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Sehwag set a plethora of records during his innings of 284*. Here are some ofthem:

On 48 Virender Sehwag completed his 6,000 runs in Test cricket (with a six offHerath). Sehwag became 50th batsman in Test cricket and ninth Indian to aggregate6,000 runs in Test cricket. Having taken 72 Tests and 123 innings to reach thislandmark, Sehwag became the second fastest among Indians in terms of Tests andthird fastest in terms of innings to do so.

On 91 Sehwag completed his 3,000 runs at home soil.

On 100, Sehwag scored back to back hundreds for the second in his Test career.He had scored 131 against Sri Lanka at Kanpur. The only other instance when Sehwagscored back to back hundreds was in 2007-08 when he made 151 against Australia atAdelaide and followed it up with 319 against South Africa at Chennai.

On 132, Sehwag recorded his best score against Sri Lanka in India, beating 131in the previous Test at Kanpur.

On 150, Sehwag posted his 12th score of 150 or more, equalling Sunil Gavaskar'stally. Among the Indians only Sachin Tendulkar (17) have scored more scores of 150

and more.

On 177, Sehwag posted the highest score by an Indian opener against Sri Lanka athome, beating Sunil Gavaskar's 176 at Kanpur in 1986-87.

On 200, Sehwag became the first Indian to post six double hundreds in a Testcareer. He was earlier at level with Rahul Dravid with five double hundreds.

On 200, Sehwag also posted the highest score by an Indian against Sri Lanka inIndia, beating Mohammad Azharuddin's 199 at Kanpur in 1986-87.

On 202, Sehwag recorded the highest score for India against Sri Lanka, betteringhis own 201* at Galle last year.

On 224, Sehwag recorded the highest score at Brabourne Stadium, beating VinooMankad's 223 against New Zealand in 1955-56.

On 251, Sehwag achieved the rare feat of scoring a century in a session (scoring100 runs between tea and close). In fact Sehwag scored 133 runs in the post teasession most by any Indian in a session. This was the third time Sehwag wasperforming the feat of scoring a century in a session- a feat no Indian hasachieved.

On 258, Sehwag made the record of most runs by an Indian batsman in a singleday, beating his own 257 (made on the third day) against South Africa at Chennaiin 2007-08. Sehwag ended the day one with 284 runs third best performance by any

batsman in Test cricket in a single day after Don Bradman's 309 and WallyHammond's 295. Sehwag has now scored 200 or more runs in a day on three occasions!

Other important records made by Sehwag during his innings:

Sehwag's 168-ball double century is the second fastest in all Tests after NathanAstle, who raced to his hundred in 153 balls against England in 2001-02. Sehwaghas now scored three of five fastest double hundreds!

Sehwag scored his 202 runs in boundaries alone 40 fours and seven sixes. He isthe first Indian and only the fourth batsman in Test cricket to score 200 runs in

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boundaries in an innings.

Sehwag became the first batsman in Test cricket to be involved in two doublecentury partnerships for the first two wickets (221 for the first and 223* for thesecond) in the same innings on TWO occasions. No one else has managed this evenonce! The other such instance was against South Africa at Chennai in 2007-08.

India ended the day with 443 runs on the board maximum they have scored in a

single day. They had made 417 (for 2) on the first day of Kanpur Test. In all 470runs were scored in the day for the loss of 3 wickets.