Virender Sehwag has done nothing much to write home ever since the hundred in the first Test against England in Ahmedabad in November.
For a man who started off as a middle-order batsman in 2001 in Bloemfontein, it was all about hand-eye co-ordination and keeping it simple that has earned him over 8,000 runs in Test cricket, of which close to 4,000 have come in foreign conditions.
Here is a timeline of his career.
2001: Sehwag made his Test debut in the first Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein as a middle-order batsman. He hit 105 on debut.
2002: Promoted to a makeshift-opener on the tour to England. He scored 84 in the new role at Lord's and then a century in the second Test at Trent Bridge.
2002-03: He scored his maiden century at home. He hit 147 against the West Indies in Mumbai.
2003: He scored 195 against Australia on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
2004: He became the only Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket, with 309 against Pakistan in the first Test in Multan.
2005: Became the fastest Indian to score 3000 runs in Test cricket after scoring 173, 81 and 201 in Bangalore against Pakistan. He passed the mark during the B'lore Test.
2006: Sehwag scored his first century in a year when he compiled 254 against Pakistan in the first Test in Lahore in January, the highest ever Test score at a strike rate of over 100 and the second fastest double century ever.
2007: Poor form saw Sehwag being dropped from the Test team.
2008: He scored a match-saving 151 in the second innings of the fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide after returning to the Test team.
2008: Sehwag scored 319 in the first Test against South Africa in Chennai, having reached 300 off just 278 balls, the fastest triple century in Test history.
2009: In the last Test match in Sri Lanka, he made 293. In this innings he established many records: - Scored the second fastest 200.
For a man who started off as a middle-order batsman in 2001 in Bloemfontein, it was all about hand-eye co-ordination and keeping it simple that has earned him over 8,000 runs in Test cricket, of which close to 4,000 have come in foreign conditions.
Here is a timeline of his career.
2001: Sehwag made his Test debut in the first Test against South Africa in Bloemfontein as a middle-order batsman. He hit 105 on debut.
2002: Promoted to a makeshift-opener on the tour to England. He scored 84 in the new role at Lord's and then a century in the second Test at Trent Bridge.
2002-03: He scored his maiden century at home. He hit 147 against the West Indies in Mumbai.
2003: He scored 195 against Australia on Boxing Day at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
2004: He became the only Indian to score a triple century in Test cricket, with 309 against Pakistan in the first Test in Multan.
2005: Became the fastest Indian to score 3000 runs in Test cricket after scoring 173, 81 and 201 in Bangalore against Pakistan. He passed the mark during the B'lore Test.
2006: Sehwag scored his first century in a year when he compiled 254 against Pakistan in the first Test in Lahore in January, the highest ever Test score at a strike rate of over 100 and the second fastest double century ever.
2007: Poor form saw Sehwag being dropped from the Test team.
2008: He scored a match-saving 151 in the second innings of the fourth Test against Australia in Adelaide after returning to the Test team.
2008: Sehwag scored 319 in the first Test against South Africa in Chennai, having reached 300 off just 278 balls, the fastest triple century in Test history.
2009: In the last Test match in Sri Lanka, he made 293. In this innings he established many records: - Scored the second fastest 200.
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