ODI Records broken by Virender Sehwag during 219 runs


Virender Sehwag scored the highest individual score of 219 runs which came in just 149 balls with a world record-equalling 25 fours and seven towering sixes. He also crushed a number of records during the milestone event. This came on December 8, 2011 in 4th ODI match against West Indies in Indore.


- On 45, he made his highest score as India's captain beating 44 against Sri Lanka at Cuttack on December 21, 2009.

- On 82, he established the highest score by an Indian captain against West Indies in India, bettering Mohammad Azharuddin's 81 at Chennai on October 23, 1994.

- On 100, he scored his 15th ODI hundred. His second against West Indies and first as India's captain.

- On 100, Sehwag also became the fastest to score an ODI hundred for India against West Indies, taking only 69 balls to do so. He bettered his own record of 75 balls (at Rajkot on November 12, 2002).

- On 106, he made the highest score by an Indian captain against West Indies, expunging Rahul Dravid's 105 at Kingston on May 18, 2006.

- On 115, he bettered his personal best against West Indies, which was 114 (unbeaten) at Rajkot on November 12, 2002.

- On 118, he made the highest score by an Indian batsman against West Indies in India, eclipsing Virat Kohli's 117 at Visakhapatnam on December 2, 2011.

- On 119, he made the highest score at this ground, beating Yuvraj Singh's 118 against England on November 17, 2008.

- On 128, he set a new record of highest score by any captain against West Indies, bettering upon Australia's Allan Border's unbeaten 127 at Sydney on February 6, 1985.

- On 142, he made the highest score by an Indian batsman against West Indies anywhere, improving upon Sachin Tendulkar’s unbeaten 141 at Kuala Lumpur on September 14, 2006.

- On 150, he became the fastest Indian to score an ODI 150, taking only 112 balls to reach the milestone. The previous fastest for India was scored by Sachin Tendulkar off 118 balls (vs South Africa in Gwalior on February 24, 2011).

- On 147, he made his highest ODI score on Indian soil, beating 146 against Sri Lanka at Rajkot on December 15, 2009.

- On 153, he established a new record of highest individual score in India-West Indies ODIs, beating Desmond Haynes' unbeaten 152 at Georgetown on March 21, 1989.

- On 174, he established a new record of highest individual score against the West Indies in ODIs, bettering Australia's Mark Waugh's 173 at Melbourne on February 9, 2001.

- On 176, he established his highest ODI score, obliterating the 175 against Bangladesh at Mirpur on February 19, 2011.

- On 187, he established the highest score by an Indian captain in ODIs, surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's unbeaten 186 against New Zealand at Hyderabad on November 8, 1999.

- On 190, he established the highest score by any captain in ODIs, beating Sanath Jayasuriya's 189 against India at Sharjah on October 29, 2000.

- On 200, he became the second batsman to score an ODI double hundred after fellow team-mate Tendulkar, who had also made an unbeaten 200 against South Africa at Gwalior on February 24, 2010.

- On 200, he also became the first player to score a triple hundred in first-class cricket, a double hundred in List A matches and a hundred in Twenty20 matches.

- On 201, he made the highest individual score in ODIs, beating Tendulkar's unbeaten 200 against South Africa.

- On 219, he ended up with the third highest score in a List A match after Ali Brown’s 268 (Surrey vs Glamorgan, The Oval, June 19, 2002) and Graeme Pollock's unbeaten 222 (Eastern Province vs Border, East London, October 19, 1974).

Virender Sehwag slams Double Century


Swashbuckling batsman Virender Sehwag re-writes one day history by slamming maiden double century in ODIs as he became only second batsman after Sachin Tendulkar to reach the landmark.

Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar was the first to reach the milestone when he scored unbeaten 200 against South Africa in Gwalior on February 24, 2010.


Sehwag raced to his 150 in just 112 balls with the help of five sixes and 16 boundaries after completing his 15th ODI century off 69 balls.

Skipper Sehwag, who was struggling in the previous three ODIs, got his lost touch back as he scored his blazing ton in just 69 balls which included 10 fours and five sixes.  Sehwag finally falls on 219 runs.

Mumbai Indians - Players

Mumbai exemplifies the essence of its home city. The land of a myriad dreams is a melting pot and the team does its best to showcase the same. The management made a wise move of retaining their four key players namely Sachin Tendulkar, Lasith Malinga, Harbhajan Singh and Kieron Pollard. Along with Tendulkar, its iconic master blaster, the team has solid hitters like Ambati Rayudu and Rohit Sharma combined with a host of experienced all-rounders like Andrew Symonds and Kieron Pollard. As evident, the side has a perfect balance of youth and experience. 

