Sehwag and his Record Double century 293

Sehwag and his Record Double century 293England           Leeds      20-Jul-34
It was on the 2nd of Dec 2009 when the 3rd TestV Sehwag      257       India  v South
match between Sri Lanka and India started. It wasAfrica       Chennai  26-Mar-08
Cricket India hero who contributed to the most ofIt wasn’t any easy for the Sri Lankan players to
the scores, guess who, it was none other thanstop Sehwag from hitting centuries. It looked like
Sehwag! It wasn’t a very difficult task for himthey were in the battlefield fighting against Sehwag
to score double century, he was just 16 runs awayfrom scoring his runs. With 40 Boundary Shots and 7
from creating a record of completing his tripleover the ropes, Sehwag managed to score 293 runs.
century on that day of the match.He backed by not scoring just 7 runs which would
After Bradman from Australia, and Hammond fromhave led him to complete his triple century. It was a
England, it’s Sehwag who scored a doublevery good score to hit 284 runs from 239 balls on
century of 284 in a day’s match and with this hethe first day of the match and 293 out of 254 balls
has bagged the third place in the history of centuries.within the second day. With this he nearly became
Below is the list of most runs scored by a player in athe first Indian cricketer to score three triple
day’s game:hundreds before falling seven-run short of the mark.
Player            Runs    Team      People from India and possibly from various places
Opposition      Ground      Match Datemay have been eagerly waiting for Sehwag to
DG Bradman   309      Australia  complete his 3rd triple century, but it just left all in
England            Leeds       11-Jul-30shock when Sri Lankan Cricketer Muralitharan caught
WR Hammond 295     England    Newand bowled him before he could take off to 300.  It
Zealand   Auckland   31-Mar-33may be disappointing for Cricket india but there is
V Sehwag       284     India          Srialways a chance and we are sure to watch this hero
Lanka        Mumbai      2-Dec-09hitting more than triple century in test matches!
DCS Compton 273     England  vHowever we have a list of players who were
Pakistan       Nottingham   1-Jul-54heartbroken just like Sehwag for not completing 300
DG Bradman   271     Australia vruns and were out with 290’s.