Virender Sehwag v Shoaib Akhtar | Battle btw Legends | | MULTAN TEST 2004

#pakvsind #indvspak #virendarsehwag #pakistancricket #indiancricket #shoaibakhtar The second day of the Multan Test will be remembered for Virender Sehwag becoming the first Indian to hit a Test triple-century. Sehwag said the evening before that the record was on his mind, and he duly achieved it with a six over midwicket off the hapless Saqlain Mushtaq, who would never be seen on the international stage again. Records fell like ninepins along the way: Sehwag went past Sunil Gavaskar's 236, Sachin Tendulkar's 241 not out, VVS Laxman's 281, and then to 300... but Matthew Hayden's 380 - then the highest score in Tests - remained safe. When Sehwag edged Mohammad Sami to first slip on 309, with India 509 for 3, he'd faced 375 balls in 531 minutes, hitting 39 fours and six sixes. The day will also be remembered for Rahul Dravid's declaration at 675 for 5, which gave India enough time to successfully push for a victory, never mind that Sachin Tendulkar was left six short of what would have been an impeccable double-century.