About Viru

Virender Sehwag was born on 20 October 1978, in Delhi, India, affectionately accepted as Viru, is one of the arch batsmen in the Indian candid team.He was built-in into a Jat ancestors from Haryana. Sehwag is an advancing right-handed aperture batsman and an casual right-arm off-spin bowler. He played his aboriginal One Day All-embracing in 1999 and abutting the Indian Test candid aggregation in 2001. In April 2009, Sehwag became the alone Indian to be accustomed as the Wisden Arch Cricketer in the Apple for his achievement in 2008.

Sehwag holds assorted annal including the accomplished account fabricated by an Indian in Test candid (319), which was additionally the fastest amateur aeon in the history of all-embracing candid (reached 300 off alone 278 balls) as able-bodied as the fastest 250 by any batsman (in 207 assurance adjoin Sri Lanka on 3rd December, 2009 at the Brabourne amphitheater in Mumbai). Sehwag additionally holds the acumen of actuality one of three batsmen in the apple to accept anytime surpassed 300 alert in Test cricket, and the alone one to account two amateur centuries and booty a five-wicket innings haul. In March 2009, Sehwag burst the fastest aeon anytime denticulate by an Indian in ODI cricket, from 60 balls.

Sehwag was appointed as vice-captain of the Indian aggregation beneath Rahul Dravid in October 2005 but due to poor form, he was after replaced by V. V. S. Laxman in December 2006 as Test vice-captain. In January 2007, Sehwag was alone from the ODI aggregation and after from the Test aggregation as well. During his appellation as vice-captain, Sehwag skippered the aggregation in abode of afflicted Dravid in 2 ODIs and 1 Test. Following his acknowledgment to anatomy in 2008 and the retirement of Anil Kumble, Sehwag has been reappointed as the vice-captain for both Tests and ODIs. By aboriginal 2009, Sehwag had reestablished himself as one of the best assuming batsmen in ODI cricket.