Virendra Sehvag
Sehwag holds multiple records including the highest score made by an Indian in Test cricket (319), which was also the fastest triple century in the history of international cricket (reached 300 off only 278 balls) as well as the fastest 250 by any batsman (in 207 balls against Sri Lanka on 3 December 2009 at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai). And he is best fast player in the world .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 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 remains the highest individual score in ODI cricket – 219 off 149 balls only. He is the only player in world to score a double hundred in ODI and a triple hundred in Test Cricket and this is god gift for us.
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. In early February a rift had been drawn between the Indian kipper (MS Dhoni) and Virender Sehwag, but it had been solved. Virender Sehwag was dropped from the Asia Cup squad on fitness grounds, but after an improvement performance in the Indian Premier League, Sehwag is making a comeback in Indian ODI side to play Sri Lankan series.
Early
years of sehwag
Sehwag was born in a Jat family from Haryana. The son
of a grain merchant, Sehwag spent his childhood in a bungalow in a joint
family, with siblings, uncles, aunts and sixteen cousins a big family .Though
now settled in New Delhi, the Sehwag family hails from Haryana. Sehwag was the
third of four children born to father Krishan and mother Krishna Sehwag, with
two older sisters Manju and Anju sehwag , and younger brother Vinod. His father
attributes his interest in cricket to a toy bat which he was given when he was
seven months old. He attended Arora Vidya School in Delhi, and pestered his
parents to let him play cricket, on the basis that he was not academically gifted.
His father tried to end his career when he broke a tooth as a child in 1990,
but Sehwag evaded the ban with the help of his mother. Later he attended Jamia Milia Islamia for graduation.
Cricketing
career
Early
domestic cricket
Sehwag made his debut for Delhi cricket team in first class cricket in the
1997–98 season. He was selected to the North Zone cricket team for the Duleep
Trophy the following 1998–99 season, ending fifth in the total runscoring
list. The following year he was fourth on the Duleep Trophy run scoring list,
including a 274, the highest score of the competition. This was attained
against South Zone at Agartala in
just 327 balls, and followed a rapid 187 from just 175 in a Ranji Trophy match
against Punjab. He was then selected for the
U-19 team which toured South Africa and this time a golden time fo him . He was
seventh in the 2000–01 season with two centuries, but his consistency earned
the attention of selectors and he became a regular member of the national team
in mid-2001.
Since his international career
started, he has continued to play for Delhi in the domestic competition whilst
he is not occupied with international duty and has captained North Zone to
victory in the Deodhar Trophy in 2004–05 and 2005–06. He also had a
short stint with Leicestershire in county cricket
in 2003, but a back injury lead to a mutual termination of the contract.
ODI
career
Sehwag's ODI career started very poorly when he scored
1 against Pakistan in Mohali in April
1999 when he fell lbw to Shoaib Akhtar. His bowling performance was also
ineffective and expensive, conceding 35 runs off 3 overs. He did not get
another chance in the national team for 20 months.
Sehwag with teammates Harbhajan
Singh (Left) and Yuvraj Singh (Middle). Great scene of cricket history.
Sehwag was not given another match
until the home series against Zimbabwe in December 2000. Sehwag
rose to prominence in his fourth ODI match in March 2001 when he scored 58 off
54 balls, against Australia in Bangalore.
Combined with his three wickets, he help earn India a victory and was awarded
his first man of the match award. He followed this with an 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 the tri-series also involving New Zealand. The promotion to
open the innings came because regular opener Sachin
Tendulkar was absent due to a foot injury. In the match against New Zealand that was to decide
the finalist, he scored his maiden century from 69 balls. At the time, the
century was the third fastest ODI century for an Indian behind sir Mohammad Azharuddin's 62 ball effort and Yuvraj
singh's 64 ball effort. This was his first score beyond 50 in ten matches and
saw him named man of the match. This performance earned him a regular spot in
the ODI squad in the middle-order. He bettered his own record by hitting a
60-ball century against New Zealand during the 2009 tour. An innings of note in
2002 was the 22 ball half-century against Kenya in Bloemfontein,
tying the second fastest 50 by an Indian. Because of his attacking cricket
stroke plays, Sehwag has got many fans, including the WestIndies legend Desmond
Haynes, who admitted that he is a great fan of him.
