Virender Sehwag, is one of the unique talents, who have carved a name for himself in International cricket for his fearless attitude and merciless approach towards bowlers. He made his ODI debut in 1999, against Australia, which fetched him man of match award for his all-round performance, which kick-started his illustrious and dashing career. He is the captain and icon player of Delhi Dare Devils team and also captain of Delhi Ranji trophy team.It is not that his career was a stroll in park, without any oscillations; he had his share of ups and downs. Many critics wrote him off for his lack of technique and predicted his failure in test cricket, but as usual he stumbled every one by scoring a century in his debut test match against South Africa in 2001.
He has a test average of 50. 81 with a strike rate of around 77 .81, which speaks volumes about his destructive batting in test cricket, when even batsmen in ODI no – a – days usually have a strike rate well below 70’s. In fact he is only present International cricket, who has scored triple century twice along with greats like Brain Lara and Don Bradman and also holds record for fastest triple century in test, a rare feet. Along with all his batting pyrotechnics, one cannot forget his effective off spinners, which has been effective and his recent five wicket haul against mighty Australia is a testimonial of it.
He has a test average of 50. 81 with a strike rate of around 77 .81, which speaks volumes about his destructive batting in test cricket, when even batsmen in ODI no – a – days usually have a strike rate well below 70’s. In fact he is only present International cricket, who has scored triple century twice along with greats like Brain Lara and Don Bradman and also holds record for fastest triple century in test, a rare feet. Along with all his batting pyrotechnics, one cannot forget his effective off spinners, which has been effective and his recent five wicket haul against mighty Australia is a testimonial of it.
His ODI average is about 34.33, with more than 6592 runs under his belts. It is quite surprising for such a dashing batsmen to have a average comparatively less to test, in ODI form which is tailor made for him. He was out of both test and ODI team for a brief period of about a year, due to his lack of converting his starts into big scores.
In regard to T 20 international, he has played only 12 matches, and averages around 20.27. He has a strike rate of around 140’s with twelve sixes under his name.
Last year IPL, saw a belligerent Shewag, who had an astounding strike rate of around 160’s, which was one of principal reason for Delhi Daredevils solid performance.. His highest score was 94 in ipl cricket, which came against Deccan chargers and he also secured couple of man of matches to his credit. In fact he, along with Sanath jayasuriya scored maximum number of sixes in last edition of IPL.
Shewag , who has showcased his consistency for past couple of years, after last Adelaide test in Australia is said to be in form of his life, having plundered into top 10 of ICC ODI ranking for first time in 6 years and no doubt will spoil the party of many bowlers in 2nd edition of IPL.
In regard to T 20 international, he has played only 12 matches, and averages around 20.27. He has a strike rate of around 140’s with twelve sixes under his name.
Last year IPL, saw a belligerent Shewag, who had an astounding strike rate of around 160’s, which was one of principal reason for Delhi Daredevils solid performance.. His highest score was 94 in ipl cricket, which came against Deccan chargers and he also secured couple of man of matches to his credit. In fact he, along with Sanath jayasuriya scored maximum number of sixes in last edition of IPL.
Shewag , who has showcased his consistency for past couple of years, after last Adelaide test in Australia is said to be in form of his life, having plundered into top 10 of ICC ODI ranking for first time in 6 years and no doubt will spoil the party of many bowlers in 2nd edition of IPL.
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