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Sehwag joins unique club
Rajneesh Gupta |
March 29, 2005 18:59 IST
Indian opener Virender Sehwag [Images], who scored 201 in the first innings of the third and final Test against Pakistan in Bangalore, joined a unique club of players who scored a double-century but ended up on the losing side.
West Indies [Images] batting ace Brian Lara [Images] is the only player to have done it twice, while Sehwag is the first Indian to perform this feat.
The following are the details:
| Batsman | Score | For | Vs | Venue | Season |
| RT Ponting | 242 | Aus | Ind | Adelaide | 2003-04 |
| NJ Astle | 222 | NZ | Eng | Christchurch | 2001-02 |
| BC Lara | 221 | WI | SL | Colombo (SSC) | 2001-02 |
| VT Trumper | 214* | Aus | SA | Adelaide | 1910-11 |
| RG Pollock | 209 | SA | Aus | Cape Town | 1966-67 |
| RN Harvey | 205 | Aus | SA | Melbourne | 1952-53 |
| GA Faulkner | 204 | SA | Aus | Melbourne | 1910-11 |
| ML Hayden | 203 | Aus | Ind | Chennai | 2000-01 |
| DL Amiss | 203 | Eng | WI | The Oval | 1976 |
| L Hutton | 202* | Eng | WI | The Oval | 1950 |
| BC Lara | 202 | WI | SA | Johannesburg | 2003-04 |
| ES Gregory | 201 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 1894-95 |
| V Sehwag | 201 | Ind | Pak | Bangalore | 2005 |