Sehwag became the first player to record a double hundred against Sri Lanka at Galle. West Indian Brian Lara's innings of 178 in 2001-02 was the previous best.
Overall, Sehwag is the third player to post a double century at Galle. Two Sri Lankans -- Mahela Jayawardene (two) -- 237 vs South Africa in 2004 and 203 not out against England in 2007-08 and Marvan Atapattu -- 201 not out vs England in 2000-01 had achieved the distinction previously.
After Rahul Dravid , Sehwag became the second Indian batsman to register five double hundreds in Test cricket.
Sehwag is now the 10th Indian player to make 5,000 runs or more, joining nine other Indians Sachin Tendulkar (11826), Rahul Dravid (10124), Sunil Gavaskar (10122), Dilip Vengsarkar (6868), Sourav Ganguly (6819), Mohammad Azharuddin (6215), Gundappa Viswanath (6080), V V S Laxman (5901) and Kapil Dev (5248).
Sehwag extended his world record for hitting his last eleven hundreds as 150-plus innings. This is how he has scored in his last eleven centuries in Test cricket:
Runs Balls SR Opponents Venue Series Result
195 233 83.69 Australia Melbourne 2003-04 Lost
309 375 82.40 Pakistan Multan 2003-04 Won
155 221 70.14 Australia Chennai 2004-05 Drawn
164 228 71.93 South Africa Kanpur 2004-05 Drawn
173 244 70.90 Pakistan Mohali 2004-05 Drawn
201 262 76.72 Pakistan Bangalore 2004-05 Lost
254 247 102.83 Pakistan Lahore 2005-06 Drawn
180 190 94.74 West Indies Gros Islet 2006 Drawn
151 236 63.98 Australia Adelaide 2007-08 Drawn
319 304 104.93 South Africa Chennai 2007-08 Drawn
201* 231 87.01 Sri Lanka Galle 2008 Awaited
Sehwag became the second Indian batsman to carry his bat through a completed innings. Sunil Gavaskar was the first to achieve the distinction-127 not out against Pakistan at Faisalabad in 1982-83.
Sehwag is one of the five batsmen to have recorded a double hundred while carrying his bat Australia's Bill Brown, England's Len Hutton, New Zealand's Glenn Turner and Sri Lanka's Marvan Atapattu had accomplished the feat previously.
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