Virender Sehwag the aggressive, hard hitting and talent batsman for the INDIA

Virender Sehwag  the  aggressive, hard hitting and excellent batsman and occasional spin bowler.He is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test cricket team in 2001. Sehwag became the only Indian to be honored as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance,subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009.He has multiples records in his carrier. He made the fastest triple century(319) in the history of Test international cricket by 278 balls and it also the highest score by an Indian. He is the only one to score two triple centuries and take a five-wicket in an innings.

Now here is his small Biography:

Full name: Virender Sehwag

Born: October 20, 1978, Delhi

Current age: 32 years 113 days

Major teams: India, Asia XI, Delhi, Delhi Daredevils, ICC World XI, India Blue, Leicestershire, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak

        

 Sehwag has excellent strike rate 104.44 in every 100 balls. he has outstanding strike capability. Virender Sehwag is a primal talent whose rough edges make him all the more appealing. His fastest century in ODI cricket 100 runs off 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009 and it was the fastest century for an indian.

Batting and fielding averages: 

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	ct	st
Tests	87	150	6	7694	319	53.43	9393	81.91	22	27	1105	85	67	0
ODIs	228	222	9	7380	146	34.64	7146	103.27	13	36	1019	121	84	0
T20Is	14	13	0	313	68	24.07	204	153.43	0	2	34	14	1	0
First-class	151	251	10	12199	319	50.61			36	45	34		126	0
List A	298	287	14	9333	146	34.18			14	53			108	0
Twenty20	66	65	4	1609	94*	26.37	1010	159.30	0	11		63	10	0

Actually Shewag  is a batsman but he is also a occasional bowler.He is also a good spiner for Indian team.
  

Bowling averages:

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	87	81	3249	1643	39	5/104	5/118	42.12	3.03	83.3	0	1	0
ODIs	228	140	4230	3716	92	4/6	4/6	40.39	5.27	45.9	1	0	0
T20Is	14	1	6	20	0				20.00		0	0	0
First-class	151		7988	4143	104	5/104		39.83	3.11	76.8		1	0
List A	298		5835	5009	138	4/6	4/6	36.29	5.15	42.2	3	0	0
Twenty20	66	20	292	393	19	3/14	3/14	20.68	8.07	15.3	0	0	0

Sehwag was compared to Sachin Tendulkar in his early days. He also has unique batting style. He plays  extremely strong  square cutting and upper cutting and power through the off-side. He is also an excellent player of the late cut.In particular his tendency to strike the ball in the air and risk dismissal is a trait which has seen him noted for his chancy and adventurous mindset .He is a excellent timer his timing attribute is shown in his eyes attribute. He has the highest run chase score.

Sehwag is the  vice-captain of the Indian team. Some days ago Sehwag falling in injure so, many of his fans are gaze that he could not play in ICC world cup 2011 but he come back from his injure. Sehwag said that “ i want to win it for the billion Indians”. Now he is practicing  hard. He is looking forward to the World Cup. He is  ready for it. All of his fans also expect he will won the trophy.

 Sehwag's Records:

1. Fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian - 100 runs off 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009.

2. Only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries in Test cricket. He is the third batsman in the history of Test cricket, to score two triple centuries.

3. Second fastest ODI 50 by an Indian a record, he shares with Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh - when he took 22 balls against Kenya in 2001

4. Five double centuries - the first three of which came against Pakistan

5. Highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He first achieved this when he scored 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004, and bettered his previous record in March 2008 at Chennai against South Africa by scoring 319

6. Fastest 300 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (278 balls).

7.Two consecutive double century partnerships in a Test innings. He achieved this record, for the first two wickets in Chennai on 27-28 March 2008 (with Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid respectively). This was the first time in Test history that the first two wickets in an innings have resulted in double-century stands.

8. He is the first person in the history of test cricket to hit two triple century and take five wickets in test match.

9. Fastest 250 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (207).

10. Most Test runs in a single day by an Indian. Sehwag made 257 in a day against SA in Chennai. He surpassed this in making 284 in a day against Sri Lanka.