On This Day In 2009: Virender Sehwag hammered 293 in the third Test of the home series versus Sri Lanka in 2009. The Nawab of Najafgarh played one of his most iconic innings in Test cricket at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The swashbuckling opener faced just 254 deliveries in an extraordinary display of stroke-making, smashing 40 fours and 7 sixes.

But he fell short of becoming the first player to hit three Test match triple centuries.

Coming out to bat with hosts trailing by 393 in the first innings, Sehwag turned the game on its head with another trailblazer start to an Indian innings. He destroyed the spirits of the Lankan Lions by smashing their seamers to all parts of the ground with the new ball and then showing great belligerence against their spinners, including legend Muttia

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