Excellence of Virender Sehwag
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The Sultan of Multan, Nawab of Najafgad - Virendra Sehwag, wears many hats! Yes, we are talking about our “Viru” – an Indian Right-hand batsman, who was born on 20th October 1978, in Delhi. He is a son of a Grain hawker. Sehwag grew up in a joint family. He is also a member of the Indian national cricket team since 1999 (one-day) and 2001 (Tests).
| Virender Sehwag profile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Before the beginning of the 2nd Innings of 2nd Test between India and Sri Lanka |
Right from the beginning, his style of batting showed great power and command to fill up an impressive score board. He is usually considered to be the first choice to play as an opening batsman and he often reminds of Sunil Gavaskar on the cricket field!
The entire world observed his success, when he first scored his century from 69 balls vs New Zealand. It turned out to be the second fastest ODI century for an Indian, followed by Mohammad Azharuddin’s 62 ball effort, also against New Zealand. Virendra Sehwag also got the honor of the “Man of the Match”. He earned the prestigious title of – “The second fastest 50 by an Indian” against Kenya in Bloemfontein in 2002, just with 22 balls.
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Before the beginning of the 2nd Innings of 2nd Test between India and Sri Lanka. |
After scoring two triple hundreds in Tests, his performance in test cricket is considered at par with Don Bradman and Brian Lara. In the Test cricket, he has made more than 150 runs consecutively. He also made two consecutive double century partnerships in a Test innings. This exceptional record was attained by him for the first two wickets in Chennai on 27th -28th March 2008. It is a delight to watch Sehwag’s game, especially when he is in a great form! His unique approach to batting wins over many hearts! Whenever he plays his natural game, the spectators just get glued to his batting style. His presence itself creates a panicky situation to the bowlers and fielders. But at the same time, his opponents cannot help, but admire Sehwag’s batting!
| Virender Sehwag’s Test Centuries | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs | Match | Against | Year | |||
| [1] | 105 | 1 | South Africa | 2001 | ||
| [2] | 106 | 7 | England | 2002 | ||
| [3] | 147 | 10 | West Indies | 2002 | ||
| [4] | 130 | 16 | New Zealand | 2003 | ||
| [5] | 195 | 19 | Australia | 2003 | ||
| [6] | 309 | 21 | Pakistan | 2004 | ||
| [7] | 155 | 25 | Australia | 2004 | ||
| [8] | 164 | 28 | South Africa | 2004 | ||
| [9] | 173 | 32 | Pakistan | 2005 | ||
| [10] | 201 | 34 | Pakistan | 2005 | ||
| [11] | 254 | 40 | Pakistan | 2006 | ||
| [12] | 180 | 47 | West Indies | 2006 | ||
| [13] | 151 | 54 | Australia | 2008 | ||
| [14] | 319 | 55 | South Africa | 2008 | ||
| [15] | 201* | 59 | Sri Lanka | 2008 | ||
He is also known for holding the record for achieving the highest score by an Indian in Test cricket, in a single innings (319). He has a distinctive record of scoring a triple century in Test cricket. He made 319 runs only in 278 balls!
August 2nd, 2008
After seeing both the triple century by the “Sultan of Multan” I was waiting for the same once again, if some one from the other end would stand with him then I was sure that he will deliver the same in the same inning too. Today in second inning he would not be able to deliver the century again but he played superbly and he must be thanked by every Indian cricket lover. After the innings defeat of the first test his knock was really awesome and superb.