shewage vice captain of india profile

Virender Sehwag profile :
Full name Virender Sehwag
Born 20 October 1978 (1978-10-20) (age 31)
Delhi, India
Nickname Viru
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right arm off spin
Role Opening batsman
International information
National side India
Test debut (cap 229) 3 November 2001 v South Africa
Last Test 24 November 2009 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 123) 1 April 1999 v Pakistan
Last ODI 8 November 2009 v Australia
ODI shirt no. -
Domestic team information
Years Team
1997 – present Delhi
2003 Leicestershire
2008 – present Delhi Daredevils
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 71 211 134 281
Runs scored 5,955 6,730 10,442 8,683
Batting average 50.46 33.98 48.79 33.65
100s/50s 16/19 11/35 30/37 12/52
Top score 319 130 319 130
Balls bowled 2,497 4,027 7,128 5,632
Wickets 30 87 94 133
Bowling average 42.93 40.67 39.58 36.33
5 wickets in innings 1 0 1 0
10 wickets in match 0 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 5/104 3/25 5/104 4/17
Catches/stumpings 55/– 80/– 113/– 104/–
Source: CricketArchive, 28 November 2009

Virender Sehwag About this sound pronunciation (Hindi: वीरेंद्र सेहवाग) (born 20 October 1978, in Delhi, India), affectionately known as Viru, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and an occasional right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian Test cricket team in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the only Indian to be honored as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008.

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). Sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of three 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 but due to poor form, he was later replaced by V. V. S. Laxman in December 2006 as Test vice-captain. In January 2007, Sehwag was dropped from the ODI team and later from the Test team as well.During his term as vice-captain, Sehwag 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 has been reappointed as the vice-captain for both Tests and ODIs. By early 2009, Sehwag had reestablished himself as one of the best performing batsmen in ODI cricket.