2004 - Sehwag has his troubles in ODIs, but Test cricket continues to be easy for him, as he batters the South African bowlers in the two-match home series. First, there's an insolent 164 in Kanpur followed by a typically belligerent 88 at the Eden Gardens.

2002 - With a place in the semi-finals at stake in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Sehwag smashes a 104-ball 126 v England at the R Premadasa Stadium to take India to the required 270 within 40 overs.

2001 - Asked to open the innings in the absence of Tendulkar, Sehwag hammers a 69-ball century against NZ at the SSC to easily steer India to the target of 265 and a place in the final of the Coca-Cola Cup.

2001 - Sehwag's first game-changing performance at the international level comes in an ODI v Australia in Bangalore. A Man of the Match performance - 58 (54) with bat & 9-0-59-3 with ball - snaps Australia's streak of 10 ODI wins.

1999 - Sehwag makes his first appearance at the international level, as an allrounder batting at No. 7, in an ODI v Pakistan in Mohali. The 20-year-old hardly looks athletic and flops with bat - 1 (2) and ball - 3-0-35-0.

2006 - After a string of listless performances, particularly in the DLF Cup, Sehwag is stripped of Test vice-captaincy. A disastrous SA tour ends with him back in the middle-order for the deciding Cape Town Test, after which he is left out of Tests for a year
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2006 - Sehwag and Rahul Dravid nearly break the record for the largest opening partnership in Tests, when they put on 410 on a featherbed in Lahore. They fall three short of the 50-year-old mark when a nick to the keeper ends Sehwag stay.

2004 - Sehwag has his troubles in ODIs, but Test cricket continues to be easy for him, as he batters the South African bowlers in the two-match home series. First, there's an insolent 164 in Kanpur followed by a typically belligerent 88 at the Eden Gardens.

2002 - With a place in the semi-finals at stake in the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, Sehwag smashes a 104-ball 126 v England at the R Premadasa Stadium to take India to the required 270 within 40 overs.

2001 - Asked to open the innings in the absence of Tendulkar, Sehwag hammers a 69-ball century against NZ at the SSC to easily steer India to the target of 265 and a place in the final of the Coca-Cola Cup.

2001 - Sehwag's first game-changing performance at the international level comes in an ODI v Australia in Bangalore. A Man of the Match performance - 58 (54) with bat & 9-0-59-3 with ball - snaps Australia's streak of 10 ODI wins.

1999 - Sehwag makes his first appearance at the international level, as an allrounder batting at No. 7, in an ODI v Pakistan in Mohali. The 20-year-old hardly looks athletic and flops with bat - 1 (2) and ball - 3-0-35-0.