Multan ka Sultan retires from the International cricket

India’s talented and superstar opener Virender Sehwag announced his retirement from cricket. The aggressive cricketer will not feature in the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and will quit playing domestic cricket at the end of the season.

Here are some of the statistics related to Virender Sehwag’s career:

Sehwag made his debut for the Indian cricket team:1999

Tests: 104

ODIs:  251

T20Is:19

Apart from this, Sehwag was part of the Indian team which reached the 2003 World Cup final, won the ICC World T20 in 2007 and won the World Cup in 2011.

In his illustrious career he holds record to several superb innings which needs to be mentioned. Some of the innings were helpful in India’s victory against the opponent, be it Pakistan or Sri Lanka or West Indies. Read to know more about them

1.       It was the year 2004 when India went on a tour to Pakistan in 15 years. Viru (as he is fondly called) became the first ever Indian to score a triple-hundred, on the second day of the first Test at Multan. Pakistani, despite having the likes of Shoaib Akthar, Mohammad Sami and Saqlain Mushtaq, couldn't control Sehwag from scoring 309 runs.

2.       Virender Sehwag recorded the highest ever individual score in ODI cricket, by smashing a 149-ball 219 against West Indies. This was the year of 2011. He surpassed Sachin Tendulkar, who scored an unbeaten 200 against South Africa at Gwalior. It was only the second time that a player had scored a double-century in ODIs.

3.       In Test cricket versus Sri Lanka ta the Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium in the year 2009, Virender Sehwag made293 runs and made the opponents score look little in front of his whooping runs! Although he couldn’t complete his triple century.

It was in Chennai, in the year 2008 when Virender Sehwag blasted the South African bowlers to register his highest ever score in cricket in the first Test match. He hit 42 fours and five sixes to register a 278-ball triple-hundred (319). It was the fastest ever in the history of Test cricket.

4.       In the year of 2014, Virender Sehwag proved his ability in Indian Premier League too! Before IPL-7 began, Sehwag wasn't doing all that well even in the domestic circuit. However, after Kings XI Punjab roped him in, he repaid their trust by scoring a magnificent 122 off just 68 balls to put the total out of Chennai Super Kings reach in the Qualifier 2 match. In the end, the knock of 122 runs proved vital as CSK came close to KXIP's total.