Virender Sehwag Biography The swashbuckling former Indian opener, Virender Sehwag is considered as one of the most destructive batsmen in the world. Virender Sehwag is known to clear the ropes in the just the first ball of the innings as his aggressive approach on the field has seen him demolish the opposition’s bowling attack. The “Nawab of Najafgarh” has been the nightmare of the opposition bowlers since the day he started opening the innings for the Indian team. Sehwag made his International debut against Pakistan in an ODI match in Mohali on April 1, 1999. The 21-year-old came in to bat at the 7th down and he was bundled out cheaply by Shoaib Akhtar. However, he was promoted to bat as an opener in the coming matches and the rest is history. Two years later Sehwag made a cut into the Test team against mighty South Africa where he hammered a century on his test debut. Sehwag has been a great admirer of Sachin Tendulkar due to his batting techniques and loved watching him bat from the non-striker’s end. But he himself had a subtle and unorthodox technique of batting, especially for his square cuts and uppercuts. Sehwag announced his retirement from the International cricket on 20th October 2015 after getting ignored by the national team selectors for over two years. He played his last international match against Australia in a Test match at Hyderabad in March 2013. Sehwag is currently into a part of the commentary panel and does good commentary in both English and Hindi.
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