Thursday 16 April 2015

The Nawab of Unique Records!

Virender Sehwag is the holder of many records... some of them are very very rare and unique. Some of the records are listed below. Hope you'll enjoy reading it:

Test Records
  • Viru has scored the fastest 300 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (278).
  • Viru is the 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.
    Sehwag is the only Indian to score two triple centuries. No other Indian has made even one triple century.
  • He holds the record for consecutive test hundreds converted to scores of 150+, at 11.
  • In December 2009 Sehwag scored 284 in a day against Sri Lanka in a Test, the most by an Indian.
  • Six double centuries – Sehwag and Tendulkar are the only Indians to have made six Test double centuries.
  • He is the first person in the history of test cricket to hit two triple centuries and take five wickets in a Test innings.
One-Day Records
  • Second fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian- 100 off 60 balls.
  • He is the second cricketer to score a 200 in ODI cricket. He scored 219 which remained the highest score in ODI cricket for 3 years.
    Sehwag scored 219 in 149 balls vs West Indies.
  • He had launched the first five of India's innings in 2011 World Cup by hitting the first ball for four. The bowlers who suffered this were Shafiul Islam (bangladesh), James Anderson (England), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Mudassar Bukhari (Netherlands) and Dale Steyn (South Africa).


Non-International Feats
  • Sehwag's score of 122 vs CSK is the second highest score in IPL by an Indian.
  • He is the only batsman in T20 history to score five consecutive fifties.
  • Sehwag has made two 100s in IPL, a feat achieved by few cricketers.
  • Sehwag played in the Lords' Bicentenary match played between MCC vs RoW. 
Sehwag plays a shot during the Lords' Bicentenary Match.
SOME OTHER GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
  • Sehwag received Padma Shree Award in 2010
    Sehwag receiving the Padma Shree in 2010.
  • He has been awarded the Wisden Cricketer of the Year two times.


  • Sehwag has many more records and it is not wrong to say that Viru is the NAWAB of Unique Records!

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