10 interesting stories and records about Virender Sehwag

#8 Had promised in 2001 that he would score a triple century in a Test match

Sehwag being congratulated by Laxman after he surpassed his highest score

Most cricketers will tell you that one doesn’t plan a double or a triple century and that bating well will reward the batsman a double or triple century. So, although every batsman dreams of scoring a Test match triple century, rarely do they make this dream public.

However, Virender Sehwag would be last person on the planet to follow a norm. VVS Laxman recalled how Sehwag had told him way back in 2001 that he will one day score a triple hundred in Test match. Sehwag had said, “Bratha (he always calls me that, for some reason), I know you made 281 in Kolkata, and it was a special knock. You missed a triple century, you should have gone on to make a 300. But I know I will make a triple-hundred for India in Test cricket.”

Laxman himself was amazed at Sehwag’s self-belief and self-confidence. And in less than three years since making that promise to Laxman, Sehwag scored his first triple century against Pakistan in Multan in 2004.