fastest triple century in test cricket by Virender Sehwag | Virender Sehwag on verge of record

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fastest triple century in test cricket by Virender Sehwag | Virender Sehwag on verge of record

Indian opener Virender Sehwag was on the verge of becoming the first batsman to score three Test triple centuries yesterday as the hosts turned the tables on Sri Lanka in the third and final cricket Test.

Sehwag made 284 not out to lift the hosts to 1-443 by stumps on the second day at the Brabourne stadium in reply to Sri Lanka's first innings total of 393.

The Delhi opener has so far hit 40 boundaries and seven sixes in his 239-ball innings, his sixth knock of 200 or more, two of which were converted into triple hundreds.

If he makes 16 more runs on Friday to reach 300, Sehwag will become the first batsman in history to score three triple-centuries.

Australian legend Don Bradman and West Indian great Brian Lara have two each.

Sehwag made light of the bounce and turn on the Brabourne stadium to share two double-century partnerships during the run-riot, cheered by 15,000 boisterous home fans.

He put on 221 for the first wicket with Murali Vijay (87) and 222 for the unbroken second with Rahul Dravid, whose share in the partnership was 62.

Vijay, playing the Test only because Gautam Gambhir was unavailable due to his sister's wedding, matched his partner's audacious strokeplay with 10 boundaries and a six.

Vijay became Sri Lanka's lone success of the day when he was trapped leg-before by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath before tea when he missed an attempted sweep.

India scored 168 runs from 27 overs in the post-lunch session and 183 more in 34 overs in the final two hours to increase Sri Lanka's misery.

Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, the world's leading bowler with 788 wickets, conceded 119 runs in 20 wicketless overs, while Herath went for 112 runs in his 22 overs.

Sehwag appeared to carry on from his 131 in the second Test in Kanpur last week, which India won by an innings and 144 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

When he reached 48 by lofting Herath for a six over long-off, Sehwag went past the 6,000-run mark in his 72nd Test.

Sehwag reached his double century with four boundaries in one over from seamer Nuwan Kulasekara after tea.

Earlier, Sri Lanka were dismissed 25 minutes after the start when they resumed their first innings at the overnight total of 8-366.

All-rounder Angelo Mathews was run out on 99 as he attempted a second run to reach his maiden Test century after playing a shot to deep square-leg.

Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was India's most successful bowler with 4-112, while left-arm slow bowler Pragyan Ojha took 3-101.

Sri Lanka (1st innings - overnight 8-366):
T PARANAVITANA c Dravid b H Singh 53
T DILSHAN c Vijay b H Singh 109
K SANGAKKARA c Dhoni b Ojha 18
M JAYAWARDENE c Sehwag b Sreesanth 29
T SAMARAWEERA c Vijay b H Singh 1
A MATHEWS run out (Tendulkar) 99
P JAYAWARDENE c H Singh b Ojha 43
N KULASEKARA c Dhoni b Khan 12
R HERATH c Dravid b H Singh 1
M MURALITHARAN not out 4
C WELEGEDARA lbw Ojha 8
Sundries (4b, 6lb, 4nb, 2w) 16
Total (all out) 393
Fall of wickets: 93 (Paranavitana), 128 (Sangakkara), 187 (M M Jayawardene), 188 (Samaraweera), 262 (Dilshan), 329 (P P Jayawardene), 359 (Kulasekara), 362 (Herath), 379 (Mathews), 393 (Welegedara).
Bowling: Z Khan 19-2-70-1 (1w 4nb), S Sreesanth 16-1-82-1 (1w), H Singh 32-3-112-4, P Ojha 23.4-1-101-3, Y Singh 4-0-18-0.

India (1st innings):
M VIJAY lbw Herath 87
V SEHWAG not out 284
R DRAVID not out 62
Sundries (3lb, 7nb) 10
Total (1 wkt - close) 443
Fall of wickets: 221 (Vijay).
Bowling: C Welegedara 16-2-73-0 (3nb), N Kulasekara 12-0-84-0, R Herath 22-2-112-1, M Muralitharan 20-0-119-0 (1nb), A Mathews 6-0-36-0 (3nb), T Dilshan 3-0-16-0.

AFP

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