With Ganguly's injury in the
India-England ODI Series in January 2002, Sehwag received another opportunity
to open the innings which he seized by scoring 82 from 64 balls in Kanpur in an
eight-wicket Indian victory. With good performances as opener, Sehwag was made
a permanent fixture at the top of the innings. Sachin
Tendulkar, who opened in the England ODI series, was moved to middle order
– a strategy that reaped dividends for India in 2002 in ODI matches. In the
England series and the preceding tour to South Africa, he compiled 426 runs at
42.6 with four half-centuries.
After modest returns on the tours of
the West Indies and England in early and mid-2002, he scored 271 runs at 90.33
in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka,
with two man of the match performances. After running out Ian
Blackwell, he was involved in a 192 run partnership with Ganguly, scoring
126 from 104 balls to help set up an eight wicket victory against England in a
group match. He then scored 58 from 54 balls and took 3/25 including two
wickets in the final over to help defeat South Africa by 10 runs to help
India progress to the final.
In late 2002 he scored an unbeaten
114 from 82 balls that included a 196 run partnership with Ganguly to lead
India to a nine wicket win over the West Indies in Rajkot. He was the
only batsman to score a century in the 7 match New Zealand ODI Series where he
made two centuries – 108 in Napier in an Indian defeat and 112 in Auckland in a
one-wicket victory.
Virender Sehwag had a mediocre 2003 Cricket World Cup, scoring 299 runs at
an average of 27, he top scored with 82 in the loss against Australia in the
final.
Sehwag waits at the bowler's end.
Later in 2003, he scored his fourth
century and earned Man of the Match award against New Zealand in Hyderabad, scoring 130 and putting on a 182 run
partnership with Tendulkar, to lay the foundations for a 145 run victory. In
spite of it, Sehwag struggled for consistency in 2003 and 2003/04 ODI series
where he had only one century and 3 fifties, two against minnows – Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and one against Pakistan, in 22 matches.
Even with his inconsistent form, he
earned 3 MoM awards in 2004/5 and 2004/05 ODI season with one award each
against Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. In the match against Pakistan in Kochi
he scored 108 off 95 balls, his first century in eighteen months which set up a
95 run victory.
Sehwag then started a two-year streak
without a century in ODIs, as well as having his ODI tour of Pakistan in early
2006 curtailed due to a shoulder injury. His drought in limited overs cricket
has puzzled cricket experts because of the consistent performances in Test
matches with a high scoring rate has not translated into significant
contributions in the ODI format of the game. Sehwag was dropped from the ODI
Squad for the WI-IND 4 Match ODI series.
With debate over whether he deserved to be included in the 2007 Cricket World Cup squad, captain Dravid's
insistence on his retention paved the way to being named in the World Cup
squad. However, despite this assurance, Sehwag's form continued to decline.
Sehwag started the 2007 World Cup in
very poor form, only being picked for the side because of Rahul Dravid's
wishes. He scored poorly in the first group match but bounced back to hit a
magnificent 114 from 87 deliveries against lowly ranked Bermuda. The Indian
team scored 413–5, the highest team total in a World Cup match, and went on to
win the match but this was their only win in the tournament.
On 11 March 2009, Sehwag blasted
India's fastest ODI hundred against New Zealand by reaching 3 figures in just
60 balls. Eventually, he led India to win its first series win in New Zealand.
On 8 December 2011, Sehwag scored
his highest ODI score against West Indies at Indore slamming 219
runs off only 149 Balls. In the same innings, he also crossed 8,000 runs in ODI
Cricket.
ODI
summary
Sehwag's scoring rate is extremely
quick, at 103.44 runs per 100 balls (it is exceeded only by one current player:
Shahid Afridi, who has a much lower average). He has had more success in run
chases, scoring seven of his thirteen centuries while chasing. He has led India
on seven occasions, due to the unavailability of the incumbent due to illness,
injury or rotation policy. In December 2011 Sehwag scored 219 in 149 deliveries
against West
Indies at Indore.
