Virender Sehwag

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Tendulkar, Sehwag and Kohli in Mike Hussey’s 'Best of Enemies XI’

Sangakkara got the nod ahead of Dhoni and AB de Villiers for his impact in Test cricket

29 Apr 2020 1:13 PM

Virender Sehwag going after the ball in his inimitable style. AP Photo

Nazir was way more talented than Sehwag, but had no brains: Shoaib Akhtar

Nazir played only eight Tests for Pakistan, scoring 427 runs and featured in 79 ODIs to score 1895 runs

29 Apr 2020 12:42 PM

Monty Panesar with teammate Kevin Pietersen. AFP Photo

Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman are Monty Panesar's idols on and off the field

Fromer England cricketer says Virender Sehwag was the "most destructive" batsmen of that era, but Tendulkar was the best

21 Apr 2020 3:28 PM

Ramayan's Angad an inspiration behind my batting, reveals Sehwag

The legend has it that Angad challenges all warriors in Ravana's court to lift his feet from the ground and everyone fails

13 Apr 2020 9:46 AM

Indian cricketers Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar. AFP Photo

Tendulkar, Sehwag included in Warne's greatest World ODI XI

One of the all-time greatest leg-spinners in the world, Warne didn't include himself in the side

07 Apr 2020 4:15 PM

Proud of you, Kohli congratulates women's team for making it to T20 World Cup final

Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman also laud the Indian women's team

05 Mar 2020 1:17 PM

KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma on Wednesday registered the highest ever opening partnership by an Indian pair against West Indies in the One Day Internationals. (Photo: PTI)

Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul break Ganguly and Sehwag's 17-year-old record

The duo put on a massive 227-run opening partnership and broke the 17-year-old record.

18 Dec 2019 8:32 PM

It was on December 8, 2011, when Virender Sehwag became just the second batsman in the history of the sport to score a double century in ODIs. (Photo:AFP)

On this day, Virender Sehwag became second batsman to score 200 in ODIs

Sehwag, went on to score 219 runs against West Indies at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.

08 Dec 2019 3:19 PM

The cricket fraternity on Sunday wished former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag, who is celebrating his 41st birthday. (Photo: PTI)

Virender Sehwag turns 41, cricket fraternity extends wishes

Cricketers took to Twitter and extended wishes to the 'Sultan of Multan.'

20 Oct 2019 6:30 PM

The BCCI elections are scheduled to be held on October 23 but with Ganguly being the only candidate to file his nomination for the top post of Indian cricket body, he is set to be elected unopposed. (Photo: File)

Cricket fraternity congratulates Ganguly as he looks all set to become BCCI president

Ganguly, however, will be able to serve as BCCI president only up to September 2020.

15 Oct 2019 3:01 PM

Uthappa also acknowledged Rohit as one of the best batsmen in the world. (Photo: Twitter)

Robin Uthappa reveals 1 common factor between Rohit Sharma and Virender Sehwag

Uthappa saw Rohit make his T20 debut during the inaugural 2007 World T20, which the Men in Blue won by defeating Pakistan in the final.

04 Oct 2019 2:33 PM

Ever since his speech at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been under severe scrutiny, and in a latest, former cricketer Sourav Ganguly on Thursday labelled Khan's address as 'rubbish' and said that this is not the cricketer the world knew of. (Photo: AP)

Sourav Ganguly criticizes Imran Khan after his UNGA speech

Ganguly made this comment while replying to Sehwag's tweet in which he had shared a video of Imran Khan.

04 Oct 2019 8:51 AM

Sehwag shared the video on Twitter in which American anchors can be seen slamming the cricketer-turned-prime minister. (Photo: PTI)

'Inventing new ways to humiliate himself': Sehwag slams Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Many cricketers including Mohammad Shami, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan slammed Khan for his speech at the UNGA.

03 Oct 2019 4:24 PM

ISRO had lost communication with Vikram Lander of Chandrayaan 2 moments before it was preparing to make a soft-landing on the South Pole region of the Moon. (Photo: ISRO/Twitter)

'Whole country proud of them': Virender Sehwag, Geeta Phogat laud ISRO's effort

The mission took off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on July 22.

07 Sep 2019 4:15 PM

Former India opening batsman Virender Sehwag on Thursday made a bold statement that multi-sport events like the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games are bigger than cricket events. (Photo: AFP)

'Cricket isn't bigger than 'Olympics, Commonwealth Games': Virender Sehwag

Sehwag launched a book titled 'Umeed India', brought out by EPIC channel and Rupa Publications.

29 Aug 2019 7:30 PM

The 30-year-old currently has 43 centuries in his arsenal, six behind Tendulkar. (Photo: AFP)

Sehwag reveals one record of Sachin Tendulkar which even Virat Kohli can't break

Kohli has amassed 11520 runs in his ODI career at an impressive average of 60.31.

22 Aug 2019 2:57 PM

When asked about Sreesanth’s hope of playing international cricket, he said, “He has to play domestic cricket first,” (Photo: AFP)

On Mohd Amir-Sreesanth comeback comparisons, Sehwag says, 'Pakistan mein kuch bhi hota hai'

The BCCI Ombudsman DK Jain, on Tuesday, had passed an order to reduce the life-ban on S Sreesanth to 7 years.

22 Aug 2019 12:42 PM

The 21-year-old is the only Indian wicket-keeper batsman who has scored a Test century in Australia and England. (Photo: AP)

'Pant needs to work on his shot-selection': Virender Sehwag

Sehwag also congratulated Ravi Shashtri who has been appointed the head coach of the Indian cricket team for the second time.

22 Aug 2019 8:29 AM

Dhoni was run out for 50 in the penultimate over of the innings, leading to India's defeat in the tournament. (Photo: AP)

'Dhoni should have batted higher against NZ in World Cup semi-final': Virender Sehwag

India crashed out of the semi-final after they failed to chase down a target of 240 runs against the Kiwis, falling short by 18 runs.

21 Aug 2019 3:34 PM

Former skipper Anil Kumble's ability to boost confidence of the players makes him an ideal candidate for the role of chairman of selectors, said Virender Sehwag, who also advocated a hike in remuneration for the job. (Photo:AFP/FIle)

Anil Kumble should be chairman of selectors but BCCI needs to raise pay: V Sehwag

The current selection panel, led by MSK Prasad, has faced a lot of flak for it being a lightweight with a cumulative experience of 13 Tests.

21 Aug 2019 3:28 PM

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