Virender Sehwag: The explosive Team India opener that would send shivers down the opponent bowlers. The critical man behind several success stories of the team, Viru exercised monumental feats in a match that would get the whole stadium up on their toes. A decade ago, he did the same in Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium.
In the test against Sri Lanka on 4th December 2009, Sehwag scored a blistering 293 off just 254 deliveries. The official Twitter of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rolled back the years and posted a clip showing Viru’s highlights from that match.
Enjoy the video below-
On this day, in 2009, Mr. Triple Ton @virendersehwag smashed his way to 293 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai 🙌🙌👏👏 #ThisDayThatYear
📽️Watch the full Video here📽️ https://t.co/fnnqPi9c0z pic.twitter.com/1qQFX5ACpG
— BCCI (@BCCI) December 4, 2019
Sehwag’s monumental score came in the form of 40 boundaries and 7 sixes, but was just shy of 7 runs from reaching a triple century. His first 100 came from came off of 101 balls and the second one from 168. This was the dashing hero’s last double century in test cricket.