Which English county did batting sensation Virender Sehwag join in the 2003 season?

Lancashire
Leicestershire
Yorkshire
Middlesex

The correct answer is: A. Lancashire

Virender Sehwag joined Lancashire in 2003 as their overseas player for the County Championship and NatWest Trophy. He scored 1,154 runs in 14 County Championship matches, including four centuries, and 415 runs in 10 NatWest Trophy matches, including two centuries. He was named Lancashire’s Player of the Year for 2003.

Lancashire is a county cricket club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is one of the 18 first-class counties that make up the English and Welsh Cricket Board (ECB). The club was founded in 1864 and has played at Old Trafford since 1864. Lancashire has won the County Championship eight times, the NatWest Trophy five times, and the One-Day Cup once.

Batting sensation Virender Sehwag is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian national team and Delhi in domestic cricket. He is a right-handed opening batsman and occasional right-arm off break bowler. Sehwag is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He is the only batsman to have scored three triple centuries in Test cricket, and he holds the record for the highest individual score in Test cricket, with 304 not out. Sehwag is also the only batsman to have scored a double century in both Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket. He is the leading run-scorer for India in both Test and ODI cricket.

In 2003, Sehwag was named the Wisden Cricketer of the Year. He was also named the ICC Test Player of the Year in 2004 and 2007. Sehwag retired from international cricket in 2013.