Virender Sehwag becomes the fastest Indian century scorer as he completed his ton in just 60 deliveries against New Zealand in Hamilton on Wednesday. He broke Mohammad Azharuddin’s record of 62 deliveries and thus also became the seventh fastest ODI centurion in world. He played a brilliant innings of 125 runs off just 74 balls that won the match for India and the Man of the Match award for himself.
Narayan Karthikeyan just lost his title of the fastest Indian as Virender Sehwag scored the fastest ODI century against New Zealand today. Viru entered his name in the record books for yet another time as he played a power-packed centurion knock that fetched him the seventh spot in the list of top ten fastest century-makers in ODI history.
The Nawab of Najafgarh played a sumptuous innings of 125 runs off just 74 deliveries to power India to an 84-run victory over New Zealand. The victory in the fourth ODI sealed the ODI series in India’s favor as the visitors went up by an invincible 3-0 in the 5 ODI series. This is India’s first series victory in the Kiwi land in 19 years which makes Sehwag’s achievement all the more special.
Sehwag ruled the New Zealand team for 106 minutes as he played his historical innings. His knock made the game look like a Twenty20 tie as he smashed six sixes and fourteen boundaries. He became the fastest Indian centurion as he raised his ton in the sixtieth delivery breaking Mohammad Azharuddin’s record of 62 balls. Yuvraj Singh (64 deliveries) and Suresh Raina (66 deliveries) are two other names that feature in the list of top twelve fastest ODI centurions. Shahid Afridi tops the list with his epic 37-ball ton in 1996 against India.
Sehwag has been in a remarkable form in the ongoing ODI series after showing some abysmal performances in the 2-match Twenty20 series played earlier this month. Fans can deduce an arguable conclusion from the fact that India lost both the games as Sehwag scored only 26 and 24 in the two matches. In the current series, Sehwag played fantastic knocks of 77, 54, 3 and 125* in the four games played so far. The second ODI went undecided and rest Indian won and Sehwag has had valuable contributions in the victories.
Indians are already 3 up in the four matches that have been played so far. They will certainly look forward to whitewash the series and given the team’s performance, India will conquer the series unbeaten. Follows this is a 3-test series and watching Sehwag play in this charismatic form, all eyes and expectations will be on him. Sachin Tendulkar has been forced to sit out owing to injury which makes Sehwag’s performance all the more pivotal to the team.
Virender Sehwag was born on October 20,1978.His birth number is 2.So,date 11(1+1=2) is significant for him. His fate number is 28.On March 28,2004 and March 28,2008 he took his triple century.
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He is the destroyer in the indian top order batting line-up.He can open the pace of the bat at any moment at any batting order.Once he starts punishing the bowler no one stop the delhi hurrycane
