Archive · 5 Dec 2025

Sehwag's Historic 293 Runs in 2009 Test

Sehwag's Historic 293 Runs in 2009 Test

On December 2, 2009, Virender Sehwag played an amazing cricket match in Mumbai.

He was in a lot of pain because of his back, but he still scored 293 runs.

This is a very high score in cricket, especially in a Test match, which is usually a slower game.

Sehwag hit many boundaries and even scored runs against one of the best bowlers in the world, Muttiah Muralitharan.

His teammates, Murali Vijay and Rahul Dravid, helped him by scoring runs and letting him bat most of the time.

Even though he missed the chance to score 300 runs, everyone remembered his incredible performance.

This match showed that Test cricket can be exciting and fun, not just slow and boring.

People still talk about it today because it was such a special day in cricket history.

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