Owned by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai's best show came in the third IPL season, wherein they ended up as finalists, losing to the eventual winners, the Chennai Super Kings. They were also a part of the Champions League T20 that year, but could not sustain for long. In 2011 too, Mumbai Indians qualified to play in the CLT20 as a result of finishing third in the IPL. However, the side was missing most of it's star players like skipper Tendulkar, Munaf, Rohit right from the beginning and also lost Davy Jacobs midway due to a freak injury. Despite that, Mumbai went into the competition as underdogs with the turbanator, Harbhajan Singh leading from the front and emerged as the 2011 Champions League T20 champions, beating the Royal Challengers Bangalore after a brilliant display of teamwork, most noteworthy contribution being that of ace bowler, Lasith Malinga; who not only picked crucial wickets for his side, but also contributed handsomely with the bat.

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Sachin Problems With The Sight Screen


Eden Gardens' low sight screens have once again become a major point of concern ahead of India's second Test against the West Indies with Sachin Tendulkar requesting the state association to raise the height for a better view against the tall Windies bowlers.

Tendulkar, just one short of 100 international centuries, made a plea to the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) who later said they would cooperate fully as the Mumbai maestro was approaching an incredible milestone.

During India's net session, Tendulkar seemed unhappy with the Eden sightscreens again as he had a long chat with CAB officials Biswarup Dey and Gautam Dasgputa, pointing at the sightscreens on both the ends.

Tendulkar also pointed at the patches of grass that was distinctly visible at the high-court end and it appeared that it would be trimmed the day before the match so as to assist the Indian spinners.

CAB joint-secretary Dey said it was just a sincere request from Tendulkar and they would do their best to cooperate with him.

"Tendulkar is eyeing a very important milestone in his career. 100th international century is a never-before record. CAB will fully cooperate to raise the height, by covering few rows of seats in the lower tier."

The raise in height in both the ends, incidentally, would cost CAB about 1500 seats and Dey said it's up to them to decide on that.

The Eden sight screens have long been a problem and during the World Cup, ICC technical team also objected to the lower height as the stadium lost out on India's sole fixture at the venue.

Eventually CAB had to comply with the ICC guidelines of 25 feet height and 50 feet width sight screen before getting an ICC clearance.

The current height is 16 feet which has been achieved by covering a few lower tier seats with white clothes behind the two sight screens.

Asked why CAB was not getting a permanent solution to this, Dey passed on the buck to the curator.

"I don't know much about the height details. It's the curator who determines the height and all."

Meanwhile, curator Prabir Mukherjee said he does not have any say in this and it's the match referee and umpires who decide on this.

"Match referee and umpires are the technical persons. It's not my work to see who has what problems. It's not my job."

On the grass left on the strip, Mukherjee said usual mowing would be done on Sunday before a quick roll on the wicket.

Tendulkar, Zaheer in ICC Test Rankings 2011


Sachin Tendulkar remained the highest placed Indian batsman at his unchanged fifth position, while injured pacer Zaheer Khan held on to his sixth spot in the bowling chart of the latest ICC Test rankings issued on Sunday.

Rahul Dravid, unchanged at 10th, was the only other Indian batman in the top-10.

Meanwhile, Kumar Sangakkara edged closer to regaining the number one position in the rankings for Test batsmen after hitting a match-saving double-century against Pakistan in the first Test at Abu Dhabi which concluded on Saturday.

Sangakkara, whose 211 also earned him the man of the match award, has gained 29 ratings points for his excellent effort and he is now just 31 points away from reclaiming the number-one position which is currently held by South Africa's Jacques Kallis.

Sangakkara, who had surged to the top of the batting table in December 2007, had lost the coveted position earlier this year to Tendulkar and Kallis after the two batsmen stroked sparkling centuries in the drawn Test in Cape Town.

The biggest mover in the batting table is Taufeeq Umar, the Pakistan opener, who has gained 17 places after his epic 236 which came off 496 balls. The 30-year-old from Lahore is now in 46th position.

Also heading in the right direction are Azhar Ali in 33rd (up by one place), Angelo Mathews in 37th (up by two places), Prasanna Jayawardene in 48th (up by two places), Mohammad Hafeez in 60th (up by six places) and Asad Shafiq in 90th (up by six places).

Batsmen losing ground include Mahela Jayawardene, Younis Khan and Tillakaratne Dilshan, the ICC said in a statement.

In the rankings for Test bowlers, Pakistan's left-arm fast bowler Junaid Khan has rocketed 62 places to 66th position after claiming his maiden five-wicket haul in Sri Lanka's first innings.

Junaid returned figures of 5/38 and finished the Test with match figures of 45.1-9-121-6.

Pakistan's Umar Gul, who bagged 4/64 in Sri Lanka's second innings, has returned to the top 20. He is now in 20th position after gaining two places.

The bowlers' list is headed by South Africa's Dale Steyn with England's pair of James Anderson and Graeme Swann in second and third respectively.

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