5 lesser known facts about Virender Sehwag

Baby Viru with his mother

#5 Banned on Debut

The ban came after he dazzled onlookers with a superb century on debut

Its surprising to believe that a humble man like Viru did also get banned.

Virender Sehwag was banned on his debut test match against South Africa in 2001 for over appealing by umpire Mike Denness. Sehwag scored a century on his debut, but was unfortunately banned on debut and couldn’t play the next match.

But this guy, despite a shocking start to the career is the only Indian Cricketer and the 3rd batsman to have 2 triple centuries in test cricket.

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