Happy Birthday Virender Sehwag: A Look At India Opener's Legendary Records - In Pics

In 2001, he made his Test debut against South Africa in Bloemfontein. In the game, the opener scored 105 runs in a losing effort for India. In 2013, he called his quits after a 12-year Test career.

The cricketer went on to amass over 16,000 runs for India across all formats, cementing his place in Indian cricket's pantheon.

Sehwag made his ODI debut against Pakistan in Mohali in 1999, and he also announced his retirement from the format 14 years later at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata.

He is the only player in Test cricket history to achieve two triple-hundreds, as well as the third fastest player to reach 7000 runs in the same format. He also holds a rare record of taking four catches as a substitute in a Test match. As a captain, Sehwag has the greatest number of runs (219) in an innings.

The former India opener amassed a total of 8,586 runs from 104 Tests he played at an average of 49.34 besides also scoring 8,273 runs from 251 ODIs. The former opener also appeared in 19 T20Is for India, accumulating 394 runs.