He has the record of highest individual score in ODI.
Test
career
An innings-by-innings breakdown of
Sehwag's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the
average of the last ten innings (blue line).
Sehwag's maiden century in mid-2001
in Sri Lanka was not enough to groth selection in the Test team for the
corresponding series. Sehwag made his Test debut in late 2001 in the First Test
against South Africa in Bloemfontein
as a middle-order batsman. He scored 105 on debut despite the South African
win. He was given a one match suspension by ICC match referee Mike
Denness for overappealing in the Second Test in Port
Elizabeth, which led to political dispute amongst the ICC and the two
countries. He returned for the home series in 2001–02 against England and Zimbabwe. After scoring two half-centuries in
the preceding series, he was promoted to a makeshift-opener on the 2002 England
tour after the failure of previous openers and an experiment with wicket-keeper
Deep
Dasgupta. He scored 84 in the new role at Lord's and then a century in the Second Test
at Trent
Bridge, and has batted there in Test matches ever since. He scored his
maiden home-century of 147 in the First Test against the West Indies in the 2002–03 home season in Mumbai, which was
at the time his top score in Test matches, earning him his first man of the
match award. After a poor tour to New Zealand, he scored passed 50 for the
first time in 9 innings when he scored 130 in a Test at Mohali against New
Zealand in late 2003.
He then scored 195 against Australia on Boxing Day
2003 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. His dismissal on
the first afternoon lead to an Indian collapse and eventual defeat.
In early 2004, he became the only
Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket, with 309 against Pakistan in the First Test in Multan, beating V.
V. S. Laxman's previous Indian record(281 against Australia) and helping
India to a total of 5/675, the highest ever against Pakistan. It was Sehwag's
sixth Test century in 21 Tests. India went on to win by an innings, with Sehwag
named man of the match. He also scored 90 in the Second Test defeat in Lahore and was
named man of the series for his efforts after being the highest run scorer and
average for the series. He later auctioned the bat with which he made the
triple century, for Rs. 70,000, to aid in relief efforts for the tsunami victims
of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
In the First Test of the 2004 Border Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore,
Sehwag was fined for showing "serious dissent" towards umpire Billy
Bowden following an LBW dismissal. Replays showed that he had hit the ball
off the middle of his bat onto his leg, which later led to an apology from
Bowden. Sehwag scored 155 in the Chennai test match to set up a triple figure lead for the Indians,
but the match was rained out on the final day with the Indians requiring 229
for victory. In the home series against South Africa that year, he scored 164
in the drawn First Test in Kanpur, and 88 in the Second in Kolkata, which
India won to claim the series. Sehwag was again named man of the series.
Sehwag again failed on the tour of
Bangladesh, but on the 2005 home series against Pakistan, he scored 173 in Mohali, 81 in Kolkata and then
201 in Bangalore,
totaling 544 runs at an average of 90.66 to win the man of the series award. He
passed the 3000 run mark in Tests during the Bangalore Test, becoming the
fastest Indian to reach the mark in terms of innings played. His performances
over the preceding 12 months earned him selection in the ICC Test Team of the
Year as well as nomination for Test player of the year.
He earned selection for the ICC
World XI which played Australia in the 2005 ICC Super Series, where he top scored in
the first innings with 76. He attracted some criticism at the end of 2005,
having failed to pass 50 in four Tests against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka. He also
missed the Second Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi due to illness,
but returned to the team in the following match in Ahmedabad and
captained the Indians to victory whilst Rahul
Dravid was ill.[
Sehwag bowling in the nets.
Sehwag scored his first century in a
year when he compiled 254 against Pakistan in the First Test in Lahore in January
2006, the highest ever Test score at a strike rate of over 100 and the second
fastest double century ever. In doing so he was involved in a 410 run
partnership with captain Rahul Dravid, the highest ever against Pakistan and in
Pakistan, and just four short of a new world record opening partnership in Test
matches. Sehwag went on to lampoon the Pakistani attack led by Shoaib
Akhtar. Sehwag however failed to pass 50 in the following two Tests against
Pakistan, and aside from a 76* in the Second Test in Mohali against
England, fell seven times for less than 20 runs to the new ball, leading
criticism of his position in the team.
