Five Best Coincidences Between Sachin and Sehwag

Openers and opening partnership are a very important part in any cricket match, across the formats. Many opening batting pair get the attraction from the spectators that one partner chooses to play anchor role and another one smash. When word 'SMASH' pronounced by cricket fans, they probably think about Virender Sehwag. Sehwag is a hard working person that is the whole reason he got the chance to open the batting with his own mentor/Guru, Sachin Tendulkar. Today, October 20, marks the birthday of Sehwag, so we created an interesting post between Sachin and Sehwag.

1) Same Number Of Double Centuries

Both Sachin & Sehwag Smashed 1 Double Century In ODI Cricket

Sachin (200* vs SA)
Sehwag (219 vs WI)

Both Sachin & Sehwag Smashed 6 Double Centuries In Test Cricket

Sachin (248*, 241*, 217, 214, 203, 201)
Sehwag (319, 309, 293, 254, 201, 201*)

2) Debut & Last Match In ODI Against the Same Opponent

Sachin Played His 1st ODI Match vs Pak (1989)
Sehwag Played His 1st ODI Match vs Pak (1999)

Sachin Played His Last ODI Match vs Pak (2012)
Sehwag Played His Last ODI Match vs Pak (2013)

3) 1st ODI Century at Same City

Sachin Smashed 1st ODI Century at Colombo (110 vs Aus)
Sehwag Smashed 1st ODI Century at Colombo (100 vs NZ)

4) In IPL

Sachin Scored 12 Runs In His Debut IPL Match (vs CSK)
Sehwag Scored 12 Runs In His Debut IPL Match (vs RR)

Sachin Won His Last IPL M.O.M Award at Wankhede Stadium (vs KKR)
Sehwag Won His Last IPL M.O.M Award at Wankhede Stadium (vs CSK)

5) Double Centuries at Same City

Sachin Smashed 1 Double Century at Colombo & at Bangalore
(203 vs SL at Colombo)
(214 vs Aus at Bangalore)

Sehwag Smashed 1 Double Century at Colombo & at Bangalore
(201* vs SL at Colombo)
(201 vs Pak at Bangalore)

Outside the field

And the relationship between Sachin and Sehwag is a really fantastic one. You want to see how real it was, have a look at this interview:

Post made by
newWorld team and Mohammed Shebas


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