Virender Sehwag (born
20 October 1978) is a former Indian cricketer. Widely regarded as one of the
most destructive batsmen of all time, Sehwag played as an aggressive
right-handed opening batsman and also bowled part-time right-arm off-spin. He
played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian test side
in 2001.
Sehwag holds multiple
records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket (319
against South Africa at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai), 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). In
March 2009, Sehwag smashed what was till then the fastest century ever scored
by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls. On 8 December 2011, he hit his
maiden double century in ODI cricket, against West Indies, becoming the second
batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the landmark. His score became the
highest individual score in ODI cricket—219 off 149 balls which were later
bettered by Rohit Sharma—264 off 173 balls on 13 November 2014. 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.
Sehwag retired from all
forms of International cricket on 20 October 2015. On 31 October 2017, Delhi
and District Cricket Association (DDCA) honoured Sehwag by naming Gate No.2 at
the Arun Jaitley Stadium after him.
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