During the 2006 West Indies tour,
Sehwag narrowly missed out on scoring a century in the opening session of the
Second Test in St
Lucia, ending with 99 at the interval. He went on to compile 180 in just
190 balls, and also collected four wickets for the match to be named man of the
match. Although Sehwag had collected more than 50 wickets in ODIs, he was
substantially used as a Test bowler for the first time on the West Indies tour,
taking nine wickets in the first two Test matches when he was used in the
absence of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh as India and so bad for us ,opted
to only use one specialist spinner. He had previously only three wickets at
Test level. He was also fined in the First Test for excessive appealing.
Poor form saw Sehwag being dropped
from the Test team in 2007. In December 2007, he was recalled for India's tour
of Australia after being omitted form the list of probable, amid calls for his
return by several commentators, most notably Ian
Chappell.
Though he was omitted from the team
for the first two matches, both of which India lost, he was picked for the
third Test at the WACA in Perth after scoring a century in a tour
match against the ACT Invitational XI. He played a key part in India's victory,
making 72 runs at a brisk pace and taking 2 crucial wickets . He scored a
match-saving 151 in the second innings of the fourth Test in Adelaide. This
was his first century in the second innings of a test match, and was notable in
that he rejected his usual, aggressive batting style in favour of a more
defensive approach which was the need of the hour.
Sehwag continued his good form
against South Africa, in the home series in April 2008, scoring 319 in the
first Test in Chennai,
having reached 300 off just 278 balls, the fastest triple century in test
history. Sehwag became only the third batsman after Sir Donald
Bradman and Brian Lara to score 2 triple centuries in Test Cricket.
He scored 257 runs the third day of the match, which was the most runs scored
by an individual batsman on a single day of a Test match since 1954, when Dennis
Compton made 273 runs on the second day of the Nottingham
Test against Pakistan.
He has a habit of making big
centuries, with his last eleven centuries having all been over 150, including
two triple centuries and further three double centuries which surpassed Sir Donald
Bradman's record of having seven consecutive centuries beyond 150.
In the first test against England in
Chennai in December 2008, Sehwag's rapid 83 off just 68 balls, in the last
session of the fourth day, set India up for its record run-chase of 4/387, the
highest successful target on Indian soil. He got the man-of-the-match award
despite Sachin Tendulkar scoring an unbeaten century later
in the same innings and Andrew Strauss scoring a century in each of
England's innings.
He has been noted for his record
against Pakistan, averaging over 90 against and in Pakistan, scoring four
centuries against India's arch rivals. The disparity in his average in the
first and second innings is often noted, being 68 and 25 and all but one of his
fifteen Test centuries having come in the first innings.
During Sri Lanka's tour of India in
2009, in the 3-match test series he finished with the highest run getter of the
series with 491 runs. In the last test match, he made 293 with the help of
which India won the test match. In this innings he established many records:
- Scoring the second fastest 200.
- Scoring the fastest 250 off just 207 balls.
- Third highest run scorer on a single day. (284 n.o)
He missed accomplishing the feat of
being the only player to score three triple centuries. He was caught and bowled
by Murlitharan short by just seven runs. This innings, which consisted of 40
fours and 7 sixes, was described as his third best by him after his two triple
centuries.
Indian
Premier League
Sehwag was the captain of the Delhi
Daredevils in the first two edition of Indian Premier League, before he quit the
position to concentrate more on his batting transferring it to Gautam
Gambhir. However, for the fourth edition of IPL, he was the only player to be
retained by the franchise, again as captain of the Delhi Daredevils. Sehwag
again lead the team in the fifth edition of the league, where he
made the record of being the only batsman to score five consecutive half
centuries in T20s.
Sehwag
in Non-India Colures
He was selected in the ICC World XI
for the 2005 ICC Super Series against Australia in
late 2005, but only managed 64 runs at an average of 21.33. Earlier in 2005, he
was selected for the Asian Cricket Council XI for the fundraising
match against the ICC World XI in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Playing
style
Virender Sehwag plays a hook shot
Sehwag was often compared to Sachin
Tendulkar in his early days due to the similar batting style, build and
appearance. He has acknowledged numerous times that he consciously attempted to
model his playing style on Tendulkar's in his youth.
