Virender Sehwag was born in 1978 in Delhi, India. He had an early interest and talent in cricket, playing for his school, zone, and under-19 teams. Sehwag made his ODI debut for India in 1999, where he scored his first century off just 69 balls. In tests, he made his debut in 2001 against South Africa, where he scored a century. Sehwag holds records for the fastest 200, 250, and 300 runs in tests. He was awarded the Arjuna Award in 2002 and Padma Shri in 2010 for his cricket achievements and records.

1. By Maheswaran.s

2. Early Years
 Born 20 October 1978 , Delhi,INDIA
 father Krishan and mother Krishna Sehwag
 third of four children
 Arora Vidya School in Delhi
 Right Handed Batsmen
 Right arm off spinner

3. Cricketing career
 Early domestic cricket
 Debut for Delhi cricket team,1997–98
 Selected North Zone cricket team and the U-19 Team
 ODI career
 Debut against Pakistan in Mohali in April 1999
 he scored his maiden century from 69 balls
 highest ODI score against West
Indies at Indore slamming 219 runs off only 149 Balls
Mat Inns N
O
runs Ave SR 100 50 4s 6s
251 245 9 8273 35.05 104 15 38 1132 136

4.  Test Career
 his Test debut against South Africa in Bloemfontein as
a middle-order Batsmen on Nov 3-6, 2001
 maiden century scored 105 on debut despite the South
African win.
 scored two time triple century in Test cricket, with 309
against Pakistan and 319 against South Africa
in Chennai
 Sehwag became only the third batsman after Sir Donald
Bradman and Brian Lara to score 2 triple centuries in
Test Cricket.
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5.  He Established Many Records In Test
 Scoring the second fastest 200.
 Scoring the fastest 250 off just 207 balls.
 Third highest run scorer on a single day. (284 n.o)

6.  Twenty 20
 T20 Debut vs South Africa, On 2006
 Last T20 played: vs South Africa, On 2012
 IPL
• captain of the Delhi Daredevils in the first two
IPL
 fifth edition of the league, made the record
of only batsman to score five consecutive half
centuries in T20s
Mat Inn
s
NO Runs HS Avg SR 6S 4S 50s
19 18 0 394 68 21.8 145 16 43 2
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7. Mat Inns NO Runs HS A vg SR 4S 6S 50S
79 79 5 2174 119 no 30 160 266 85 15
Achievements
Awards;
Arjuna Award (2002)
Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2008,
2009
ICC Test Player of the Year 2010
Padma Shree 2010
•In the coming IPL He will play for Kings XI
PUNJAB

8.  Records;
 Highest individual score in history in an ODI
 Fastest 300 in Test cricket
 Second fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian
 Second fastest ODI 50 by an Indian.
Reference;Espncricinfo
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