We all know who is VIRENDER SEHWAG. One of the most experienced player in the current lot of Indian Team, Always known for his attacking style of batting he is one of the most feared batsmen by any bowler around the world. It is always evident from the face of the bowler and the opposition team captain when playing against Sehwag what is the amount of stress they are facing. Here we are going to see some of the Records of Virender Sehwag.Virender Sehwag is often noted for his extremely attacking style of batting, and in 2005 he was described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as the "most exciting opener in the world". His attacking style can be well noted from his Strike Rate of 80+ in tests as well 100+ strike rate in both the formats of Limited Overs Game. Also he is having the highest Strike Rate in the history of IPL.

Records Of Virender Sehwag

• Highest individual score in history in an ODI match 219 against West Indies on 8 December 2011 at Indore, surpassing previous record by Sachin Tendulkar (200)*.
• Fastest 250 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (207).
• Fastest 300 in Test cricket in terms of balls faced (278).
• Most Test runs in a single day by an Indian. Sehwag made 257 in a day against SA in Chennai. He surpassed this in making 284 in a day against Sri Lanka. The latter was the second consecutive innings in which India scored more than 400 runs in a single day in Tests. Sehwag also made a century at faster than a run a ball on the previous occasion.
• 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.
• Second fastest century in ODI cricket by an Indian – 100 runs off 60 balls against New Zealand in 2009, after Virat Kohli - 100 runs off 52 balls against Australia in 2013.
• Second fastest ODI 50 by an Indian. – a record, he shares with Rahul Dravid, Kapil Dev and Yuvraj Singh – when he took 22 balls against Kenya in 2001
• Six double centuries – the first three of which came against Pakistan. Greg Chappell and Thilan Samaraweera are the other players to have scored multiple double centuries against Pakistan (2). Sehwag and Tendulkar are the only Indians to have made six Test double centuries.
• Highest score by an Indian batsman in Test cricket. He first achieved this when he scored 309 against Pakistan in Multan in 2004, and bettered his previous record in March 2008 at Chennai against South Africa by scoring 319.
• Fastest triple century: His second triple century scored at Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 against South Africa was the fastest in terms of balls faced by any batsman (off 278 balls).
• Consecutive 150+ scores in Test cricket: He holds the record for consecutive test hundreds converted to scores of 150+, at 11.
• Two consecutive double century partnerships in a Test innings. He achieved this record, for the first two wickets in Chennai on 27–28 March 2008 (with Wasim Jaffer and Rahul Dravid respectively). This was the first time in Test history that the first two wickets in an innings have resulted in double-century stands. He equalled this in the innings against Sri Lanka in Mumbai, combining with Murali Vijay and Dravid for the first and second wickets.
• He is the first person in the history of test cricket to hit two triple centuries and take five wickets in a Test innings.
• He had launched the first five of India's innings in 2011 World Cup by hitting the first ball for four. The suffering bowlers were Shafiul Islam, Jimmy Anderson, Boyd Rankin, Mudassar Bukhari and Dale Steyn.

-SREERAG NAMBIAR

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