Virender Sehwag
Former Indian cricketer · India · On the map · Athletes · Born 1978 · age 48
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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Gautam Gambhir Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2008-2010
Irfan Pathan Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2011-2013
Ashish Nehra Teammate at Delhi cricket team, 1997-2014
Ajit Agarkar Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2011-2013
Umesh Yadav Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2009-2013
Varun Aaron Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2011-2013
Sachin Tendulkar Teammate at India national team, 2001-2013
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Teammate at India national team, 2004-2013
Yuvraj Singh Teammate at India national team, 2003-2012
VVS Laxman Teammate at India national team, 2001-2012
Zaheer Khan Teammate at India national team, 2001-2013
Morné Morkel Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2011-2013
Parthiv Patel Teammate at India national team, 2002-2013
Murali Vijay Teammate at India national team, 2008-2013- Hemlata Kala Teammate at India national team, 2001-2006
- Mohammad Kaif Teammate at India national team, 2001-2006
- Neetu David Teammate at India national team, 2001-2006
S. Sreesanth Teammate at India national team, 2006-2011
Tejashwi Yadav Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2008-2012
R. P. Singh Teammate at India national team, 2006-2011
Wasim Jaffer Teammate at India national team, 2001-2008- Rajat Bhatia Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2008-2010
- Aavishkar Salvi Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2009-2011
- Pradeep Sangwan Teammate at Delhi Capitals, 2008-2010
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Sehwag with teammates Harbhajan Singh (left) and Yuvraj Singh (middle)
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).
Sehwag bowling in the nets.
Virender Sehwag plays a hook shot
Virender Sehwag takes strike for MCCAwards
About this person
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.
