Virender Sehwag
96India · AR · 1999 to 2013 · on scorecards: V Sehwag
BATTING
- Matches
- 251
- Innings
- 245
- Runs
- 8273
- Average
- 35.05
- Strike rate
- 104.33
- High score
- 219
- 100s / 50s
- 15 / 38
BOWLING & FIELDING
- Wickets
- 96
- Average
- 40.13
- Economy
- 5.26
- Strike rate
- 45.7
- Best figures
- 4/6
- 4w / 5w
- 1 / 0
- Catches / Stumpings
- 93 / 0
- Run-outs effected
- 13
CAREER IN BRIEF
Virender Sehwag played 251 ODIs for India in CricArcade's archive, from 1999 to 2013. The first came against Pakistan at null, with a score of 1, and the last against Pakistan at Eden Gardens in 2013.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 6,933 runs at 34.5 in 215 ODIs. The highest score in the archive is 219 from 149 balls against West Indies at Holkar Cricket Stadium in 2011, in a match India won. In all: 15 hundreds, 38 fifties.
At home the average was 35.9 across 87 ODIs; away it was 35.6 across 92 ODIs. The most runs came against Sri Lanka: 1,699 runs at 34.7 in 55 ODIs. R Premadasa Stadium was the most frequent ground, with 21 ODIs and 694 runs at 36.5. Virender Sehwag captained India in 12 ODIs, winning 7 and losing 5. The scorecards record 23 player-of-the-match awards. India won 133 of the ODIs Virender Sehwag played and lost 103.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 251 ODI scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | 149 | West Indies | Holkar Cricket Stadium | 2011 | Won |
| 175 | 140 | Bangladesh | Shere Bangla National Stadium | 2011 | Won |
| 146 | 102 | Sri Lanka | Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground | 2009 | Won |
| 130 | 134 | New Zealand | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | 2003 | Won |
| 126 | 104 | England | R Premadasa Stadium | 2002 | Won |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/6 | 2.5 | Bangladesh | Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 2010 | Won |
| 3/25 | 5 | South Africa | R Premadasa Stadium | 2002 | Won |
| 3/28 | 3.5 | South Africa | Bangabandhu National Stadium | 2003 | Won |
| 3/28 | 5 | England | Holkar Cricket Stadium | 2008 | Won |
| 3/37 | 9 | Sri Lanka | R Premadasa Stadium | 2004 | Won |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 55 | 1,699 | 34.67 | 2/5 | 18 | 54.28 |
| Pakistan | 31 | 1,071 | 34.55 | 2/6 | 6 | 70.50 |
| Australia | 30 | 629 | 21.69 | 0/3 | 13 | 40.23 |
| England | 27 | 1,008 | 37.33 | 1/7 | 8 | 41.13 |
| West Indies | 27 | 836 | 33.44 | 2/3 | 15 | 45.67 |
| New Zealand | 23 | 1,157 | 52.59 | 6/3 | 6 | 24.83 |
| South Africa | 18 | 497 | 29.24 | 0/3 | 13 | 22.15 |
| Bangladesh | 12 | 503 | 41.92 | 1/3 | 9 | 20.56 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 230 | 32.86 | 0/1 | 5 | 22.00 |
| Africa XI | 6 | 169 | 28.17 | 0/1 | 1 | 37.00 |
| Kenya | 5 | 163 | 54.33 | 0/2 | 0 | – |
| Netherlands | 2 | 45 | 22.50 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Bermuda | 1 | 114 | 114.00 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 78 | 78.00 | 0/1 | 2 | 2.50 |
| ICC World XI | 1 | 45 | 45.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Ireland | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| Namibia | 1 | 24 | 24.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 87 | 2,940 | 35.85 | 5/13 | 34 | 38.47 |
| Away | 92 | 3,063 | 35.62 | 6/13 | 31 | 47.39 |
| Neutral | 72 | 2,270 | 33.38 | 4/12 | 31 | 34.71 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0/0 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 215 | 6,933 | 34.49 | 12/35 | 88 | 40.28 |
| 2010s | 35 | 1,339 | 39.38 | 3/3 | 8 | 34.13 |
GROUNDS
| Ground | ODIs | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R Premadasa Stadium | 21 | 694 | 36.53 | 2/2 | 18 | 32.28 |
| Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium | 12 | 374 | 34.00 | 1/1 | 6 | 37.00 |
| Shere Bangla National Stadium | 9 | 478 | 53.11 | 1/2 | 1 | 148.00 |
| M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 7 | 328 | 54.67 | 0/3 | 5 | 24.80 |
| Queen's Park Oval | 7 | 302 | 43.14 | 1/1 | 3 | 35.33 |
| Bangabandhu National Stadium | 7 | 246 | 35.14 | 0/2 | 5 | 22.60 |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v Pakistan, 1999 at
- Latest in the archive: v Pakistan, 2013 at Eden Gardens
PLAYER DETAILS
- Born
- 20 October 1978
- Batting
- Right-hand bat
- Bowling
- Right-arm offbreak
- Balls faced (career)
- 7,929
- Ducks
- 14
- Four-wicket hauls
- 1
- Most common batting position
- 1st
- Strike rate, overs 1 to 10
- 99.2
- Strike rate, overs 11 to 40
- 115.5
- Strike rate, overs 41 to 50
- 186.3
- Balls per dismissal against pace
- 36.0
- Balls per dismissal against spin
- 36.2
Position, phase strike rates and the pace and spin split come from ball-by-ball records (Cricsheet), which cover ODIs from 2002 onwards: 5,367 balls faced in that period.
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