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Virender Sehwag

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Former Indian cricketer

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Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer who represented India from 1999 to 2013. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive openers and one of the greatest batsmen of his era, he played for Delhi Capitals in IPL and Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket.

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Sehwag with teammates Harbhajan Singh (left) and Yuvraj Singh (middle)Sehwag with teammates Harbhajan Singh (left) and Yuvraj Singh (middle)Sehwag waits at the bowler's end.Sehwag waits at the bowler's end.An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sehwag's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sehwag's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line).Sehwag bowling in the nets.Sehwag bowling in the nets.Virender Sehwag plays a hook shotVirender Sehwag plays a hook shotVirender Sehwag takes strike for MCCVirender Sehwag takes strike for MCC

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Haryana cricket team2015-2015
Punjab Kings2014-2015
Delhi Capitals2008-2013
Leicestershire County Cricket Club2003-2003
India national cricket team2001-2013
Delhi cricket team1997-2014

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2010Padma Shri in sports
Arjuna Award

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Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer who represented India from 1999 to 2013. Widely regarded as one of the most destructive openers and one of the greatest batsmen of his era, he played for Delhi Capitals in IPL and Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. He batted right-handed and played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test side in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the first Indian to be honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008, subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009. He worked as stand-in captain occasionally during absence of main captain of India, also worked as Vice-Captain for Indian squad. He is former captain of Delhi Daredevils and Delhi Ranji Team. During his time with India, Sehwag was a member of the team that was one of the joint winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, the winners of the 2007 T20 World Cup, and the winners of the 2011 Cricket World Cup. During the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Sehwag was the highest run scorer with 271 runs. In 2023, he was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

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