"He can change the course of a match with the ease of Moses parting the Red sea." This is how Ian Chappell described Virender Sehwag, cricket's modern Zen master. Uninhibited, dashing, fearless and match winner with the bat. Virender Sehwag, the Nawab of Najafgarh, is Indian cricket team's leading and most successful batsman!
One of the finest and most destructive batsmen in world cricket, Sehwag was born on October 20, 1978 in Delhi. He is a top order right handed batsman and a right arm off break bowler.
Sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket (319), 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).
He also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice in Test cricket and the only one to score two triple centuries and take a five-wicket innings haul. In March 2009, Sehwag smashed the fastest century ever scored by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls.
Sehwag was appointed as vice-captain of the Indian team under Rahul Dravid in October 2005. During his term as vice-captain, he skippered the team in place of injured Dravid in 2 ODIs and 1 Test. Following his return to form in 2008 and the retirement of Anil Kumble, Sehwag was reappointed as the vice-captain for both Tests and ODIs. By early 2009, he had re-established himself as one of the best performing batsmen in ODI cricket.
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