Sehwag hits 2nd fastest double ton
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December 4, 2009, Friday
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VIRENDER Sehwag flayed Sri Lanka's attack to hit the second fastest double century and put India in control of the third and final test against Sri Lanka in Mumbai yesterday.
The opener plundered an astonishing unbeaten 284 on the second day and is 16 runs short of becoming the first player to hit three triple test centuries.
Sehwag, who has hit three of the four fastest double hundreds in tests, shared in double century partnerships with Murali Vijay (87) and Rahul Dravid (62 not out) to help India overtake Sri Lanka's first-innings 393 on the second day. India was 443 for one at stumps for a lead of 50 as it recorded its highest score in a day.
Sehwag, 31, tore into the bowling on a Brabourne Stadium pitch that offered bounce as he lashed 40 fours and seven sixes in a spectacular knock for his sixth score of 200 or more. It was his 17th test century but he missed emulating Australian Don Bradman's feat of being the only player to score a triple hundred in a day.
Sehwag reached his double hundred in 168 deliveries - New Zealand's Nathan Astle holds the record for the fastest in 153 balls - and passed the 6,000-run mark in test cricket. He shared in a scintillating 221-run opening wicket stand with Vijay and an unbroken 222 for the next with Dravid to dampen Sri Lanka's hopes of recording a series-levelling victory with a first test win on Indian soil.
Vijay, playing in only his second test, had a few tentative early moments but displayed a range of shots in front of the wicket once he settled to register his maiden test fifty.
Vijay, a replacement for Gautam Gambhir after the regular opener withdrew from the test to attend his sister's wedding, fell LBW to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.
Sehwag, who revels in conditions that allow the ball to come on to the bat, took advantage of the bounce offered by the pitch to play some spectacular drives and cuts off the pace bowlers.
The Delhi batsman was just as brutal on master spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, striking him for a straight six and a series of boundaries as he participated in a double-century opening wicket stand for a second successive test.
Muralitharan, world record holder for most wickets in both test and one-day cricket, is playing in his last overseas test after announcing he would retire from the traditional form of the game at the end of next year. He conceded 119 runs off 20 overs without taking a wicket.
The opener plundered an astonishing unbeaten 284 on the second day and is 16 runs short of becoming the first player to hit three triple test centuries.
Sehwag, who has hit three of the four fastest double hundreds in tests, shared in double century partnerships with Murali Vijay (87) and Rahul Dravid (62 not out) to help India overtake Sri Lanka's first-innings 393 on the second day. India was 443 for one at stumps for a lead of 50 as it recorded its highest score in a day.
Sehwag, 31, tore into the bowling on a Brabourne Stadium pitch that offered bounce as he lashed 40 fours and seven sixes in a spectacular knock for his sixth score of 200 or more. It was his 17th test century but he missed emulating Australian Don Bradman's feat of being the only player to score a triple hundred in a day.
Sehwag reached his double hundred in 168 deliveries - New Zealand's Nathan Astle holds the record for the fastest in 153 balls - and passed the 6,000-run mark in test cricket. He shared in a scintillating 221-run opening wicket stand with Vijay and an unbroken 222 for the next with Dravid to dampen Sri Lanka's hopes of recording a series-levelling victory with a first test win on Indian soil.
Vijay, playing in only his second test, had a few tentative early moments but displayed a range of shots in front of the wicket once he settled to register his maiden test fifty.
Vijay, a replacement for Gautam Gambhir after the regular opener withdrew from the test to attend his sister's wedding, fell LBW to left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.
Sehwag, who revels in conditions that allow the ball to come on to the bat, took advantage of the bounce offered by the pitch to play some spectacular drives and cuts off the pace bowlers.
The Delhi batsman was just as brutal on master spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, striking him for a straight six and a series of boundaries as he participated in a double-century opening wicket stand for a second successive test.
Muralitharan, world record holder for most wickets in both test and one-day cricket, is playing in his last overseas test after announcing he would retire from the traditional form of the game at the end of next year. He conceded 119 runs off 20 overs without taking a wicket.
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