Virender Sehwag, Age 44, Height, Biography, Family and More

Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer. He represented India from 1999 to 2013 and He played for Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket. he Played as aggressive opening batsman throughout his playing days. He was born on 20 ‘October’ 1978 in Najafgarh, Delhi and he is 44 years old (as in 2022). he was very dedicated towards his profession and he is regarded as one of the most destructive batsman of all time.

He is hailing from a modest middle class family. he spent his childhood in joint family with siblings, uncles, aunts and with all his Couisins. though he lives in Delhi but he belongs to Haryana Jat family. he was a child when his interest for cricket was developed, he was given toy bat when he was only seven months old  and that’s  the moment when his father recognize his love for cricket.

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• Virender Sehwag is an former Indian Cricketer and he is one the most outstanding cricketer of his time.
• He represented India from 1999 to 2013. He played for Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket.
• He was an aggressive opening batsman throughout of his playing days and he played all the matches very dedicatedly.
• He was born on 20′ October’ 1978 in Najafgarh, Delhi, India and he is 44 years old (as in 2022).
• He was From a Jat family of a grain merchant. he spent his childhood in a joint family with his uncles, aunts and his Couisins ,though they lives in Delhi but they belongs ho Haryana.
• He was only seven months old when he was given a toy bat and it was the time when his father appreciates his love and interest for Cricket.
• He studied in Arora Vidya School in Delhi and he was continuously chasing his parents to let him play cricket.
• He had completed his graduation from Jamia Milia Islamia University.
• He played his first One Day International in 1999 and joined the Indian test side in 2001.
• In April 2009, He became the first Indian to be Honoured as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for his performance in 2008.

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• He worked as stand-in captain Occasionally during absence of main captain of India, also worked as Vice-Captain for Indian squad.
• He is former captain of Delhi Daredevils and Delhi Ranji Team.
• He also holds the distinction of being one of four batsmen in the world to have ever surpassed 300 twice in Test cricket.
• 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.
• Virender Sehwag and Chris Gayle are only two players in the world to score a double hundred in ODI and a triple hundred in Test Cricket.
• He 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.
• He has been awarded with Padma Shri Award in 2010, and Arjuna Award for Cricket in 2002 , ICC Test Player of the Year Award in 2010 and Wisden Leading Cricketer of the World in 2010.
• He was the only player to be retained by the franchise, again as captain of the Delhi Daredevils.
• He is called by his Nickname like Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan.
• He Batting Style was Right-handed and Bowling Style was Right arm off break.

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• He married Aarti Ahlawat in April 2004 under heavy security cover in a widely publicised wedding hosted by Arun Jaitley.
• The couple have two sons, Aryavir, born on 18 October 2007 and Vedant, born in 2010.
• He has been popularly known to sing while batting, and picked the Kishore Kumar song “Chala Jaata Hoon” from the Rajesh Khanna starrer Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972) as his favorte song to sing while batting.
• In 2011, He started Sehwag International School in Jhajjar, Haryana.
• The school was inaugurated by his mother and it was his father’s dream to have an institution where students can study, stay, train and play sports.
• After his second triple century, the Haryana government offered Sehwag to build an academy on a 23-acre land where he requested to open a school in place of an academy to fulfil his father’s dream.
• He has huge Fan following on his social media accounts, he has 7.1M Million Followers on instagram and 17Million Followers on Facebook.
• He is very fond of listening  old Hindi songs of Kishor Kumar, Mohammed Rafi & lata Mangeshkar.
• He is pure Vegetarian His daily diet only includes vegetarian food items and simply loves eating kheer. Sehwag also owns a few vegetarian restaurants.
• He retired from all forms of International cricket on 20 October 2015.[14] Now, he is serving as the member of Anti Doping Appeal Panel of National Anti Doping Agency under Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India.

(FAQ)- Frequently Asked Questions

1. Who is Virender Sehwag ?

ANS. Virender Sehwag is a former Indian cricketer. He represented India from 1999 to 2013 and He played for Delhi and Haryana in Indian domestic cricket.

2. Is Virender Sehwag from royal family?

ANS. Sehwag was born in a big Jat family from Haryana. His father, Krishnan Sehwag, is a grain merchant.

3. Where is Virender Sehwag from?

ANS. He is from Najafgarh, Delhi Though he lives in Delhi But his family hails from haryana.

4.What are the Nickname of Virender Sehwag ?

ANS. He is called by some of his Nickname like Viru, Nawab of Najafgarh, Sultan of Multan.

5. Who is Sehwag’s bestfriend?

ANS. However, despite all of their rivalry, the two maintained a healthy relationship that was visible through their chemistry, both on and off the field. Akhtar had once admitted that Sehwag indeed happens to be one of his most fabulous friends.