Former batsman Virender Sehwag, who has been counted in the stormy openers of the Indian cricket team, has played many fabulous innings. Even today, Sehwag's bat saw a stormy inning which created such a history in ODI cricket that it is not possible for any captain to repeat. Even Indian captain Virat Kohli could not touch that record till date. The day of 8 December 2011 was the biggest day in the history of Indian cricket not only in the history of world cricket. Sehwag became just the second batsman in the world who had done wonders to score a double century in ODIs. The first double century in ODIs was scored by Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar.
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Sehwag played 219 runs in an inning
In ODI cricket, Sehwag scored a double century in 2011 today. His fiery innings was seen at the Holkar Stadium in Indore against the West Indies. In just 149 balls, this former Indian opener had done wonders to score a double century by scoring 25 fours and 7 sixes in ODIs.
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Sehwag is the only captain to score a double century
Sehwag is the only player to score a double century in ODIs as captain. Sehwag, who came down to captain the West Indies, broke Sachin Tendulkar's record by scoring 219 runs. Till date, no captain in international cricket has scored a double century in ODIs. Indian captain Virat Kohli has the highest score of 183 runs in ODIs.
6 batsmen named double centuries in ODIs
Till date, only 6 batsmen in ODI cricket have done wonders to score a double century. In this, Rohit Sharma of India holds the record for scoring a double century in ODIs three times. Along with this, Sachin Tendulkar (India), Virender Sehwag (India), Chris Gayle (West Indies), Martin Guptill (New Zealand) and Fakhar Zaman (Pakistan) have done it once.
