After former India opener Virender Sehwag was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame on Monday, the celebrities of Indian cricket staff summed up their impression of the cricket nice in a single phrase. “Destructive,” stated all-rounder Hardik Pandya whereas “fearless” was the phrase utilized by batter Suryakumar Yadav in Sehwag’s reward. “Flamboyant,” stated Shubman Gill whereas Ravindra Jadeja referred to as Sehwag “dangerous”. The International Cricket Council (ICC) took to social media to publish the video with the caption: “Hall of Fame inductee Virender Sehwag summed up in a word.”

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One of essentially the most damaging batters of the trendy period, Sehwag donned India colors between 1999 and 2013.

Sehwag scored a complete of 23 Test centuries throughout his illustrious profession — the fifth most by an India males’s participant.

His highest rating of 319 in opposition to South Africa in Chennai in 2008 is the most effective of any Indian participant ever.

He collected 8,586 runs from 104 Tests at a mean of 49.34. He additionally took 40 wickets throughout his Test profession which spanned from 2001-2013.

But it wasn’t simply in opposition to the red-ball that Sehwag thrived, with the dynamic right-hander simply as efficient in opposition to the white-ball with an equally imposing file at ODI degree.

The batter from Delhi, now 45, totalled 8,273 runs for India in 50-over cricket at a mean of 35.05 and his 219 in opposition to the West Indies in Indore in 2011 stays the third-highest rating achieved by a male cricketer in ODI.

He additionally has 96 wickets in his kitty from the 251 ODIs he performed between 1999 and 2013.

Sehwag additionally performed a pivotal function in serving to India declare their second World Cup title in 2011, together with his 380 runs for the match, the seventh-best for any participant throughout the match.

In the 19 T20 Internationals he performed, Sehwag scored 394 runs at a mean of 21.88.

(With PTI Inputs)

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