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Virender Sehwag

Full name: Virender Sehwag

Born: 20th October 1978, Delhi, India

Batting: Right-hand batsman
Bowling: Right-arm off-break

Teams: India (Test: 2001/02-2007/08); ICC World XI (Test: 2005/06); India (ODI: 1998/99-2007/08); Asian Cricket Council XI (ODI: 2004/05-2007); ICC World XI (ODI: 2005/06); India (Int Twenty20: 2006/07-2007/08); Delhi (Main FC: 1997/98-2007/08); Leicestershire (Main FC: 2003); Delhi (Main ListA: 1997/98-2006/07); Leicestershire (Main ListA: 2003); Leicestershire (Main Twenty20: 2003); Delhi (Main Twenty20: 2006/07); All teams

Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 2000

Leicestershire Cap: 2003

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Fernando fires Asia to series-clinching win

Gavaskar absolutely right in blaming Chappell

India concerned by Sehwag struggles

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Pictures: Virender Sehwag hits fastest triple-century

Bangladesh players celebrate the dismissal of Virender Sehwag

Johnson celebrates as Sehwag walks back to the pavilion

Sehwag plays a shot

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From a Tendulkar clone to a super star in his own right. That sums up the phenomenal rise of Sehwag who gets away with the boldest of shots, the most brazen of strokes. His approach continues to defy the scientific aspect on which batting is based. There are flaws in his technique, his footwork is not exactly a connoisseurs delight, he plays away from the body. All these are invitations to disaster if one goes by the coaching manual. But then Sehwag authors his own book on the field of play. He is a throwback to the buccaneering days of Mushtaq Ali and Kris Srikkanth. But there is one very important difference “ the figures associated with this kind of rip-roaring batting approach. Mushtaq Ali averaged 32 from eleven Tests. Srikkanth averaged a trifle under 30 in 43 Tests. These statistics are not unusual. There is always an element of risk in the devil may care approach. The stays at the crease are explosive, electrifying, enthralling - and short. Both Mushtaq and Srikkanth had just two centuries. But here we have Sehwag who averages 52 and has got 12 hundreds from 49 matches “ including two double centuries and a triple hundred. You dont associate such figures with a cavalier stand and deliver batsman. Sehwag is a batsman after ones own heart for he produces match winning, crowd-pleasing knocks. He is perhaps the most confounding batsman of his generation, one who bewilders bowlers and bewitches spectators. How on earth is a batsman who appears to be so fallible so consistent? The figures against his name certainly defy conventional logic. He is able to bring off the most incredible shots with a perpendicular bat in the manner of classical stroke players. In a way his approach may seem to be outrageous but can one argue with success? And Sehwag and spectacular success have gone together for some time now.

Test Career Batting and Fielding (2001/02-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	56	94	3	4730	319	51.97	14	12	76.30	44
ICC World XI	1	2	0	83	76	41.50	0	1	87.36	1
Overall	57	96	3	4813	319	51.75	14	13	76.46	45

Test Career Bowling (2001/02-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India	1735	44	871	24	3-12	36.29	0	0	72.29	3.01

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	116	189	7	9158	319	50.31	28	31	79.80	102

First-Class Career Bowling (1997/98-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	6234	186	3223	87	4-32	37.04	0	0	71.65	3.10

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1998/99-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	173	168	7	5034	130	31.26	8	24	96.28	69
Asian Cricket Council XI	7	7	0	214	52	30.57	0	1	102.39	3
ICC World XI	3	3	0	64	37	21.33	0	0	98.46	0
Overall	183	178	7	5312	130	31.06	8	25	96.54	72

One-Day International Career Bowling (1998/99-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	3506	12	3047	75	3-25	40.62	0	0	46.74	5.21
Asian Cricket Council XI	72	0	83	1	1-37	83.00	0	0	72.00	6.91
ICC World XI	30	0	33	1	1-20	33.00	0	0	30.00	6.60
Overall	3608	12	3163	77	3-25	41.07	0	0	46.85	5.25

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	253	243	12	7265	130	31.45	9	42	96

One-Day Career Bowling (1997/98-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	5213	23	4456	123	4-17	36.22	2	0	42.38	5.12

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2006/07-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	9	8	0	172	68	21.50	0	1	130.30	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	6	0	20	0	0-20					20.00

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	29	28	2	661	94*	25.42	0	4	149.88	3

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	246	0	323	16	3-14	20.18	0	0	15.37	7.87

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1997/98)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India Under-19s	6	6	0	76	38	12.66	0	0	85.39	1

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1997/98)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	146	5	82	7	3-4	11.71	0	0	20.85	3.36