Virender Sehwag's historic Test innings of 309 has prompted the company that makes bats for the swashbuckling opener to launch a Veeru-309 range in his honour.
Virender Sehwag would lead a star-studded Delhi line-up comprising the likes of Gautam Gambhir, Virat Kohli, Ishant Sharma when they take on Uttar Pradesh in the Ranji Trophy opening round away game at Ghaziabad from November 2-5.
India opener Virender Sehwag is in Delhi to consult his personal physician on a rib injury he sustained during a practice session last week.
Virender Sehwag scored an unbeaten 201 and Harbhajan Singh claimed four wickets as India restricted Sri Lanka to 215-5 at close on Day 2 of the second Test.
Out-of-favour India batsman Virender Sehwag and Sri Lankan spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan will lead two MCC sides in a series of matches in the Middle East to help launch the new county season.
The BCCI has formally invited applications to fill the post vacated by Chetan Sharma.
Indian cricket team achieved an extraordinary victory on foreign soil by defeating a formidable England
Virender Sehwag's wretched run in domestic cricket continued as the veteran opener failed to open his account but Delhi did manage to comfortably beat Punjab by four wickets to notch up their maiden win in the North Zone leg of the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
The India opener was specially harsh on Kartik, hitting him for five sixes and one four in one over.
Reluctant to speak about the upcoming ODI and Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka, senior batsman Virender Sehwag, who was nursing a shoulder injury, on Tuesday said his fitness has been assessed by the physios at the National Cricket Academy.
Lashing out at Sri Lankan spinner Suraj Randiv for deliberately bowling a no-ball and depriving him of a well deserved century, India opener Virender Sehwag said such behaviour was unacceptable.
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh pays tribute to team-mate Virender Sehwag on the occasion of his 100th Test.
Not amused with the praise and brickbats he gets in equal measure from them, Indian opener Virender Sehwag hit out at his critics, saying that he has never been bothered by their comments and would concentrate on playing his natural game.
Following India's disappointing performance at the ICC Champions Trophy, veteran batsman Rahul Dravid was dropped from the 15-member squad for the first two one-dayers against Australia. Virender Sehwag makes a comeback after recovering from injury and will replace Dinesh Karthik.
Call it over-confidence or just stating a plain fact, India's vice-captain Virender Sehwag today termed Bangladesh as an ordinary Test side, which cannot surprise the visiting team in the series starting with the first Test, in Chittagong on Sunday.
India Test discard Virender Sehwag has been roped in to captain the Marylebone Cricket Club squad in a four-day Champion County match against Durham, starting March 23, in Abu Dhabi.
Sehwag was hailed as "part Houdini, part Superman" for his extraordinary 195-run innings.
The Indian opener received a cut on his right finger during practice on Thursday.
Former India skipper Rahul Dravid may have been the quintessential modern-day batsman of this generation but that doesn't stop him from praising the unorthodox yet effective Virender Sehwag, saying his former mate is still a joy to watch.
After the game, Shubman Gill expressed his determination to bounce back through a heartfelt tweet.
ICC Test Player of the Year Virender Sehwag says he was inspired by Gautam Gambhir, who won the award in 2009, to perform better.
Purnendu Maji and Srinivas Bhogle present the IPL's Most Valuable Player Index after 44 matches.
With a sleek new school in Haryana, Virender Sehwag starts his new innings as an education entrepreneur.
Acting skipper Rahul Dravid said it was the 'mix and match' strategy in bowling which worked in the team's favour.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lost his number one spot but opening batsman Virender Sehwag gained eight places to return to the top-10 in the ICC ODI rankings issued on Sunday.
Virender Sehwag was grabbed by the collar by coach John Wright in 2002 after the opener had played a reckless shot to get out.
Under-fire Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni got much-needed support from former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram who said the "hullabaloo" about his leadership is "ill-timed" as speculated replacement Virender Sehwag is not qualified for the job.
Bolstered by the availability of Mahela Jayawardene and Kevin Pietersen, Delhi Daredevils captain Virender Sehwag is hoping to return to winning ways when they take on Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League in New Delhi on Tuesday.
India may have flopped in the opening Test against Sri Lanka but opener Virender Sehwag held on to the number one spot, while Sachin Tendulkar gained a place to be seventh in the latest ICC rankings for batsmen issued on Friday.
He was part of many a memorable triumphs against Pakistan but for former India opener Virender Sehwag, the most cherished moment against the arch-rivals is the 2007 World Twenty20 clash which was clinched by India after a tense bowl-out. India will take on Pakistan in the ongoing World T20 in Kolkata on Saturday, a match which has been billed as the marquee showdown of the tournament. "My best India v Pakistan moment is from our first match in the ICC World T20 2007, which was a tie. Nobody thought that the first encounter between the two countries in the first World T20, would be a tie. At the time, the rule was that if the match ended in a tie, it would go to a bowl-out," Sehwag said in a press release issued by 'Cricbuzz'.
It was India's third win in six one-day matches under Virender Sehwag's captaincy and that probably explained his jovial mood at the post match briefing. The stand-in skipper had no hesitation in giving his bowlers all the credit they deserved for the success.
With the first chance to qualifying for the IPL final slipping out of their grasp, Delhi Daredevils skipper Virender Sehwag has blamed his batting unit for failing to fire against Kolkata Knight Riders in the Qualifier.
The local favourite was seen in Team India tracksuit out in the middle at the lunch break.
He will be among 2,500 people, including eminent bureaucrats, top police officials, noted journalists, politicians and diplomatic corps, who will gather on the picturesque lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan for the 'At Home' function.
South Africa coach Corrie van Zyl conceded that the dashing opener's blitzkrieg disrupted his team's plans on Day 2 of the second Test against India.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid on Tuesday backed out-of-favour players like Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir who have been included in the India 'A' squad against visiting West Indies 'A' to get back to form and return to the Indian Test team.
Graeme Swann helped England restore parity on Day 1 of the opening Test against India at Motera on Thursday. The spinner struck at regular intervals to finish with figures of four for 85 and keep the visitors in the game after Virender Sehwag slammed his first century in two years. At stumps, the hosts were 323 for 4.
There aren't too many better exponents of explosive batting in shortest version than Glenn Maxwell but on his own admission, the Australian all-rounder feels that he is lucky to be playing alongside Kings XI Punjab teammate Virender Sehwag in the Indian Premier League.
Sehwag himself has admitted that Pakistan is his favourite team to make runs against.
