4 records held by Virender Sehwag that are unlikely to be broken any time soon
Sehwag recently retired from international cricket and the IPLVirender Sehwag recently announced his retirement from international cricket and the Indian Premier League bringing down curtains on an illustrious career at the highest level. A quiet and jovial person by nature, he has been one of the most explosive batsmen of modern cricket who could tear apart the bowling to shreds on his day.Nonchalant, carefree and yet thunderous with the bat, Sehwag was quite the smiling assassin. Records tumbled unnoticed when he batted. He was, undoubtedly, one of the greatest cricketers that India have ever produced.Here are 5 records of Sehwag that are unlikely to be broken anytime soon.
#4 Most Test double centuries by an Indian
During his prolific career, Virender Sehwag went on to score six Test double hundreds which is the highest number of double centuries by any Indian in Test cricket, one more than the legendary Rahul Dravid. Needless to mention, Sehwag is the only Indian batsman to have scored two triple centuries in Test cricket.
Sehwag's innings of 284 runs in a single day against Sri Lanka at Mumbai in 2009 also made it the fastest 250 by any batsman in Test cricket. He also remains the second-highest scorer of 250-plus scores in Test history.