So the man has done it again! The Nawab of Najabgarh has broken yet another record - and - with style.
24th February 2010 was when many of us thought we might have witnessed the single most brilliant One Day Innings ever. That was the master himself - Sachin's maiden double ton.
But how could you count his protege out?
A year and a half later, BANG. And the record books have Viru's name right up there as the Highest Scorer, now in both forms, Test and ODIs, for India.
219 of 149 balls. Those figures will be hard to erase. It was only appropriate that the first person to come out and officially congratulate Viru was Sachin himself.
It is important here, to note, that Viru has had come close to achieving this on more than one previous occasion. But the flamboyant Sehwag that he is, he always managed to get himself out before he could go finish the job. Not this time, and won't we remember that?
Here are some really amazing records Viru has to his name :
1. Fastest 250 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (207).
2. Fastest 300 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (278).
3. Most Test runs in a single day by an Indian. Sehwag made 257 in a day against SA in Chennai. He surpassed this in making 284 in a day against Sri Lanka. The latter was the second consecutive innings in which India scored more than 400 runs in a single day in Tests. Sehwag also made a century at faster than a run a ball on the previous occasion.
4. Only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries in Test cricket. He is one of the four batsman in the history of Test cricket to score two triple centuries, alongside Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, and the West Indies' Brian Lara and Chris Gayle.
5. Fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian – 100 runs off 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009.
6. Second fastest ODI 50 by an Indian. – a record, he shares with Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh – when he took 22 balls against Kenya in 2001
7. Six double centuries – the first three of which came against Pakistan. Greg Chappell and Thilan Samaraweera are the other players to have scored multiple double centuries against Pakistan (2). Sehwag and Tendulkar are the only Indians to have made six Test double centuries.
8. Highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He first achieved this when he scored 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004, and bettered his previous record in March 2008 at Chennai against South Africa by scoring 319.
9. Fastest triple century: His second triple century scored at Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 against South Africa was the fastest in terms of balls faced by any batsman (off 278 balls).
10. Consecutive 150+ scores in Test cricket: He holds the record for consecutive test hundreds converted to scores of 150+, at 11.
11. He is one of the only five players to have scored more test hundreds than test fifties (15c/14f), along with Don Bradman (29c/13f), Mohammad Azharuddin (22c/21f),Matthew Hayden (30c/27f) and Kevin Pietersen(13c/11f) as on 7 August 2008
12. Two consecutive double century partnerships in a Test innings. He achieved this record, for the first two wickets in Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 (with Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid respectively). This was the first time in Test history that the first two wickets in an innings have resulted in double-century stands. He equalled this in the innings against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, combining with Murali Vijay and Dravid for the first and second wickets.
13. He is the first person in the history of test cricket to hit two triple centuries and take five wickets in a Test innings.
With that kind of form, it will be quite amazing in a few days, Down Under.
24th February 2010 was when many of us thought we might have witnessed the single most brilliant One Day Innings ever. That was the master himself - Sachin's maiden double ton. But how could you count his protege out?
A year and a half later, BANG. And the record books have Viru's name right up there as the Highest Scorer, now in both forms, Test and ODIs, for India.
219 of 149 balls. Those figures will be hard to erase. It was only appropriate that the first person to come out and officially congratulate Viru was Sachin himself.
It is important here, to note, that Viru has had come close to achieving this on more than one previous occasion. But the flamboyant Sehwag that he is, he always managed to get himself out before he could go finish the job. Not this time, and won't we remember that?
Here are some really amazing records Viru has to his name :
1. Fastest 250 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (207).
2. Fastest 300 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (278).
3. Most Test runs in a single day by an Indian. Sehwag made 257 in a day against SA in Chennai. He surpassed this in making 284 in a day against Sri Lanka. The latter was the second consecutive innings in which India scored more than 400 runs in a single day in Tests. Sehwag also made a century at faster than a run a ball on the previous occasion.
4. Only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries in Test cricket. He is one of the four batsman in the history of Test cricket to score two triple centuries, alongside Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, and the West Indies' Brian Lara and Chris Gayle.
5. Fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian – 100 runs off 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009.
6. Second fastest ODI 50 by an Indian. – a record, he shares with Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh – when he took 22 balls against Kenya in 2001
7. Six double centuries – the first three of which came against Pakistan. Greg Chappell and Thilan Samaraweera are the other players to have scored multiple double centuries against Pakistan (2). Sehwag and Tendulkar are the only Indians to have made six Test double centuries.
8. Highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He first achieved this when he scored 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004, and bettered his previous record in March 2008 at Chennai against South Africa by scoring 319.
9. Fastest triple century: His second triple century scored at Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 against South Africa was the fastest in terms of balls faced by any batsman (off 278 balls).
10. Consecutive 150+ scores in Test cricket: He holds the record for consecutive test hundreds converted to scores of 150+, at 11.
11. He is one of the only five players to have scored more test hundreds than test fifties (15c/14f), along with Don Bradman (29c/13f), Mohammad Azharuddin (22c/21f),Matthew Hayden (30c/27f) and Kevin Pietersen(13c/11f) as on 7 August 2008
12. Two consecutive double century partnerships in a Test innings. He achieved this record, for the first two wickets in Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 (with Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid respectively). This was the first time in Test history that the first two wickets in an innings have resulted in double-century stands. He equalled this in the innings against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, combining with Murali Vijay and Dravid for the first and second wickets.
13. He is the first person in the history of test cricket to hit two triple centuries and take five wickets in a Test innings.
With that kind of form, it will be quite amazing in a few days, Down Under.
sehwag is the best cricketer than any othet cricketer in the world(including tendulkar)
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