By Admin 
Today is Virender Sehwag’s 47th birthday. Sehwag, known as Nawab of Najafgarh and Sultan of Multan, is known in the cricket world as a fearless and explosive batsman. He played and captained India in all three formats and during this time made many such records, which are not easy for anyone to break even today.
Virender Sehwag was born on October 20, 1978 in Najafgarh, Delhi. He played 374 international matches for India in his 14-year cricket career. In these he scored a total of 17,253 runs. His highest score in Test is 319 runs, he has also scored a double century in ODI. Sehwag has scored 38 centuries (23 Tests, 15 ODIs) and 72 half-centuries in international cricket.
- 104 test- 8586 runs (82.23 strike rate)
- 251 ODI- 8273 runs (104.33 strike rate)
- 19 T20- 394 runs (145.38 strike rate)
4 great records of Sehwag
1- Virender Sehwag has the record for the biggest innings in ODI International as a captain. Sehwag scored 219 runs against West Indies at Holkar Stadium, Indore on December 8, 2011. He was the captain in this match. No captain has been able to break this record of his till date and even today it is very difficult to break it.
2- Virender Sehwag is the only Indian batsman to score triple century twice in Test cricket. Sehwag has scored triple centuries twice in Tests, one innings he played against South Africa (309) is also his biggest innings in Tests. He scored his second triple century (309) against Pakistan in Multan.
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Winner of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣7️⃣ & ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ 🏆Only #TeamIndia cricketer to score two triple hundreds in Tests 🫡
Here’s wishing the legendary Virender Sehwag a very happy birthday… pic.twitter.com/Cq0DMPKrfU
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 20, 2025
3- The record of scoring the fastest triple century in the world is also in the name of Virender Sehwag. He completed a triple century in 278 balls against South Africa in the year 2008. In this match played in Chennai, Sehwag had scored 319 runs in 304 balls, in this innings he had hit 42 fours and 5 sixes.
4- The Indian who has scored the most runs in a day in a test match is Virender Sehwag. He scored 284 runs in one day in the Test played against Sri Lanka in December 2009. Sehwag missed his triple century in this match, he was out on 293 runs.