SEHWAG WITH A WORLD RECORD-A BIODATA

    

Birender Sehwag
वीरेंद्र सेहवाग

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Personal information
Full name	Virender Sehwag
Born	20 October 1978 (age 33) Delhi, India
Nickname	Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm off break
Role	Opening batsman, occasional offspinner
International information
National side	India
Test debut(cap 87)	3 November 2001 v South Africa
Last Test	2 January 2011 v South Africa
ODI debut(cap 228)	1 April 1999 v Pakistan
Last ODI	8 December 2011 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	44[1]
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1997 – present	Delhi (squad no. AN Sharma coaching Academy)
2003	Leicestershire
2008 – present	Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	92	240	156	310
Runs scored	7,980	8,025	12,485	9,978
Batting average	52.15	35.66	49.94	34.18
100s/50s	22/30	15/37	36/48	14/53
Top score	319	219	319	219
Balls bowled	3,423	4,230	7,988	5,835
Wickets	39	92	104	138
Bowling average	44.41	40.39	39.83	35.01
5 wickets ininnings	1	0	1	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	5/104	4/6	5/104	4/6
Catches/stumpings	71/–	87/–	130/–	111/–

Man of the Match Awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Season	Match Performance
1	Australia	Bangalore	2000/01	58 (54b, 8x4); 9–0–59–3
2	New Zealand	Colombo (SSC)	2001	100 (70b, 19x4, 1x6); 3–0–26–0
3	England	Kanpur	2001/02	82 (62b, 14x4); 1–0–9–0; 1 Catch
4	England	Colombo (RPS)	2002/03	126 (104b, 21x4, 1x6); 5–0–25–0
5	South Africa	Colombo (RPS)	2002/03	59 (58b, 10x4); 5–0–25–3
6	West Indies	Rajkot	2002/03	114* (82b, 17x4, 2x6); 6–0–29–0
7	New Zealand	Napier	2002/03	108 (119b, 9x4, 2x6)
8	New Zealand	Auckland	2002/03	112 (139b, 11x4, 3x6)
9	New Zealand	Hyderabad	2003/04	130 (134b, 15x4, 2x6)
10	Zimbabwe	Hobart	2003/04	90 (102b, 5x4, 5x6); 10–0–40–2; 1 Catch
11	Sri Lanka	Colombo (RPS)	2004	81 (92b, 6x4, 2x6); 9–0–37–3
12	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2004/05	70 (52b, 9x4, 3x6); 6–1–31–0
13	Pakistan	Kochi	2004/05	108 (95b, 9x4, 3x6); 5–0–26–0
14	Bermuda	Port of Spain, Trinidad	2007	115 (87b, 17x4, 3x6); 5–0–15–0
15	England	Bangalore, India	2008	69 (57b, 9x4, 3x6)
16	England	Cuttack, India	2008	91 (73b, 15x4, 1x6)
17	New Zealand	Hamilton, New Zealand	2009	125* (75b,14x4, 6x6)
18	Sri Lanka	Rajkot, India	2009/10	146 (102b,17x4, 6x6)
19	Sri Lanka	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	2009/10	99* (100b,11x4, 2x6)
20	New Zealand	Dambulla, Sri Lanka	2009/10	110 (93b,16x4, 1x6)
21	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2010/11	175 (140b,14x4, 5x6, SR 125.0)
22	West Indies	Indore	2011	219 (149b,25x4, 7x6, SR 147.0)

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