“Test Cricketer of the Year” Sehwag’s Test Career (Part 2)
(Continuing the discussion of the Indian Master Blaster batsman Virender Shewag’s best ever scores in the longer format of the game of cricket)
Sehwag’s second best Test match innings would have to be the destruction he caused to India’s arch rivals, Pakistani, on 28th March, 2004. To top it all, the veteran batsman scored a massive 309 runs, which is his second triple century in his
ten year Test career so far.
The biggest boom of the innings was that the match commenced in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Multan-c819, in a home Test series hosted by Pakistan. His innings saw him spend 531 minutes in the middle, as he faced 375 balls, out of which, he dismantled 39 boundaries and 6 sixes.
His boundary hitting ability at regular intervals allowed him to maintain a modest strike rate by his standards of 82.40. Surely his 309 against Pakistan and its bowling attack is worthy of being the veteran’s best ever, and one of the best in World cricket
as well.
Another blasting encounter would be his batting wrath of 293 against the Sri Lankan team in an Indian based home series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 on 2nd December, 2009. He was a magician in that innings of 293, as he spent 366 minutes, and facing just 254 balls,
as his stroke play allowed him to hit 40 boundaries and 7 sixes. He managed a fine strike rate of 115.35.
After his massive score of 309 runs against the Pakistani bowling attack in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in 2004. The Indian cricket team was re-invited in 2006 to play yet another Test series on Pakistani territory.
The match took place on 13 Jan, 2006 in Lahore, as the Indian Master Blaster secured a massive 254 runs, which was by far more than enough to shatter the confidence of the Pakistani bowlers. His stroke play was elegant yet dashing.
He faced 247 balls in 328 minutes on the crease. Not to forget, the veteran struck 47 boundaries and just one six in the innings, which also allowed him to keep up with an impressive strike rate of 102.83.
201 not out against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in a home series hosted by the Lankan tigers, as the match took place at Galle in 31st July, 2008. He spent 348 minutes on the crease, facing 231 balls, he maintained a strike rate of 87.01, in which Sehwag was being
modest to his potential. Nevertheless, he struck 22 boundaries and 4 massive sixes out of the park.
In 2005 Pakistan visited http://www.senore.com/Cricket/March-c74391 2005 in Bangalore, as he faced 262 balls after spending 325 minutes on the crease. The veteran
batsman strike rate was a commendable of 76.71, as he had 28 boundaries and 2 sixes to his name.
Earlier to Sehwag’s Bangalore encounter against the Pakistani team, he played them in Mohali, in which he scored another total of 173 runs. He faced 244 balls after spending 352 minutes in the middle. His strike rate was impressive as ever at 70.90, as he
struck19 boundaries and 2 sixes.
The Melbourne cricket ground witnessed yet another huge score by the veteran batsman in December of 2003. He scored a massive of 195 of 233 balls, his 25 boundaries and 5 sixes allowed him to maintain a strike rate of 83.69.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 got a taste of Sehwag’s batting power-play in 2006, in Gros Islet in the Windies. He was able to score 180 runs, after facing 193 balls, which allowed him to maintain a strike rate of 94.73, as he struck 20 boundaries and 2 sixes.
Last but not the least, is his innings of 165 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, in a home Test series in Kolkata, India. He spent 325 minutes at the pitch, as he faced 174 balls, striking 23 boundaries and 2 sixes, which also allowed the veteran to maintain a strike
rate of 94.82.
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