Sehwag's technique is often cited as
being particularly unorthodox, often backing away (considered technically
incorrect) to free his arms whilst playing his shots, in particular to cut or
drive spinners inside out. He is frequently cited by commentators for his
extremely strong (physically) square cutting and upper cutting and power
through the off-side. He is also an excellent player of the late cut. In
particular, his tendency to strike the ball in the air and risk dismissal is a
trait which has seen him noted for his chancy and adventurous mindset. He is
also noted for a relative lack of footwork, with his timing often attributed to
his eyesight. Of late, Sehwag has shown a proclivity to be dismissed by inswing
deliveries, something attributed to his leaden-footed batting style. He has
also got dismissed playing the cut shot when the ball was too close to his body
to cut, especially in limited over matches.
Virender Sehwag is often noted for
his extremely attacking style of batting, and in 2005 he was described by Wisden
Cricketers' Almanack as the "most exciting opener in the world"due
to his aggressive style in Test matches, his strike rate being inferior only to
that of Adam Gilchrist and Shahid
Afridi. Sehwag has also been noted for his apparent disregard for the match
situation, exhibited by aggressive batting even when his team is in a poor
position or after being outmanoeuvred by the bowler in the recent past. But
over the years, his style has changed from "reckless hitting" to that
of "controlled aggression", according to an article in the Sydney
Morning Herald. Previously Sehwag was known predominantly as an offside
player, with a weakness against straight short pitched bowling. However, in the
last two yearshe has improved his leg side and bouncer hitting considerably.
This is shown in the recent ODIs against New Zealand where he utilised the
pull, hook and flick shots to devastating effect.
As of 15 March 2010, Sehwag has an
average of nearly 68 in the first innings of test matches where he has scored
5130 runs, 18 centuries and 12 fifties in 76 matches. In the second innings,
his average drops to 31 and has scored 1561 runs, an only century and 9 fifties
in 54 innings. The first and second innings difference of 37 runs is one of the
highest and indicates a lack of ability in dealing with more difficult batting
conditions as the pitch deteriorates. However, his match-saving second-innings
151 against Australia at Adelaide during the 2007–08 Border-Gavaskar series,
and a match winning 92 in trying situations at Nagpur during the 2008–09
series, went a long way towards repairing that image. In the 2008 Test series
against England, Sehwag played a key role in the fourth innings of the first
Test in Chennai. He amassed 83 runs in 68 balls, which helped India chase down
an improbable target of 387 with six wickets to spare. This was the highest
successful run chase in India, and the fourth highest in Test history. For this
effort, Sehwag was adjudged Man of the Match. On 12 August 2011, Sehwag became
only the third Indian in history to achieve a king pair (2 golden ducks
consecutively) and the 15th player to do that of all time, but weeks later he
again scored crucial and aggressive pair of 55 against West Indies.
In eight Test matches since April
2012, he has managed to score just 408 runs at an average of 31.38, with
highest being 117. In the six ODIs, in the same period, he scored 183 runs at
an average of 30.5 and was dropped for the ODI series against England.His last
ODI century was the double hundred against the West Indies in December 2011. Former
England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has hinted that it might be the end of the
road for Sehwag."I don't think he'll play again. I think it's because
India have gone the right way. It took a little while to come around to it.
They've given youth a chance," Boycott told a cricket website.
Controversy
Main article: Mike Denness and Indian
cricket team incident
In November 2001, Sehwag was
involved in controversy in the Second Test
match between India and South Africa at St George's Park, Port
Elizabeth, when he was given a one Test ban for "excessive
appealing" by ICC Match referee Mike
Denness. He was one of six Indian players to receive bans, four of which
were suspended bans. The unprecedented severity of the bans precipitated an
international cricketing, political and administrative crisis, with the Indian
cricket establishment threatening to call off the tour unless Mike Denness was
removed as match referee from the third test match. ICC backed Mike Denness and the South
African board backed the Indian cricket establishment and did not allow Mike
Denness to enter the stadium on the first day of the third test match. ICC
declared that the match was 'unofficial' and 'friendly five day match'and the
series was officially declared as a 2 match series and South Africa as 1–0
winners. The subsequent England tour to India was placed in jeopardy when India
picked Sehwag in the Test squad. Subsequent to this development, ICC issued a
warning that any match with Sehwag in the cricket team will not be considered
an "official" Test match until Sehwag had served his one match ban.
