Virender Shewag

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Virender Sehwag Statistics
Born: 20 October 1978, Delhi
Major Teams: Delhi, India.
Known As: Virender Shewag
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break

Profile:
A hard hitting batsman and a more than useful off spinner, Virender Shewag made a disastrous debut against Pakistan at Mohali in the Pepsi Cup. After having got out for a single he was hammered for 35 runs in the three overs that he bowled. He was then short listed among the 19 probables for the 1999 World Cup in England but did not make the final squad. Shewag has been a mainstay in the Delhi Ranji Trophy team since the 1998-99 season. A powerful hitter of the ball, he aggregated 745 runs during the 1998-99 Ranji Trophy season with three centuries and followed it up with 674 runs in the 1999-2000 edition of the competition.

Shewag made a strong comeback to the Indian team during the Australia tour of India in 2000-01. In the first one-dayer at Bangalore, Shewag helped himself to a quick half century before scalping three crucial wickets to play a leading role in India's victory. Man of the match in the first one-dayer, Shewag was forced to miss the rest of the series with a fractured finger. But the last has not been heard of this stout hearted Delhi all rounder.

ODI Debut: India v Pakistan at Mohali, Pepsi Cup, 1998/99
Live India V Pakistan 2004 tour


NEW DELHI: The starry-minded not to mention starry eyed
would say swashbuckler Sehwag once again displayed a perfect
sense of timing. Thursday was akha teej , the day you can do
anything without consulting astrologers. Not just any akha teej ,
but apparently the most auspicious one in 70 years. And so,
shaadi manaane ko Sehwag chala . But everything associated
with Sehwag just has to be tempestous. And so, a downpour
duly engulfed Delhi, raising fears that the season's most awaited
match-up might be a washout. This day, though, there was going
to be no raining on the Nawab of Najafgarh's parade.
Staff at 9 Ashoka Road Arun Jaitley's residence and the wedding's
venue scurried around frantically. Fans of the pedestal kind
were pressed into service; the maroon satin and golden tissue
curtains dried and hung up again. Picture-perfection was restored,
the stage set for Jea Band from Red Fort to make a grand entry at
about 9 p m, huffing and puffing away to the sonorous strains of Bolo
Tara Ra Ra .The pandal at 9, Ashoka Road, Arun Jaitley’s residence
and the venue of Sehwag’s wedding. More photos But wait a minute,
where was the munda himself? Logon dhoondo dhoondo might
well have been played at this juncture, except that the band had
fallen silent. No, Sehwag hadn't been run out, just left behind
somewhere in the course of switching over from the mandatory
mare to a car. The waiting began. In between, BCCI chief Jagmohan
Dalmiya walked in and wished the couple an unbeaten century partnership.
Taaliyan, taaliyan . But still no sign of the groom. The band held its peace,
only bursting into Aaj mere yaar ki shaadi hai when local BJP leader
Vijay Goel marched in. Meanwhile, the guests gave the decor a dekko .
Nothing too fancy: lights on trees, a tastefully decorated stage
with golden drapes behind the thrones. The chairs were golden too,
with maroon cushions, flanked by two dull gold pillars bedecked with flowers,
prominently orchids, carnations, roses and birds of paradise,
reportedly brought in from Thailand
Contrary to reports of five-star spreads, the food was mostly
shuddh shakahari bharatiya bhojan with nary a foie gras or
caviar on bline in sight, provided by Dass Caterers of
R K Puram, who'd also catered the wedding of the bride's elder sister.
The look-around was interrupted by a blast of music.
Pretty Woman the Main Hoon Na version blared from the dance
floor set up in the lawn. Shortly thereafter, at around 10 pm,
Viru entered in a white Merc, wearing a colour-coordinated cream
churidar kurta . He charged straight for the dressing-room.
A quick changeover into a brown sherwani later, he was out
on the ground, ready to begin his new innings. Guests with a
sense of humour remarked upon the absence of a helmet.
And the ceremonies commenced.
All the hustle and bustle at night was a far cry from the
subdued atmosphere at Sehwag's house in Najafgarh earlier in the day.
Curtains were tightly drawn, doors and windows bolted,
and umpteen policemen patrolled the house on all sides.
There was a brief dance routine by cousins and friends.
The moment the music started, curious neighbours thronged
the entrance and climbed onto the rooftops for a glimpse.
A family visit to the local temple evoked a similiar response,
with enthusiastic onlookers scaling the walls and cheering and clapping wildly.
Viru didn't have a bat to raise in acknowledgment,
but he did smile and wave, all the while cutting a dashing
figure in grey sherwani and red bandhni turban.

Sehwag powers India to series win
New Zealand v India, 4th ODI, Hamilton
March 11, 2009

as the visitors swept to a comprehensive win that secured their maiden one-day series triumph in New Zealand. Sehwag reached three-figures off 60 balls with a signature six and his awe-inspiring hitting overshadowed Gautam Gambhir's near run-a-ball half-century. Daniel Vettori and the rest of the New Zealand bowlers were powerless in the face of the onslaught and what had seemed a challenging target was chased down with ridiculous ease. Even the two stoppages due to rain couldn't stem the run-deluge with Sehwag completing his century as early as the 18th over.