Virender Sehwag

Some unknown facts about Virender Sehwag

• Does Virender Sehwag smoke?: No

• Does Virender Sehwag drink alcohol?: Yes

• During his training days in Delhi, he used to go to Firoz Shah Kotla stadium on Bajaj Chetak scooter.

•  In his debut test match,  a match ban was given to him because for excessive appealing.

• He just loves to eat “Kheer.”

• He is the only Indian player and 3rd in the world to score 2 triple centuries in Test matches.

• He holds the record to make the fastest triple century in Test cricket.

• He made more centuries than half centuries in Test cricket.

• He completed his triple century in Multan, 2004 by hitting six, he was too brave to do that.

• In World Cup 2011, he smashed 4 of first ball in 5 matches. (Only cricketer to do so in World Cup).

• He believes hitting boundary on first ball! Rather then settling down by defending, he believes in thrashing the confidence of the bowler by hitting boundary of the first ball.

• He has his own boarding school & sports academy in Jhajjar, Haryana (outskirts of Gurgaon) named “Sehwag International School”.

• He has undergone hair transplant as he got bald.

• Virender Sehwag was inducted into the International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame along with Diana Edulji and Aravinda de Silva on 13 November 2023.

  

• In January 2025, news began to circulate that he and his wife had decided to separate. Speculation arose after close family members revealed that the couple had been living apart for several months and had unfollowed each other on social media. In October 2024, during Diwali, Virendra shared a picture of himself with their children, but his wife was not included in the photo.