off just balls.
• Third-highest run scorer on a single day. ( 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 by ESPNcricinfo.^[]

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

World XI tours

He was selected in the ICC World XI for the ICC Super Series against Australia in late , but only managed 64 runs at an average of ^[7] Earlier in , he was selected for the Asian Cricket Council XI for the fundraising match against the ICC World XI in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

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

International retirement

On 20 October Sehwag announced retirement from all formats of cricket and IPL.^[18] On 7 November , 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 (SR of ).^{[citation needed]}

Playing style

Sehwag was often compared to Sachin Tendulkar in his early days due to the similar batting style, build and appearance.^[30] He has acknowledged numerous times that he consciously attempted to model his playing style on Tendulkar's in his youth.^[]

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, and 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.^[] He is also an excellent player of the late cut.^[] 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.^[] He is also noted for a relative lack of footwork,^[] 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.^[]

Virender Sehwag is often noted for his extremely attacking style of batting, and in 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.

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.^[] 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.^[] Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer spoke of him as a "sophisticated slogger".^[] 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 , Sehwag has an average of nearly 68 in the first innings of test matches where he has scored 5, runs, 18 centuries and 12 fifties in 76 matches. In the second innings, his average drops to 31 and has scored 1, 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 against Australia at Adelaide during the –08 Border–Gavaskar series, and a match winning 92 in trying situations at Nagpur during the –09 series, went a long way towards repairing that image. In the 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 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 , 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 , he has managed to score just runs at an average of , with highest being In six ODIs in the same period, he scored runs at an average of and was dropped for the ODI series against England.

His last ODI century was the double hundred against the West Indies in December ^[] 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.^[]

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

Controversy

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In November , 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^[] and the South African board backed the Indian cricket establishment^[] and did not allow Mike Denness to enter the stadium^[] on the first day of the third test match. ICC declared that the match was 'unofficial' and 'friendly five day match'^[] 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.^[] 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.^[] After negotiations with ECB and ICC and in general interest of cricket, Sehwag was dropped from the team for the first Test against England.^[] In October , Sehwag told to Zee News " I was planning to retire in when dropped from the team but Tendulkar stopped me from doing so."^[]

Personal life

Sehwag married Aarti Ahlawat in April ^[] under heavy security cover in a widely publicised wedding hosted by Arun Jaitley,^[] the then Union law minister of India, at his residence.^[] The couple have two sons, Aryavir, born on 18 October and Vedant, born in ^[][][]

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 () as his favorite song to sing while batting.^[]

In , Sehwag started Sehwag International School^[] 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.

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After his second triple century, the Haryana government offered Sehwag to build an academy on a acre land where he requested to open a school in place of an academy to fulfil his father's dream.^[][] Sehwag appeared as guest on Indian Idol show on 21 January and mentioned that 22 students from his school has represented national and state team in various sports in last 2 years.^[]

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.^[34] He has scored centuries ( or more runs) on 22 occasions in Test cricket and in 15 One Day International (ODI) matches.^[][] 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.^[] In , he became the eleventh Indian player to score a century on Test debut, with runs against South Africa.^[] His centuries have been scored at fourteen cricket grounds, eight of which were outside India.

He has made six scores of runs or more, the most by an Indian batsman,^[] of which a record three have come against Pakistan. Sehwag is the first Indian to have scored a triple century ( or more runs), and has done so twice— against Pakistan in Multan in and against South Africa in Chennai in , the later being the fastest triple century in Test cricket with coming up off just balls.^[] In ODIs, Sehwag's maiden century was made against New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo in His highest score of , the highest ODI score ever,^[] was made against the West Indies at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.

He has been dismissed five times in the nineties.^[]

Awards and accolades

Records

International records

• Only batsman in the history to have scored 7,plus runs in both Tests & ODIs as an opener.^[][]
• Fastest Test triple century for which he took balls^[]
• Second fastest in Tests for which he took balls.^[][] The record is held by Ben Stokes, who took balls.^[][]
• 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.^[]

• Second fastest ODI double century for which he took balls^[]
• Third-highest individual score in ODIs: ^[]
• Second-highest number of fours in a Test innings: 47^[]
• Second-highest number of fours in an ODI innings: 25^[]
• Highest ever Test score in history at a plus strike rate: ^[]
• Second fastest in the world to reach to Test runs.^[]
• Most triple centuries in Tests: 2 (joint record holder along with Don Bradman, Brian Lara & Chris Gayle)^[]
• Most + scores in Tests: 3 (joint record holder along with Don Bradman)^[]
• Second-highest number of plus Test scores: 4^[]
• Only cricketer in the Test history to score two triple centuries & to take five wickets in an innings.^[][]
• Third-highest Test runs in a day.

  He achieved this feat against Sri Lanka in the Mumbai Test, where he scored runs in a day. These are also the highest Test runs scored by any batsman in a day since ^[]

• Highest ever Test batting strike rate among all the cricketers who have scored 2,plus Test runs.^[]
• Second-highest-ever ODI batting strike rate among all the cricketers—and highest among ODI openers—who have scored 2,plus ODI runs.^[][]
• Converted 11 successive Test hundreds into + scores.^[]
• Only cricketer to be part of two consecutive double-century partnerships in a Test innings.

  He performed this feat twice.^[][][]

• 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.^[]
• Highest score by a captain in the ODI innings ().^[][]

National records

References