Sehwag's record-breaking 219

Virender Sehwag not only made the highest individual score in ODIs, he also crossed 8000 ODI runs during his incredible innings. Saurabh Somani looks inside his ODI numbers.

Virender Sehwag was singing songs of Kishore Kumar during the course of his record 149-ball 219-run knock against the West Indies, Suresh Raina said.

MS Dhoni said he had always believed Sehwag would score an ODI double hundred on his day, and was proud that both double-centurions in ODIs were Indians.

The DDCA decided to honour Virender Sehwag's record-breaking ODI knock of 219 with a cash prize of Rs. 25 lakh.

Virender Sehwag - already very popular with advertisers - has fresh ones queuing up to sign him after his record-breaking 219 on Thursday.

Former team-mate Harbhajan Singh said Virender Sehwag was one of the most dangerous batsmen in the world and no bowler could stop him on his day.

Former greats Richie Richardson and Jonty Rhodes lavished praise on Virender Sehwag, with Richardson saying he was exceptional and Rhodes lauding his fearless cricket.

Virender Sehwag said he was sitting at the front and clapping when Tendulkar got to 200 and he was happy to emulate his idol and break a record held by him.

Former and current cricketers congratulated Virender Sehwag for registering the highest individual score in ODI cricket.

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