Virender Sehwag has this unique record in Test cricket

Virender Sehwag record in Test cricket

New Delhi: Former Indian cricket team batsman Virender Sehwag, whenever he landed on the field with his bat, there was no place for the audience's happiness. Veeru was always known for his quick batting and used to entertain fans a lot with his performance. Although Virender Sehwag has made many records in his cricketing career, there is one record in Test Cricket that no cricketer has been able to break to date.

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Sehwag's strike rate in ODI cricket is not only amazing, his strike rate is also as strong in Test cricket as that of all the great cricketers of the world is not even in ODIs. This is indeed a wonderful record in itself.

Virender Sehwag has played all the big and great players of his time like Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, Jacques Kallis, Rahul Dravid, Brian Lara and Kumar Sangakkara ( Great players like Kumar Sangakkara) have also been left behind in this case, i.e., Sehwag has hit the runs in Test cricket faster than the strike rate of all these cricketers. Surprisingly, this format is also called slow cricket.

Let us tell you that former India opener Virender Sehwag has played more than 370 international matches in his career, he has scored more than 100 strike rate in ODI International cricket, which is a record in itself. Apart from this, Veeru has played around 104 Test matches, in which he has also held a record of scoring more than 8,500 runs at a strike rate of 82.23.

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Virender Sehwag Record in Test Cricket

This record is such that no cricketer of the world has been broken to date, even today, the record of scoring at such a fast pace is only in the name of Sehwag. So far no other batsman has scored runs in Test matches at such a fast pace. For this reason, the record of scoring a century in the most number of times and fewer balls is in the name of Sehwag.

By the way, you will be surprised to know that Virender Sehwag has scored hundreds in Test matches on less than 100 balls 7 times, because Viru was famous for his batting batting. Whenever Veeru came on the field, his bat used to rise mostly for fours and sixes. Veeru used to wash the bowlers of the front team as if someone washes the clothes at Dhobi Ghat. Sehwag has scored centuries in Test cricket in 78, 87, 87, 90, 90, 93 and 97 balls.

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Apart from this, if we talk about who is the second player in this case, then former Australian player Adam Gilchrist's name comes after Sehwag. Gilchrist has done this feat in less than 100 balls in 6 Test matches.

Sehwag and Gilchrist are followed by David Warner at number three and Chris Gayle at number four, followed by Brendon McCullum at number five. By the way, apart from Sehwag in this category, the name of former India captain Kapil Dev (Kapil Dev) is also in the top 9, he has also scored a century in less than 100 balls in Test cricket 3 times.

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