Virender Sehwag: The Sultan of Multan
Virender Sehwag a man who broke all the records in Cricket because of his aggressive style in internation Cricket . He is only Indian batsman who scored double tripple century in Test Cricket and have score missed his third tripple century by 5 runs .
In an Interview Ganguly said “Viru is only player who make balls old by hitting the ball not by leaving the balls”. He always dominate the bowlers when Sehwag is at strike everyone turn their Television ON and watch him hitting the ball along the ground.
Anyone Can be a big hitter but the Impact Virendra Sehwag brings was on differentt level because he was scoring big runs with good strike rate.
He was given “Multan of Sultan” name because he scored tripple century in Multan, Pakistan against Pakistan.
Virendra Sehwag : Personal Information
- Full Name: Virender Sehwag
- Date of Birth: October 20, 1978 (44 years old)
- Place of Birth: Delhi
- Height: 5 feet 8 inches (173 cm)
- Batting Style: Right Handed Bat
- Bowling Style: Right-arm offbreak
Virendra Sehwag : Stats
Batting Career Summary:
Test:
- Matches Played (M): 104
- Innings (Inn): 180
- Not Outs (NO): 6
- Runs Scored (Runs): 8,586
- Highest Score (HS): 319
- Average (Avg): 49.34
- Balls Faced (BF): 10,441
- Strike Rate (SR): 82.23
- Centuries (100): 23
- Double Centuries (200): 6
- Half-Centuries (50): 32
- Fours (4s): 1,233
- Sixes (6s): 91
ODI (One Day International):
- Matches Played (M): 251
- Innings (Inn): 245
- Not Outs (NO): 9
- Runs Scored (Runs): 8,273
- Highest Score (HS): 219
- Average (Avg): 35.06
- Balls Faced (BF): 7,929
- Strike Rate (SR): 104.34
- Centuries (100): 15
- Double Centuries (200): 1
- Half-Centuries (50): 38
- Fours (4s): 1,132
- Sixes (6s): 136
T20I (Twenty20 International):
- Matches Played (M): 19
- Innings (Inn): 18
- Not Outs (NO): 0
- Runs Scored (Runs): 394
- Highest Score (HS): 68
- Average (Avg): 21.89
- Balls Faced (BF): 271
- Strike Rate (SR): 145.39
- Centuries (100): 0
- Double Centuries (200): 0
- Half-Centuries (50): 2
- Fours (4s): 43
- Sixes (6s): 16
IPL (Indian Premier League):
- Matches Played (M): 104
- Innings (Inn): 104
- Not Outs (NO): 5
- Runs Scored (Runs): 2,728
- Highest Score (HS): 122
- Average (Avg): 27.56
- Balls Faced (BF): 1,755
- Strike Rate (SR): 155.44
- Centuries (100): 2
- Double Centuries (200): 0
- Half-Centuries (50): 16
- Fours (4s): 334
- Sixes (6s): 106
Bowling Career Summary:
Test:
- Matches Played (M): 104
- Innings (Inn): 91
- Balls Bowled (B): 3,731
- Runs Conceded (Runs): 1,894
- Wickets Taken (Wkts): 40
- Best Bowling in an Innings (BBI): 5/104
- Best Bowling in a Match (BBM): 5/118
- Economy Rate (Econ): 3.05
- Average (Avg): 47.35
- Strike Rate (SR): 93.28
- Five-Wicket Hauls (5W): 1
- Ten-Wicket Hauls (10W): 0
ODI (One Day International):
- Matches Played (M): 251
- Innings (Inn): 146
- Balls Bowled (B): 4,392
- Runs Conceded (Runs): 3,853
- Wickets Taken (Wkts): 96
- Best Bowling in an Innings (BBI): 4/6
- Best Bowling in a Match (BBM): 4/6
- Economy Rate (Econ): 5.26
- Average (Avg): 40.14
- Strike Rate (SR): 45.75
- Five-Wicket Hauls (5W): 0
- Ten-Wicket Hauls (10W): 0
T20I (Twenty20 International):
- Matches Played (M): 19
- Innings (Inn): 1
- Balls Bowled (B): 6
- Runs Conceded (Runs): 20
- Wickets Taken (Wkts): 0
- Best Bowling in an Innings (BBI): 0/20
- Best Bowling in a Match (BBM): 0/20
- Economy Rate (Econ): 20.0
- Average (Avg): 0.0
- Strike Rate (SR): 0.0
- Five-Wicket Hauls (5W): 0
- Ten-Wicket Hauls (10W): 0
IPL (Indian Premier League):
- Matches Played (M): 104
- Innings (Inn): 15
- Balls Bowled (B): 136
- Runs Conceded (Runs): 235
- Wickets Taken (Wkts): 6
- Best Bowling in an Innings (BBI): 2/18
- Best Bowling in a Match (BBM): 2/18
- Economy Rate (Econ): 10.37
- Average (Avg): 39.17
- Strike Rate (SR): 22.67
- Five-Wicket Hauls (5W): 0
- Ten-Wicket Hauls (10W): 0
Virendra Sehwag : Career Information
Test Career:
- Test Debut: vs South Africa at Mangaung Oval on November 3, 2001
- Last Test: vs Australia at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on March 2, 2013
ODI Career:
- ODI Debut: vs Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium on April 1, 1999
- Last ODI: vs Pakistan at Eden Gardens on January 3, 2013
T20I Career:
- T20I Debut: vs South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium on December 1, 2006
- Last T20I: vs South Africa at R.Premadasa Stadium on October 2, 2012
IPL Career:
- IPL Debut: vs Rajasthan Royals at Arun Jaitley Stadium on April 19, 2008
- Last IPL: vs Mumbai Indians at Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium on May 3, 2015
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