India vs Sri Lanka: Sehwag smashes to create history
As the day one ended for Sri Lanka with 366/8, the day 2 began with a weak performance and were all out for 393 and left India to take over the ground.
The Indian opening duo Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay stood steadily making the Lankan team suffer under the sun. Vijay made 87 runs before he was bowled by Herath. Sehwag was quick with runs and made 100 runs from 101 balls like in ODI’s.
Dravid gave a strong hand to Sehwag after Vijay. Dravid remained unbeaten with 62 runs.
Statistics:
- Rahul Dravid, with an unbroken double century stand with Virender Sehwag, became the first batsman to be involved in 80 century stands of 100 or more.
- Dravid and Sehwag shared an unbroken second-wicket stand of 222 for the second wicket, India’s second best against Sri Lanka, next only to the 232 between S Ramesh and Dravid at Colombo SSC in 1998-99.
- With two double century partnerships for the first and second wickets, Sehwag now shares 10 such stands in Tests. His tally includes an Indian record of six stands for the first wicket.
- Sehwag’s third hundred against Sri Lanka is his 17th Test century in Tests – his ninth at home.
- Sehwag has registered his double century in 168 balls and his feat is the second fastest in Test records. Nathan Astle holds a world record, reaching the double century off just 153 balls against England at Christchurch in 2001-02.
- Virender Sehwag has reached his 250 off 207 balls, bettering his own record off reaching the feat off 225 balls against South Africa during his triple century (319) in the 2007-08 Chennai Test.
- Sehwag became the first batsman to make 200 runs in a day three times for India.
- During the course of his unbeaten double hundred, Sehwag has become the ninth Indian batsman to aggregate 6,000 runs or more in Tests.
- With 284 runs in a day’s play, Sehwag has established an Indian record for most runs in a day’s play – the third best in Test records – Australia’s Don Bradman (309) is the only one to make 300 runs in a day’s play against England at Leeds in 1930, followed by 295 by England’s Wally Hammond against New Zealand at Auckland in 1932-33.
- Sehwag’s distinction of completing 6,000 runs in 123 innings is the third fastest by an Indian player, next only to the 117 innings taken by Sunil Gavaskar and 120 by Sachin Tendulkar.
- Sehwag, for the first time, has registered seven sixes in an innings and became the first Indian to reach a tally of 75 sixes.
- Virender Sehwag’s unbeaten 284 off 239 balls is the highest individual innings by an Indian batsman against Sri Lanka, outstripping his own record of 201 not out at Galle in 2008.
- Sehwag is the only Indian batsman to register two double hundreds against Sri Lanka.
- Sehwag’s outstanding knock of 284 not out is the third best against Sri Lanka, next only to the 313 by Younis Khan for Pakistan at Karachi in February this year and 299 by Martin Crowe (New Zealand) at Wellington in January/ February 1991.
- Sehwag’s aforesaid innings is the highest by any batsman at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai. The first two batsmen to make double hundreds at this venue are – Vinoo Mankad – 223 against New Zealand in 1955-56 and Dilip Sardesai – 200 not out against New Zealand in 1964-65.
- Sehwag’s knock included 40 fours and seven sixes which means 202 runs through boundaries. He is the first Indian batsman to make 200 runs through boundaries. Sehwag surpassed his own record of 198 (42 fours and five sixes) during his innings of 319 against South Africa at Chennai in 2007-08.
- Sehwag has now recorded four innings of 250-plus – a tally exceeded only by Sir Donald Bradman (5).
- India (443) have posted their highest total in a day’s play, eclipsing the 417 for the loss of two wickets on the first day of the Kanpur Test against Sri Lanka last week.
- Angelo Matthews became the 14th batsman and the second Sri Lankan after Mahela Jayawardene (vs. West Indies at Galle in 2001-02) to be dismissed on 99 (run out).
- Matthews became the first batsman to be dismissed on 99 in a Test match for Sri Lanka against India. Overall, Matthews is the third Sri Lankan after Russell Arnold (vs. Pakistan) and Mahela Jayawardene (vs. West Indies) to miss a Test hundred by one run.
- Vijay (87) has posted his highest innings – his first fifty in Tests.
- Pragyan Ojha (3/101) has registered his best bowling performance in Tests.
