Sehwag's feat

Virender Sehwag [ Images ] was involved in the three century partnerships in India's [ Images ] first innings of Mohali Test on day three. He became only the third Indian batsman to perform this feat after Vinod Kambli and Rahul Dravid [ Images ].

The following table has the details:

Indian players involved in three century partnerships in the same innings:

VG Kambli      & NS Sidhu             107 (2nd wkt)
                        & SR Tendulkar       137 (3rd wkt)
                        & M Azharuddin       107 (4th wkt)
Ind v Zim at Delhi [ Images ] in 1992-93

R Dravid        & PA Patel                129 (2nd wkt)
                       & VVS Laxman [ Images ]         131 (4th wkt)
                       & SC Ganguly            131 (5th wkt)
Ind v Pak at Rawalpindi in 2003-04

V Sehwag     & G Gambhir          113 (1st wkt)
                     & R Dravid              103 (2nd wkt)
                     & SR Tendulkar       118 (3rd wkt)
Ind v Pak at Mohali in 2004-05

The Mohali Test also provided the first instance of century partnerships being made for first three wickets in the same innings for India.