10 interesting stories and records about Virender Sehwag

#5 Holds the unique record of scoring two triple centuries and taking five wickets in Test matches

Sehwag picked up some crucial wickets

Sehwag may not have been a regular bowler, but in his early years, he was more than a handy off-break bowler. In fact, he had earned himself a reputation of being a partnership breaker.

He had a unique record of being the only player in the history of Test match cricket to have scored two triple centuries and also have a five-wicket haul in an innings to his name (in separate tests).

He achieved this feat of taking five wickets in an innings at his home ground in Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, against Australia in 2008. Sehwag’s figures read 5-104 in Australia’s first innings.

The match ended in a draw but that spell put Sehwag’s name for a unique reason in the record books.