Throwback To Virender Sehwag's Triple Century Against Pakistan In Multan

Virender Sehwag smashed triple century against Pakistan in Multan (Source: @Sport360/X.com)Virender Sehwag smashed triple century against Pakistan in Multan (Source: @Sport360/X.com)

Harry Brook etched his name in history books by becoming the first English player to score a triple century in the 21st century. It has come against Pakistan in Multan and has brought back the memories of Virender Sehwag's famous triple century at the same venue in 2004. Sehwag scored 309 off 375 balls in that knock and his 39 fours and six sixes. Let's now dive deeper into that special knock from charismatic Indian opener.

India batted first and on a flat deck in Multan, the opening stand between Sehwag and Akash Chopra notched up 160 runs. Chopra fell for 42 and Rahul Dravid also could not last long. However, Sachin Tendulkar joined Sehwag and duo built a humongous stand of 336 runs. Sehwag was naturally the aggressor in the partnership and slammed Pakistan bowlers all over the park.

Sehwag Gets To His Triple Century With A Six

Pakistan had bowlers like Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Sami and and Saqlain Mushtaq in their team, but Sehwag punished everybody that came in his way and kept the Indian run-rate in a healthy state. Sehwag scored his hundred with a six and then the moment of the match came when he danced down the track and slammed Mushtaq Ahmed for six to reach his triple century.

Sehwag became the first Indian batter at that time to score a triple century and India scored 675 runs on the board with Tendulkar scoring unbeaten 194. Pakistan in reply could not match India's mammoth first innings score and were bowled out for 407 in their first innings. India enforced a follow-on and Pakistan crumbled further in their second innings to get cleaned up for just 216.

Irfan Pathan picked four wickets in the first innings while Anil Kumble grabbed a six-wicket haul. However, it was Sehwag's knock that grabbed major headlines and the swashbuckling opener was fondly called 'Multan Ka Sultan' after his dominating performance.