After negotiations with ECB and ICC and in general interest of cricket, Sehwag
was dropped from the team for the first Test against England.
batsman, of which a record three
have come against Pakistan. Sehwag is the only Indian to have
scored a triple century (300 or more runs), and has done so twice—309 against
Pakistan in Multan
in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008,
the later being the fastest triple century in Test cricket with 300 coming up
off just 278 balls. In ODIs, Sehwag's maiden century was made against New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo in 2001.
His highest score of 219, the highest ODI score ever, was made against the West Indies at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. He has been
dismissed five times in the nineties.
Awards
- Arjuna Award (2002)
- Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 2008, 2009
- ICC Test Player of the Year 2010
- Padma Shree 2010
Records
- Highest individual score in history in an ODI match 219 against West Indies on 8 December 2011 at Indore, surpassing previous record by Sachin Tendulkar (200)*.
- Fastest 250 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (207).
- Fastest 300 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (278).
- Most Test runs in a single day by an Indian. Sehwag made 257 in a day against SA in Chennai. He surpassed this in making 284 in a day against Sri Lanka. The latter was the second consecutive innings in which India scored more than 400 runs in a single day in Tests. Sehwag also made a century at faster than a run a ball on the previous occasion.
- Only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries in Test cricket. He is one of the four batsman in the history of Test cricket to score two triple centuries, alongside Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, and the West Indies' Brian Lara and Chris Gayle.
- Fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian – 100 runs off 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009.
- Second fastest ODI 50 by an Indian. – a record, he shares with Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh – when he took 22 balls against Kenya in 2001
- Six double centuries – the first three of which came against Pakistan. Greg Chappell and Thilan Samaraweera are the other players to have scored multiple double centuries against Pakistan (2). Sehwag and Tendulkar are the only Indians to have made six Test double centuries.
- Highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He first achieved this when he scored 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004, and bettered his previous record in March 2008 at Chennai against South Africa by scoring 319.
- Fastest triple century: His second triple century scored at Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 against South Africa was the fastest in terms of balls faced by any batsman (off 278 balls).
- Consecutive 150+ scores in Test cricket: He holds the record for consecutive test hundreds converted to scores of 150+, at 11.
- He is one of the only five players to have scored more test hundreds than test fifties (15c/14f), along with Don Bradman (29c/13f), Mohammad Azharuddin (22c/21f), Matthew Hayden (30c/27f) and Kevin Pietersen(13c/11f) as on 7 August 2008
- Two consecutive double century partnerships in a Test innings. He achieved this record, for the first two wickets in Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 (with Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid respectively). This was the first time in Test history that the first two wickets in an innings have resulted in double-century stands. He equalled this in the innings against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, combining with Murali Vijay and Dravid for the first and second wickets.
- He is the first person in the history of test cricket to hit two triple centuries and take five wickets in a Test innings.
- He had launched the first five of India's innings in 2011 World Cup by hitting the first ball for four. The suffering bowlers were Shafiul Islam, Jimmy Anderson, Boyd Rankin, Mudassar Bukhari and Dale Steyn.
