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2013 south africa 3,731 4,392 8,554 5,997 346 no number & nbsp ; 4 239 91 118 / -- 34 / -- / -- 93 / -- 156 / -- 1997 present 2001 -- present 2003 2008 -- 2013 2014 -- 20 october 1978 1 april 2 october right arm off break 0 n/a 0 n/a n/a 9 south africa india delhi leicestershire delhi daredevils kings xi punjab 5 1 0 1 0 0 right-handed virendra sehwag 72.jpg 123 2006 virender sehwag 2013 sehwag at a promotional event in january 2013 . virender sehwag najafgarh , delhi , india test odi fc la twenty 20 true viru , nawab of najafgarh pakistan opening batsman , occasional offspinner 3 january 3 -- 6 november australia 2012 -lsb- http://www.espncricinfo.com/sl-tri2010/content/player/35263.html espncricinfo -rsb- pakistan 162 south africa 1978 10 20 yes 8,586 8,273 13,459 10,298 3,084 2001 1 december 2 -- 5 march 40 96 105 142 22 23/32 15/38 38/51 16/55 1/20 104 251 178 324 120 7 1999 virender sehwag

virender sehwag

virender sehwag -lrb- born 20 october 1978 -rrb- is an indian cricketer .
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 team in 2001 .
in april 2009 , sehwag became the only indian to be honoured as the wisden leading cricketer in the world for his performance in 2008 , subsequently becoming the first player of any nationality to retain the award for 2009 .
sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an indian in test cricket -lrb- 319 against south africa at at m. a. chidambaram stadium in chennai -rrb- , which was also the fastest triple century in the history of international cricket -lrb- reached 300 off only 278 balls -rrb- as well as the fastest 250 by any batsman -lrb- in 207 balls against sri lanka on 3 december 2009 at the brabourne stadium in mumbai -rrb- .
his other innings of 309 and 293 are also the second and third best by any indian player .
sehwag also holds the distinction of being one of four 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 what was till then the fastest century ever scored by an indian in odi cricket , from 60 balls .
on 8 december 2011 , he hit his maiden double century in odi cricket , against west indies , becoming the second batsman after sachin tendulkar to reach the landmark .
his score became the highest individual score in odi cricket -- 219 off 149 balls which was later bettered by rohit sharma -- 264 off 173 balls on 13 november 2014 .
he is one of only two players in the world to score a double hundred in odi and a triple hundred in test cricket , the other being chris gayle .
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 .
