The Best from Viru!!

Virender Sehwag is not only known for his explosive batting and hitting. But, the real reason behind his greatness is the important knocks that he has played for his team. So far, he has 23 Test centuries and 15 ODI centuries. His great hitting has often helped India post some big targets and some of the times very huge and mammoth targets too. Some of Viru's memorable knocks are listed below:

Best from the Test

• 195 vs Australia: It was the third test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2003/04 played at the MCG. Viru's knock of 195 is one of the finest knocks in Test cricket because he played this important innings on a bouncy pitch of Australia.  

Virender Sehwag 309 vs Pakistan.

• 309 vs Pakistan: In the Test match against Pakistan which started on 28th April 2004 in Multan, Sehwag did the unpredictable. He became the first ever Indian cricketer to score a triple century. One amazing incident of this innings is when Sehwag was batting on 295. The bowler was Saqlain Mushtaq. Sehwag was thinking of hitting a six. But Sachin(who was batting on 120) ordered him not to do so. Sachin said "You will not hit a six or I will hit you on your bum." But Sehwag did not cared and he did the unbelievable. He smashed the ball for six to complete his triple century. He scored 309 with 6 sixes in the memorable innings. After that he was given the name 'Multan ka Sultan'.
• 319 vs South Africa: It was the first test of the Test series against South Africa which started on 26th March 2008 at the  M Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. In this match on 28th March, Sehwag scored his second triple century. Against the most powerful bowling attack of the world, Sehwag did the unimaginable. He not only scored a 300, but he scored a 300 off just 278 balls, the fastest triple century. He got out on 319 giving an easy catch to Neil Mckenzie to slips. It was very unfortunate because he had a chance of scoring a 400. His innings included 42 fours and 5 sixes.
• 293 vs Sri LANKA: This knock was an important one. Sri Lanka batted first and posted a big total of 393. But Sehwag's 293 made it look small. Viru's knock helped India post a mammoth total of 726. India won it by an innings and 24 runs. But, it is significant because of some other reason. After the win, India became the top ranked Test team, a feat every team wants to achieve.

Sehwag and Gambhir celebrate after India reached 200 vs New Zealand.

The One-Day DHAMAKA!!!

• 126 vs England: This knock came in the 2002 Champions Trophy. Played in Colombo, England put up a target of 270. A target of 270 or above was never chased before at that ground. But Viru & Dada's 192 run opening partnership helped India chase down the target in 39.3 overs only. Viru scored 126 off 104 balls with a SR of 121.15 which included 21 fours and a six.
• 125* vs New Zealand: Played on 11 March 2009, the match was a rain affected game. Batting second, India needed to chase down 271. Gauti and Viru together scored an 201 runs in 23.3 overs before rain interrupted the game. By the Duckworth-Lewis method, India were 84 runs ahead of the par score and hence, they won it by 84 runs. In this match, Viru scored the fastest 100 by an Indian in just 60 balls. He scored 125* off 106 with a massive SR of 168.91.
• 146 vs Sri LANKA: In this match, the contribution of Viru helped India post their highest score in One Day history. He scored 146 off 102 with 17 fours and 6 sixes. India won the match by just 3 runs and Viru was named the Man of the Match.
• 175 vs Bangladesh: In this first match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 played at Dhaka, Sehwag scored a very important knock of 175 as it gave India a very excellent start in the World Cup that India won and made the people of the country proud.
• 219 vs West Indies: This innings needs no explanation. After the GOD Sachin Tendulkar, Sehwag became the second cricketer to score a double hundred in One Day International. Captaining the side, Viru scored 219 in 149 balls with 25 fours and 7 sixes. Sehwag unfortunately got out in the 47th over or else, he was going to score even bigger.

  

  Sehwag celebrates his Double Century vs West Indies on 8 December 2011.

   

Viru has played many more important, big and memorable knocks and these were the collection of only some of the best knocks played by our Champ VIRENDER SEHWAG.