Test
Matches Awards
Man
of the Series Awards
|
#
|
Series
|
Season
|
Series Performance
|
|
1
|
2003/0
|
440 Runs (3 Matches, 4 Innings,
1×100, 1×50); 6–0–27–0; 2 Catches
|
|
|
2
|
South Africa in India Test Series
|
2004/05
|
262 Runs (2 Matches, 3 Innings,
1×100, 2×50); 1 Catch
|
|
3
|
2004/05
|
544 Runs (3 Matches, 6 Innings,
2×100, 1×50); 5–2–14–0; 2 Catches
|
|
|
4
|
2009/10
|
491 Runs (3 Matches, 4 Innings,
2×100, 1×50); 16–3–47–1; 1 Catch
|
|
|
5
|
2010
|
348 Runs (3 Matches, 5 Innings,
2×100, 1×50); 7 wickets
|
Man
of the Match Awards
|
S No
|
Opponent
|
Venue
|
Season
|
Match Performance
|
|
1
|
2002/03
|
1st Innings: 147 (24×4, 3×6);
2–0–7–0
2nd Innings: 1 Catch |
||
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2
|
2003/04
|
1st Innings: 309 (39×4, 6×6);
2–0–11–0
2nd Innings: 3–0–8–0; 1 Catch |
||
|
3
|
2006
|
1st Innings: 254 (47×4, 1×6);
6–0–24–0
|
||
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4
|
2006
|
1st Innings: 180 (20×4, 2×6);
16.1–5–33–3
2nd Innings: 30–9–48–1 |
||
|
5
|
2007/08
|
1st Innings: 319 (42×4, 5×6);
11–1–37–1
2nd Innings: 22–2–55–1 |
||
|
6
|
2008/09
|
1st Innings: 201 (22×4, 4×6)
2nd Innings: 50 (6×4, 1×6) |
||
|
7
|
2008/09
|
1st Innings: 9 (2×4); 1–0–8–0
2nd Innings: 83 (11×4, 4×6); 6–0–22–0 |
||
|
8
|
2009/10
|
1st Innings: 293 (254); 1 Catch
2nd Innings:9–2–24–0 |
ODI
Cricket Awards
Man
of the Series Awards
|
#
|
Series
|
Season
|
Series Performance
|
|
1
|
India in New Zealand ODI Series
|
2008/09
|
299 (5 Matches, 5 Innings, 1×100,
2×50); 2 Catches
|
|
2
|
India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka Triangular
Series
|
2010/11
|
268 (5 Matches, 5 Innings, 1×100,
1×50);
|
Man
of the Match Awards
|
S No
|
Opponent
|
Venue
|
Season
|
Match Performance
|
|
1
|
2000/01
|
58 (54b, 8×4); 9–0–59–3
|
||
|
2
|
2001
|
100 (70b, 19×4, 1×6); 3–0–26–0
|
||
|
3
|
2001/02
|
82 (62b, 14×4); 1–0–9–0; 1 Catch
|
||
|
4
|
2002/03
|
126 (104b, 21×4, 1×6); 5–0–25–0
|
||
|
5
|
2002/03
|
59 (58b, 10×4); 5–0–25–3
|
||
|
6
|
2002/03
|
114* (82b, 17×4, 2×6); 6–0–29–0
|
||
|
7
|
2002/03
|
108 (119b, 9×4, 2×6)
|
||
|
8
|
2002/03
|
112 (139b, 11×4, 3×6)
|
||
|
9
|
2003/04
|
130 (134b, 15×4, 2×6)
|
||
|
10
|
2003/04
|
90 (102b, 5×4, 5×6); 10–0–40–2; 1
Catch
|
||
|
11
|
2004
|
81 (92b, 6×4, 2×6); 9–0–37–3
|
||
|
12
|
2004/05
|
70 (52b, 9×4, 3×6); 6–1–31–0
|
||
|
13
|
2004/05
|
108 (95b, 9×4, 3×6); 5–0–26–0
|
||
|
14
|
2007
|
115 (87b, 17×4, 3×6); 5–0–15–0
|
||
|
15
|
2008
|
69 (57b, 9×4, 3×6)
|
||
|
16
|
2008
|
91 (73b, 15×4, 1×6)
|
||
|
17
|
2009
|
125* (75b,14×4, 6×6)
|
||
|
18
|
2009/10
|
146 (102b,17×4, 6×6)
|
||
|
19
|
2009/10
|
99* (100b,11×4, 2×6)
|
||
|
20
|
2009/10
|
110 (93b,16×4, 1×6)
|
||
|
21
|
2010/11
|
175 (140b,14×4, 5×6, SR 125.0)
|
||
|
22
|
2011
|
219 (149b,25×4, 7×6, SR 147.0)
|
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