Virender Sehwag 146 vs SriLanka 1st ODI Rajkot 2009
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00:00This time it's through and Sehwag on his way, he played it little bit early this time, see
00:21how early he's played it and he made sure that this time the ball was hit away from
00:27the fielder at backward point, beautiful, elegant, he's standing tall, he'll get his
00:48second boundary, no problems whatsoever, this one was pitched little further up, within
00:58range and Sehwag wouldn't miss out on that opportunity, this is a lovely drive, one day
01:12your time will come and you'll pick five more, that will run away to the boundary, no half
01:21measures when Sehwag is out in the centre, well the ball swung in a little bit late,
01:28he was looking to hit it over mid wicket, the late swing took it to square leg, trying
01:35to loft it over mid wicket and the late swing, you can see that the intention was to hit
01:41it, flick it over mid wicket, nevertheless it's got the desired result, a boundary, through
01:53the infield, just pushed it, not hit it very hard and it's a very quick outfield, well
02:02he's got a strong bottom end, holds the bat near the shoulder blade of the bat, just like
02:09Tendulkar does and therefore he's able to play these shots very well, very easily, look at that,
02:15see how strong the bottom end is as it makes contact, that's cracked away through the offside
02:25for another boundary, 31 for Nolos
02:404
02:44well he's made this shot his own, Virender Sehwag, the way he clears that front leg out of the way
02:50so that he can free his arms, it's not something you'll see in a coaching manual
02:55he created that, another batsman you'd see get on the back foot, maybe let it go through or
03:03just defend, but not Sehwag
03:17over the top
03:20it's gone the distance for 6
03:24and it brings up the 50 for India
03:33it's been an area where we've seen lots of 6s from Sehwag
03:39very comfortable with that, didn't need too much in his arc
03:51tremendous blow, another 6
04:02again picking up length quickly, this time he goes onside, really flat bats it over mid-wicket
04:08he enjoyed that, it was as if he expected it
04:13that was a top shot
04:14Sehwag
04:19was flat too, so much power from Sehwag, again off the front foot though
04:32one bounce over the rope, again on the shorter side, well they get there and he gets the treatment
04:39he's picking up length quickly Sehwag
04:48that was asking for trouble, he's got no protection there, Sehwag knows that
04:58yeah it's sitting up nicely now, I do believe this is an easy pace track now
05:03we will get a little slower as the game progresses
05:07so this is an ideal start
05:212 is the call
05:232 is the call
05:33they were looking for 3, deciding against it
05:37Sehwag in his career, 270 innings, 6,776
05:5720 times he's been out around this area
06:00Sehwag
06:04nicely picked up, another boundary to end the over
06:09and it's a blistering half century for Birendra Sehwag, 50 of 34 balls, it's 71 for no loss
06:2136th one day international, 50 for Birendra Sehwag
06:25another heavy over, 11 runs of it
06:30wrist free batting from India
06:4835 runs have come in the last 3 overs
06:52and you can see a power play being taken
06:55this is the bowling power play being taken
07:04this is the boundary in the last over, Belagirdar running the fingers over
07:08but landing it wide, allowing Sehwag to free his arms and also reach his 50
07:18nicely placed on the onside, it's a quick outfield
07:25that's what compounds the problems for the bowlers
07:27when you have a good surface and you have an outfield like this
07:30margin for error very little
07:33it might be a smallish ground, I do believe spinners will come into play in this game
07:41in spite of it being an excellent track for batting
07:44not a big boundary
07:49take that
07:51might be referred, is it 4, is it 6
07:57one bounce into the boundary
08:02first ball from Matthews, no respect whatsoever from Sehwag
08:06just launched into it
08:11Midov was up, so straight away a change in the field
08:15Midov has gone all the way back
08:18just hitting it on the up
08:20giving himself some room to swing the bat
08:24good strike again from Sehwag falling just inside
08:33down the ground
08:35and it's out of here
08:38not going to hold back, Virender Sehwag
08:41third six for him
08:50pitched up to him, Angelo Matthews pitching it right up
08:53and Sehwag once again
08:56what he does so very well
08:58getting the front foot out of the way
09:00puts the front foot around leg stump
09:02giving himself room to free his arms
09:05almost pitched just outside of stump
09:08and he's just smashed it over long off
09:13oh ho ho, it's getting better and better, it's on the roof
09:1818 of the over, it's 1.25 for none
09:21and it's going to be drinks
09:37that's gone, he's had enough of singles
09:41fifth six for Virender Sehwag
09:43well this is a gift
09:46a short ball from the off spinner
09:48very short, Sehwag taking full toll of it
09:52and giving it the deserved treatment
09:54hitting it right out of the park
10:08that should be a hundred, it is
10:13hundred number twelve for Virender Sehwag
10:18the first at home after four and a half years
10:20the last century he got at home
10:22in one day internationals was in 2005
10:24and Harbhajan Singh paying obeisance
10:27to Virender Sehwag
10:31just astonishing batting
10:3366 balls for that hundred
10:36it's just amazing
10:38how he scores so freely, so quickly
10:42got the pitch delivery full
10:44got the outside edge
10:46there's a plenty gap down there
10:50and another hundred to Sehwag
10:54and he continues his domination against Sri Lanka
11:02down the track, six
11:06over the side screen
11:08and very close to the Indian dressing room
11:11sixth, sixth off the ceilings for Sehwag
11:17once again as it was in the previous over from Kandambi
11:20a sixth off the first delivery
11:23this time Sehwag
11:26and another huge one going
11:30leading edge and will be taken
11:34was on the leg stump
11:36looking to close to face the bat
11:38and he did that pretty early
11:41leading edge easily taken but what a fabulous innings
11:44this has been from Virender Sehwag
11:47the crowds loved it
11:49that's been fantastic to watch
11:55Sehwag got it right, he got the area right
11:57but just played just a wee bit too early
12:00an easy catch to the offside
12:02against the run of play
12:06plenty of time for him to go
12:08and get two hundred runs
12:11Belgedere's first wicket in One Day International
12:13Sehwag out for 146 of 102
12:16India two down for 309