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Virender Sehwag About this sound pronunciation help·info Hindi: 20 October 1978, in Delhi, India affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test cricket team in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the only Indian to be honored as the Wisden Leading Cricketer 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 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, 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 Test vice-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 Anil Kumble, 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.
Contents
* 1 Early years
* 2 Cricketing career
o 2.1 Early domestic cricket
o 2.2 ODI career
o 2.3 ODI summary
o 2.4 Test career
o 2.5 Sehwag in Non-India Colours
* 3 Playing style
* 4 Controversy
* 5 Personal life
* 6 International centuries
* 7 Achievements
o 7.1 Awards
o 7.2 Records
o 7.3 Test Matches Awards
+ 7.3.1 Man of the Series Awards
+ 7.3.2 Man of the Match Awards
o 7.4 ODI Cricket Awards
+ 7.4.1 Man of the Series Awards
+ 7.4.2 Man of the Match Awards
* 8 Notes
* 9 References
o 9.1 External links
Early years
Sehwag was born in a Jat family from HaryanaThe son of a grain merchant, Sehwag spent his childhood in a bungalow 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.[14] 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 motherLater he attended Jamia Milia Islamia for graduation.
[edit] Cricketing career
[edit] Early domestic cricket

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.The following year he was fourth on the Duleep Trophy run scoring list, including a 274, the highest score of the competition.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.He was then selected for the U-19 team which toured South Africa.He was seventh in the 2000–01 season with two centuriesbut 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.He also had a short stint with Leicestershire in county cricket in 2003, but a back injury lead to a

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