Defining Sehwagology

Virender Sehwag, a name which bowlers do really fear and more so when he is standing set on the crease. It has happened in the past when Sehwag has got out playing untimely shots in tests and has been overly criticized by everyone around. But since his return in 2008 against Australia in the Perth test match, Sehwag has been a gem of a player. Surprisingly since his return he has scored more runs than anybody around and furthermore he has played the least number of innings than anybody in the top 5. Sehwag since his return in 2008 has scored 2093 runs in 36 innings and has averaged 59.80 during his run-fest which is quite better than his overall test record. The best part though is his strike rate – 91.71 and keeping no qualifications in amount of runs scored, Sehwag still has the best with Albie Morkel of South Africa following him having a strike of 81.69 which is accounted from just one innings of 58! Considering more records galore, after Don Bradman, Sehwag is the only other batsman to account 4 250+ scores. Sir Don had 5 in his bank and sir’s record duly looks not far off Sehwag’s reach. Again coming back to the time since his return in 2008, Sehwag has scored the most 200+ scores (3) and most 250+ scores (2) too and a...