Sehwag Scorches West Indies With A Double Century at Indore

In a scintillating display of hyper-aggressive batting, Virendra Sehwag scored a blistering 219 off 149 balls in the fourth One Day International against West Indies at Holkar Stadium, Indore.

Sachin Tendulkar is the only other batsman to have scored a double century in ODI’s; Sachin scored 200 not out against South Africa in Gwalior on 24th February 2010.

In today’s match, Sehwag’s first 50 were from 41 balls; his first hundred came from 69 balls – meaning the second 50 of his innings were off just 28 balls! He crossed 150 in 112 balls and completed the double century in 140 balls.

He was finally out – in the bowling of Kieron Pollard – for 219 scored off 149 balls. His phenomenal, record-breaking knock consisted of 25 boundaries and 7 sixers.

This is the 15th time that Sehwag has put on record a three-digit score in ODI’s.

Sehwag with scores of 22, 26 and 0 in the first three ODI’s against West Indies would hardly have been a source of concern to the West Indians when the match started. Yet, Virendra Sehwag has proved himself to be a bowler’s nightmare once again.

Barring a ‘life’ when he was on 170 and Darren Sammy dropped a rather easy catch, Sehwag’s knock was simply unblemished. It was a historic treat to watch Sehwag go on a rampage.

Sehwag’s double century has given India the formidable total of 418 (for 5 wickets in 50 overs at a run rate of 8.36)

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