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Virender Sehwag left no choice for Lanka when he struck fours and sixes in his sixth double century of the career and he is few runs away from tripple century which will be a new stats of cricket. Indian batsman’s heart bled for Muttiah Muralitharan, among others, after he struck 284 not out, the second fastest Test double century in history, to leave Sri Lanka in deep trouble at the end of the second day of this third Test in Mumbai.

Muralitharan suffered the most. Test cricket’s greatest-ever wicket-taker went for 78 runs off the 70 deliveries he bowled to Sehwag, who will awake this morning eyeing his third triple century in Tests – no other batsman has ever managed that. India closed on 443 for one, having dismissed Sri Lanka for 393.

Sehwag, out for 131 in the preceding Kanpur Test, hit 40 boundaries and seven sixes in 239 deliveries and claimed that his annoyance at not reaching that double century fuelled yesterday’s efforts. “I missed out on a double in Kanpur and I wanted to make amends,” he said. “I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss out and I batted the best way I thought was possible.

“I was cautious at the start because I did not want to give the opposition any chances as I had done in the two previous matches. I thought I would bide my time, see off the new ball and then take my chances.” And how.

India, who lead the series 1-0, have faced just 79 overs but they have already established a 50-run lead, for which they can thank, in no small part, Sehwag’s total destruction of Muralitharan. “I thought rather than let him dominate, I would attack him from the start,” said Sehwag. “I wanted to keep him on the back foot.”

Now all the eyes go to his triple century or maybe more….

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Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni praised his opening batsmen Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag for giving the team a flying start to lay the foundation for their 6 wicket win over Sri Lanka and they have given us some great starts in the competition and it has made the job of chasing big totals easier for us Dhoni said at the post match press conference. Sehwag and Gambhir put on 92 runs for the opening wicket in 11.4 overs to plot Indias easy win over Sri Lanka and set up a summit clash on Sunday against the same opponents. Even though the wickets in this tournament have been very flat and that is why we have seen totals of 300 still you need good starts to take the pressure off the middle order batsmen he said. Dhoni said normally if a team had to chase 300 runs there was nervousness and confusion at the interval and but in this tournament due to the pitches everyone is relaxed and knows it is possible to chase down. He said it was a great feeling to be in the final which would be a tough one against a very good side. The Indian captain insisted that the performance of the bowlers in the tournament should not be a criteria to assess their worth. Let us be clear that we have a bunch of very talented and exciting players. But the pitches have nothing in it for the bowlers even the spinners have got little turn so it has been hard on them and put more responsibility on the batsmen Dhoni added. Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene said he was more comfortable playing India in the final. I think Pakistan can be a very dangerous side playing a big match in front of its home crowd. So in a way we have cut that element of crowd support out. It is good for India and Sri Lanka they don`t have to worry about this factor. Jayawardene said his team had fallen 25 to 30 runs short of posting a defendable total. We lost wickets when our batsmen were set. You need a big hundred from someone which we usually get to post a big total he said adding that he was not disappointed with the result. What is important is how we executive our plans and strategies in the final.

