Virender Sehwag was born on the 20th October 1978, in Najafgarh, Delhi, India, and is a former professional cricket player, who is most famous for being the captain of the Indian national cricket team, in addition to being one of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket. Virender was honored with the prestigious Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award twice in a row, in 2008 and 2009.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this “Zen master of modern cricket” has accumulated so far? How rich Virender Sehwag is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Sehwag’s net worth, as of mid-2017, exceeds the sum of $40 million, acquired primarily through his professional cricket career which was active between 1997 and 2015.
Virender Sehwag Net Worth $40 million
Virender is the third of four children of Krishna and Krishan Sehwag, and was raised in an extended family of grain merchants. Virender studied at Arora Vidya School, before he enrolled at and graduated from Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi, India. His interest in cricket dates back to an early age, when his father gave him a cricket bat as a gift.
Virender’s professional debut occurred in 1997 when he became a member of the Delhi cricket team. In the following season, he was selected to represent north India as the part of North Zone cricket team at a first-class cricket tournament – The Duleep Trophy – and was fifth on the overall run-scoring list. Later in 1998-99 season, Virander was selected for India’s national U19 team, with which he toured South Africa. All these ventures provided the basis for Virender Sehwag’s current net worth.
In 1999 Sehwag debuted in One Day Internationals (ODI), and the real breakthrough in his cricket career occurred on 2001, when he was chosen as a regular member of the national team, and immediately after contributed massively in India’s triumph against Australia. Later that year, Sehwag also debuted in Test cricket, and all these achievements helped Virender Sehwag to establish himself as a prominent player in the world of cricket, leading him to earning an impressive amount of wealth.
Managing to keep a continuous streak of above averageperformances, Sehwag became one of the best Indian cricket players as well as the captain of the Delhi Daredevils, helping them to record notable achievements in the Indian Premier League. In 2005, Virender participated in the ICC Super Series, while in 2008 he became the only Indian ever to behonored with the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award. In late 2015, Sehwag officially announced that he is retiring from all forms of cricket, including the Indian Premier League of T20 cricket.
In his career, Sehwag played in 104 tests, with a batting average of just under 50, including 23 centuries with a top score of 319. In 251 ODIs, he scored 15 hundreds at an average of 35, with his top score being 219.
Virender will stay remembered for his rather aggressive and extremely destructive attacking batting style, setting several records in Indian as well as international cricket, earning the nickname of “Zen master of modern cricket”. Doubtlessly, all these accomplishments helped Sehwag to add a significant sum to the total of his wealth.
When it comes to his personal life, Virender has been married since 2004 to Aarti Ahlawat, with whom he has two sons.
Apart from all those already mentioned above, Sehwag is the founder of Sehwag International School – an institution where young people can dedicate themselves to studying as well as playing sports. In January 2017, Virender was a guest star on the Indian Idol TV reality show.
