List of international cricket centuries by Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag.
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An innings-by-innings breakdown of Sehwag's Test match batting career, showing runs scored (red bars) and the average of the last ten innings (blue line)

Virender Sehwag is an Indian cricketer whose aggressive batting has found success at the top of the batting order.[1] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs) on 23 occasions in Test cricket and in 15 One Day International (ODI) matches but is yet to score a century in a Twenty20 international.[1][2]

In Tests, Sehwag has scored centuries against all the Test-cricket playing nations except Bangladesh and Zimbabwe, and is sixth on the list of leading Test century makers for India.[3] In 2001, he became the eleventh Indian player to score a century on Test debut, with 105 runs against South Africa.[4] His centuries have been scored at fourteen cricket grounds, eight of which were outside India. He has made six scores of 200 runs or more, the most by an Indian batsman,[5] of which a record three have come against Pakistan.[Notes 1][6][7] One such innings, the 254 in Lahore, had him involved in a 410-run partnership with Rahul Dravid, which came within 3 runs of breaking the record for the highest first-wicket partnership in Tests, set by Pankaj Roy and Vinoo Mankad.[8] The innings took only 247 balls and was the highest score at faster than a run a ball.[9] Sehwag is the only Indian to have scored a triple century (300 or more runs), and has done so twice—309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004 and 319 against South Africa in Chennai in 2008.[10] The latter is the fastest triple century in Test cricket, the 300 coming up off just 278 balls, and is also the highest score with a strike rate over 100.[11] It was also rated as one of the top 10 Test innings of all time by the ICC rankings, and received special mention along with his 201* in Galle, in which he carried his bat as he was named the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2008.[12] He is one of the only four batsmen to score two triple centuries, alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Brian Lara and Chris Gayle.[1] He scored 12 centuries that have been converted to scores of 150 or greater, a record for the most consecutive hundreds of over 150.[13][14] He has been dismissed fivetimes in the nineties.[15]

In ODIs, Sehwag has scored centuries against six opponents. His maiden century was made against New Zealand at the Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo in 2001. He has scored a record five centuries in matches between them and India.[16] One such century in Hamilton in 2009 was the fastest by an Indian, coming from 60 deliveries.[17] He is third in the list of leading century-makers in ODIs for India.[18] Of these centuries, five were scored at home grounds and eight were at away (opposition's home) or neutral venues. His highest score of 219, the second highest ODI score for India, [19] was made against the West Indies at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore. He has been dismissed five times in the nineties.[20]

Test centuries

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Sehwag batting in the nets
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MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, where Sehwag got his highest score, 319, versus South Africa
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai where Sehwag's Test double century ensured India became No. 1 in the ICC Test Championship for the first time.

Key:

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Test The number of the Test matches played in that series
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings in the Test match
H/A The venue was at home (India) or away.
Lost The match was lost by India.
Won The match was won by India.
Draw The match was drawn.
No. Score Against Pos.Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 105  South Africa 6 1 1/2 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein Away 3 November 2001 Lost[21]
2 106  England 2 1 2/4 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Away 8 August 2002 Draw[22]
3 147  West Indies 2 1 1/3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Home 9 October 2002 Won[23]
4 130  New Zealand 2 2 2/2 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home 18 October 2003 Draw[24]
5 195  Australia 2 1 3/4 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Away 26 December 2003 Lost[25]
6 309  Pakistan 2 1 1/3 Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Away 28 March 2004 Won[26]
7 155  Australia 2 2 2/4 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home 15 October 2004 Draw[27]
8 164  South Africa 1 2 1/2 Green Park, Kanpur Home 23 November 2004 Draw[28]
9 173  Pakistan 2 2 1/3 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Home 10 March 2005 Draw[29]
10 201  Pakistan 2 2 3/3 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Home 26 March 2005 Lost[30]
11 254  Pakistan 1 2 1/3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away 16 January 2006 Draw[31]
12 180  West Indies 2 1 2/4 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet Away 10 June 2006 Draw[32]
13 151  Australia 1 3 4/4 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 28 January 2008 Draw[33]
14 319  South Africa 2 2 1/3 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Home 28 March 2008 Draw[34]
15 201*  Sri Lanka 2 1 2/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 31 July 2008 Won[35]
16 131  Sri Lanka 2 1 2/3 Green Park, Kanpur Home 24 November 2009 Won[36]
17 293  Sri Lanka 2 1 3/3 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Home 3 December 2009 Won[37]
18 109  South Africa 2 1 1/2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur Home 8 February 2010 Lost[38]
19 165  South Africa 2 1 2/2 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Home 15 February 2010 Won[39]
20 109  Sri Lanka 2 2 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 20 July 2010 Lost[40]
21109  Sri Lanka 2 2 3/3 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Away 5 August 2010 Won[41]
22173  New Zealand 2 1 1/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home 4 November 2010 Draw[42]
23117  England 2 1 1/4 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Home 15 November 2012 Won