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Sehwag smashed 47 runs off 19 deliveries to set up Delhi Daredevils 5 wicket victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore. Gautam Gambhir 39 too played a brilliant knock and added 90 runs for the first wicket with Sehwag and chasing 155 for a crucial victory the Daredevils rode on Sehwag and Gambhir`s rollicking start to reach 158 for five with 10 balls to spare to notch up their sixth win from 12 matches and kept them in the reckoning for a semifinal berth. Earlier after being put in to bat Bangalore Royal Challengers continued their characteristic wobbly start to post a modest 154 for 7 raised mainly on Sreevats Goswamis debut half century 52 and Misbah-ul-Haqs  47 late charge. Sehwag and Gambhir who faced only 41 balls for their 90 run stand were cautious for the first two overs but began raining fours and sixes after that with Gambhir IPLs top run getter punishing dale Steyn and his captain doing the same to Zaheer Khan. After the second over the IPLs top two run getters got at least two fours in an over before Sehwag was out courtesy a brilliant catch by Bharat Chipli in the seventh over after hitting Praveen Kumar for three fours and a six in that over. Gambhir did not last long and was run out two overs later for a well made 39 31 balls, 6×4 trying to steal a second run but failing to beat Cameron White and Goswami combine. Needing just five runs an over after the 10th over the visitors were cruising along nicely before the home team plotted a middle order collapse from 121 for 2 in the 14th over the Delhi side lost three quick wickets in a space of 11 balls scoring just 11 runs in the process with Tillekaratne Dilshan 4 AB de Villiers 21 and Dinesh Karthik 6 making a procession to the hut. Cool-headed Shikhar Dhawan 16 not out and Farveez Maharoof 13 not out however held on to their nerves to romp home and hand Rahul Dravids side their ninth loss in the tournament and fifth on the trot. Dhawan lifted B Akhil for a huge six to bring curtains to the innings for the home team, Anil Kumble was the most successful bowler claiming 2 for 18 while Dale Steyn and Praveen Kumar getting one wicket apiece. Earlier Sreevats Goswamis debut half century 52 and Misbah-ul-Haqs 47 late charge resurrected Bangalore Royal challengers from a wobbly start to carry their team to a modest 154 for 7 after captain Sehwag won the toss and asked the opposition to bat the Daredevils kept the home team under a tight lease. Except for Goswami taking the visiting bowlers head on and Misbah scoring a 25-ball 47 (2×4- 4×6) towards the close to take the score past 150 Rahul Dravid-led side were never dominating with Glenn McGrath 2/25 from 4 overs) and Maharoof (2/13 from 4) bowling with immaculate line and length and wickets falling at regular intervals. Goswami who was part of Indias recent U-19 World Cup triumph top-scored with 52 from 42 balls which he made with the help of seven fours and a huge six and he hit a six and three fours off Pradeep Sangwan in the eighth over to collect 18 runs from that over to stand tall amid ruins. He was out in the 16th over off Maharoof while trying to accelerate the innings only to hole out at point to Dilshan. McGrath began with his miserly self giving away just one run in the opening over and claiming the wicket of Bharat Chipli for two caught by Rajat Bhatia in the fifth over and the retired Australian gave away just three and five overs in his next two overs to tie down Bangalore Royal Challengers to 35 for one in the first five overs. Sehwag who got the flak for some of his questionable decisions in earlier matches made some intelligent shuffling of his bowlers who got immediate success each time and for the home team it was the familiar top order wobble with struggling Jacques Kallis 25 edging a consistent Sri Lankan Maharoof delivery for wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik to make a brilliant catch diving to his right in the seventh over. Kallis promoted to open the innings made his 25 from 21 balls with the help of three fours and a huge six off Sangwan in the second over. Dravid himself could not carry forward his fine form of the last match and lost his timbers to Dilshan in the 11th over for nine while trying to accelerate the dipping run rate after his side could just gather 70 runs from 10 overs and 102 for after the end of 15th. It was left to debutant Goswami who came one down to make a match out of it and the young wicketkeeper did a brilliant job before Misbah complemented him with a cameo which included two fours and four sixes.

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Virender Sehwag’s triple century in the Chennai Test against South Africa in the recently concluded Future cup series has taken him to the top spot in the CASTROL Cricket Rating. Sehwag, who capped a memorable comeback to the national team on the tour of Australia with an innings of 151 in the final Test, went on to become only the third batsman in Test history after Sir Don Bradman and Brian Lara to score two triple centuries in Test cricket. Meanwhile, at second place in the CASTROL Rating is the Pace sensation Ishant Sharma, the find of the Australian tour. He has 49 points to his credit. All-rounder Irfan Pathan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are at the third and fourth spots with 48 and 46 points respectively. Batting mastero Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan Singh, who was man of the series of the recently concluded Future cup series were tied with 45 points each.

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