VIRU TEST CAREER

Sehwag's maiden century in mid-2001 in Sri Lanka has not been enough to get selection inside the Test team for your corresponding series. Sehwag made his Test debut at the end of 2001 in the First Test against Nigeria in Bloemfontein being a middle-order batsman. He scored 105 on debut inspite of the South African win. He was presented with a single match suspension by ICC match referee Mike Denness for overappealing[44] inside the Second Test in Port Elizabeth, which generated political dispute among the ICC and also the two countries. He returned for that home series in 2001%u201302 against England and Zimbabwe. After scoring two half-centuries inside the preceding series, he was promoted with a makeshift-opener for the 2002 England tour after the failure of previous openers with an test out wicket-keeper Deep Dasgupta. He scored 84 from the new role at Lord's[45] along with century from the Second Test at Trent Bridge,[46] and has batted there in Test matches since. He scored his maiden home-century of 147 within the First Test contrary to the West Indies inside the 2002%u201303 home season in Mumbai, which has been at the time his top score in Test matches, earning him his first man of the match award. Following a poor tour to Nz, he scored passed 50 initially in 9 innings while he scored 130 inside a Test at Mohali against Nz in late 2003
Then scored 195 against Australia on Boxing Day 2003 in the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[50] His dismissal about the first afternoon generated an Indian collapse and eventual defeat.

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 BOTH SEHWAG AN GAUTHI BEST PENING PARTNERSHIP

If someone talks about Cricket and Friendships, one must be thinking about the mighty Sehwag and the eccentric Gambhir and their friendship. The duo has been playing together for a decade now, not only for Indian National team but for Delhi as well. They share quite a chemistry as everyone is aware of. Noone can ever forget the opening partnerships involving the two, which is considered to be one of the biggest strength for the Team.

VIRENDER SEHWAG

Virender Sehwag  pronunciation (born 20 October 1978) 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 

Vettori said Sehwag, who struck a 36-ball 54 in the abandoned second one-dayer on Friday, forced him to deviate from his plans.
"He is a great player and with great players the best laid plans can go away. That is what destructive batsmen do. They have people off their game plans," Vettori said after the match.
"I wouldn't say bowlers feel intimidated, but they are fearful of what is going to come. We are never sure what he is going to do, he is that good a player that he can hit all around the park. I suppose the bowlers run in and maybe for a second or two guess what is going to happen," he added.
Vettori said the Kiwi bowlers have to concentrate on bowling in the right areas and stop worrying about getting hit by the right-hander.
"I reckon we have got to tell ourselves that we have got to bowl in our area, and if we get hit from there we can live with that," he said.
Vettori said New Zealand could rein in West Indian swashbuckler Chris Gayle for once, but Sehwag was turning out to be a different kind of nemesis altogether.
"I suppose with Gayle we have got a feel of where he is going to hit and have more opportunities to block him out. But he has played exceptionally well," he said.
"Sehwag has got so many quality players around him, that it gives him the licence to play the way he plays. We have seen him hit the ball to a lot of areas," he added.

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ODI CAREER

 Sehwag's ODI career started poorly whilst scored 1 against Pakistan in Mohali in April 1999 as he fell lbw to Shoaib Akhtar. His bowling performance have also been ineffective and costly, conceding 35 runs off 3 overs. He failed to get another chance from the national team for twenty five months.[23]

Sehwag with teammates Harbhajan Singh (Left) and Yuvraj Singh (Middle).

Sehwag has not been given another match until the home series against Zimbabwe[3] in December 2000. Sehwag rose to prominence in their fourth ODI match in March 2001 while he scored 58 off 54 balls, against Australia in Bangalore. Coupled with his three wickets, he help earn India a victory and was awarded his first man of the match award.[24] He followed this with the unproductive tour of Zimbabwe in mid-2001.

Sehwag had his international breakthrough in Sri Lanka in August 2001 when he was promoted to the opening slot for your tri-series also involving New Zealand. The promotion to start the innings came because regular opener Sachin Tendulkar was absent because of foot injury.[25] Inside the match against New Zealand that's to make a decision the finalist, he scored his maiden century from 69 balls.[26] During the time, the century was another fastest ODI century for an Indian behind Mohammad Azharuddin's 62 ball effort and Yuvraj singh's 64 ball effort. This is his first score beyond 50 in ten matches and saw him named man in the match. This performance earned him a normal spot from the ODI squad in the center-order. He bettered his own record by hitting a 60-ball century against New Zealand throughout the 2009 tour. An innings of note in 2002 was the 22 ball half-century against Kenya in Bloemfontein, tying the 2nd fastest 50 by an Indian. Due to his attacking cricket stroke plays.