ODI centuries

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The Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad, where Sehwag made his fourth highest ODI score
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The Queen's Park Oval in the Port of Spain, where Sehwag made a century in the 2007 World Cup

Key:

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Pos. His position in the batting order
Inn. Innings in the match
H/A/N Whether the venue was at home (India), away (opposition's home) or neutral.
S/R His strike rate
Lost The match was lost by India.
Won The match was won by India.
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 100  New Zealand 2 2 142.85 Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo Neutral 2 August 2001 Won[43]
2 126  England 1 2 121.15 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Neutral 22 September 2002 Won[44]
3 114*  West Indies 2 2 139.02 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Home 12 November 2002 Won[45]
4 108  New Zealand 2 2 90.75 McLean Park, Napier Away 29 December 2002 Lost[46]
5 112  New Zealand 2 2 80.57 Eden Park, Auckland Away 11 January 2003 Won[47]
6 130  New Zealand 1 1 97.01 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Home 15 November 2003 Won[48]
7 108  Pakistan 1 1 113.68 Nehru Stadium, Kochi Home 2 April 2005 Won[49]
8 114  Bermuda 3 1 131.03 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Neutral 19 March 2007 Won[50]
9 119  Pakistan 2 2 125.26 National Stadium, Karachi Away 26 June 2008 Won[51]
10 116  Sri Lanka 1 1 128.80 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Away 3 February 2009 Won[52]
11 125*  New Zealand 2 2 168.91 Seddon Park, Hamilton Away 11 March 2009 Won[53]
12 146  Sri Lanka 1 1 143.13 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot Home 15 December 2009 Won[54]
13 110  New Zealand 1 1 118.2 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Neutral 25 August 2010 Won[55]
14 175  Bangladesh 1 1 125 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away 19 February 2011 Won[56]
15 219  West Indies 2 1 146.97 Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore Home 8 December 2011 Won[57]

Notes

  1. ↑ Greg Chappell and Thilan Samaraweera are the only other cricketers with multiple double centuries against Pakistan: they have scored two each.

References

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  2. ↑ "Virender Sehwag". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  3. ↑ "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds in a career for India". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2008.
  4. ↑ "Records – Test matches – Hundred on debut". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Cricinfo Statsguru – Most double centuries by an Indian batsman". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  6. ↑ "Batting records – Test matches – Statsguru – Double centuries against Pakistan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "Most Double centuries as opener – Statsguru". Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  8. ↑ Saimuddin, Osman. "Wisden – Pakistan v India, 2005–06". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
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  13. ↑ Monga, Sidharth. "Sri Lanka v India, 2nd Test, Galle, 2nd day Report". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  14. ↑ "Inconsistent Sehwag a consistent 150-plus scorer". cricket.expressindia.com. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
  15. ↑ "Statsguru – Virender Sehwag 90s". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
  16. ↑ "Cricket Records – India v New Zealand – One-Day Internationals – Most hundreds". Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
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  22. ↑ "2nd Test: England v India at Nottingham, August 8–12, 2002". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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  32. ↑ "2nd Test: West Indies v India at Gros Islet, June 10–14, 2006". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 July 2009.
  33. ↑ "4th Test: Australia v India at Adelaide, January 24–28, 2008". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
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